Race context
Richard Smith is indexed in the OppIntell public candidate file as a Republican profile for Michigan, U.S. House, 06. Cycle year on file: 2026.
Race name on file: 2026 U.S. House - Michigan 06.
Race status on file: discovered.
Election system on file: other.
The indexed incumbent/challenger value is challenger.
The profile was first indexed on 2026-05-07 and last indexed on 2026-10-06.
Other indexed profiles returned for this same field are listed below. The list is limited to the race query for this page.
Cassandra Ann Stajich (Democratic), Clyde K Shabazz (Green), Debbie Dingell (Democratic), Heather Smiley (Republican), Jason Patrick Cloutier (Democratic), Linda Rayburn (Other), Mark Alexander Ismail (Republican), Michael Raymond Mickevicius (Other).
Source posture
Published claim kinds on file: 13 background claims; 26 finance claims; 7 controversies claims.
Latest attached source timestamp on file: 2026-10-06.
Filings and votes on file
Finance claims on file: 26. 0 are quoted above. FEC candidate id on file: H6MI06217.
Indexed field reading
Richard Smith is carried in the OppIntell public index as a Republican profile for Michigan, U.S. House, 06. The party label, office, and state on this page are the values stored on the profile. Empty fields are left off rather than filled with a guess.
The cycle year 2026 is stored for Richard Smith, and the candidate status stored on the profile is Active candidate. This page uses that status label and does not invent a ballot position from it.
The race title stored for Richard Smith is 2026 U.S. House - Michigan 06. The race status stored beside that title is discovered. Both are indexed fields from the profile record.
The election system value stored for this profile is other. It is shown because that value is present on the record.
The indexed incumbent/challenger value is challenger for Richard Smith. The page uses the stored incumbent or challenger value and does not infer it from the office title.
The FEC candidate id stored for Richard Smith is H6MI06217.
The profile was first indexed on 2026-05-07 and last indexed on 2026-10-06.
The route record for Richard Smith reports 66 public claims, 66 valid citations, and 66 primary-source references, and the latest attached source timestamp on that record is 2026-10-06. Those figures are counts from the route. Claim wording is added on this page only when a published row was returned for the profile.
Published claim kinds with a count above zero for Richard Smith: background (13), finance (26), controversies (7). A kind whose stored count is zero is left off this list.
The same-field query for Richard Smith returned 8 other indexed profiles: Cassandra Ann Stajich (Democratic), Clyde K Shabazz (Green), Debbie Dingell (Democratic), Heather Smiley (Republican), Jason Patrick Cloutier (Democratic), Linda Rayburn (Other), Mark Alexander Ismail (Republican), Michael Raymond Mickevicius (Other). That set is the bounded query result for this page, not a certified full ballot.
Cross-reference identifiers stored for Richard Smith: FEC H6MI06217; Other irs-990:_run; Grokipedia Richard Smith; FEC Committee C00943589.
Profile questions
What office is Richard Smith indexed for?
Richard Smith is indexed for Michigan, U.S. House, 06. The race name on file is 2026 U.S. House - Michigan 06. The election system on file is other. The cycle year on file is 2026. The office, district, and state above are the indexed profile fields.
What party is on file for Richard Smith?
The party label on file for Richard Smith is Republican.
What is Richard Smith's candidate status?
Richard Smith is marked Active candidate on this profile. Race status on file: discovered.
Which committee or filing id is listed for Richard Smith?
FEC candidate id on file: H6MI06217.
How many public claims are attached to Richard Smith?
The route record reports 66 public claims, 66 valid citations, and 66 primary-source references. Published claim kinds on file: Background 13, Finance 26, Controversies 7. Claim text on this page is quoted from the published-claims teaser and is omitted when that teaser returns no rows.
Is Richard Smith indexed as an incumbent or a challenger?
The indexed incumbent/challenger value is challenger.
Who else is indexed in Richard Smith's race field?
Other indexed profiles returned for this field include Cassandra Ann Stajich (Democratic), Clyde K Shabazz (Green), Debbie Dingell (Democratic), Heather Smiley (Republican), Jason Patrick Cloutier (Democratic), Linda Rayburn (Other), Mark Alexander Ismail (Republican), Michael Raymond Mickevicius (Other). That list is the bounded race query for this page, not a certified full ballot.