JAMES, JOHN Incumbent

· MI-10 (House)

69.6

Influence Score · 2026

Moderately exposed

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Score components

Axis	Raw	Normalized (pts)	Coverage
Direct contributions	$836K	4.77	2026 cycle, principal committee
Outside spending — direct support	$0	—	PACs that directly supported this candidate
Outside spending — indirect (OPPOSE against opponents)	$127K	—	OPPOSE spending against opponents in the same race, attributed proportionally
Outside spending — OPPOSE against this candidate	$0	—	PACs that spent to defeat this candidate (not scored on this axis)
Total outside spending in favor	$127K	4.06	direct + indirect — drives the outside-spending axis
Lobbying exposure	$9.94M	5.65	Committee jurisdiction match
Vote alignment	0.833	7.55	Sponsor-aligned roll calls
Contribution timing — money arriving near key votes	0.0033	0.40	Receipts timed to legislative action
Dark-money exposure	0.0101	0.02	Disclosed-vs-dark outside spending share
Personal trade direction	0.052	0.11	STOCK Act buys in jurisdiction

Race matchup MI-10

Candidate	Party	Status	Direct $	Outside $	Score	Tier
JAMES, JOHN	REP	Inc.	$836K	$2.54M	69.6	Moderately exposed
CHUNG, ERIC	DEM	Open	$1.32M	$267K	5.7	Modestly backed
BOUCHARD, MICHAEL	REP	Open	$1.35M	$140K	5.6	Modestly backed
LULGJURAJ, ROBERT	REP	Open	$1.17M	$127K	4.9	Modestly backed
HINES, CHRISTINA	DEM	Open	$619K	$690K	3.4	Modestly backed
GREIMEL, TIM	DEM	Open	$669K	$130K	3.0	Modestly backed

Challenger and open-seat scores reflect contributions, outside spending, and dark-money exposure only — a maximum of about 23. They are not directly comparable to incumbent scores, which run 0–100 across all twelve axes. Compare the dollar columns (Direct $, Outside $) for a like-for-like view.