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ABOUT THIS PAGE
Mallory McMorrow is a Democratic candidate for the United States Senate in Michigan in 2026. She has served in the Michigan State Senate since 2019, representing the 8th district, and serves as Senate Majority Whip. This page documents her policy positions and legislative record in detail.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Minimum Wage
Taxes
Social Security and Medicare
Small Business and Entrepreneurship
Trade and Tariffs
Investing in Michigan
Public Option
Prescription Drug Costs
Reproductive Healthcare and Abortion
Mental Health
Maternal Health
Medical Debt
Congressional Stock Trading
Government Transparency
Regulatory Reform
Rule of Law
Paid Family Leave
Tax Credits and Benefits
Childcare
Online Safety for Children
Veterans and Servicemembers
Unions and Right to Work
Wages and Worker Protections
Non-Compete Agreements
Apprenticeships and Job Training
Gun Violence Prevention
Police and First Responders
Mental Health Crisis Response
Fentanyl and Drug Enforcement
Survivors of Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence
Border Security
Asylum System
Legal Immigration Pathways
ICE and Enforcement
NATO and Alliances
Russia and China
Iran
Israel and Palestine
Forever Wars
LGBTQ+ Rights
Voting Rights
Gerrymandering
Campaign Finance and Citizens United
Supreme Court Reform
Religious Freedom and Antisemitism
Data Privacy
Artificial Intelligence
Research and Development
Crypto and Blockchain
Innovation Investment
Climate Change
Clean Energy
Great Lakes and Water
PFAS and Lead
Data Centers
Housing Affordability
Housing Supply
Renters and Homebuyers
Public Schools
Higher Education and Student Loans
Early Childhood Education
Career and Technical Training
ECONOMY AND COST OF LIVING
Minimum Wage
Mallory McMorrow supports raising the federal minimum wage from $7.25 per hour to $15 per hour and indexing it to inflation so wages keep pace with the cost of living.
In the Michigan State Senate, McMorrow helped pass legislation raising Michigan's minimum wage to $15 per hour by 2027 and tying it to inflation thereafter. She also voted to protect Michigan's earned paid sick leave benefits — the strongest in the Midwest.
McMorrow supports federal tax credits and subsidies for small and medium-sized businesses to help them adapt to a federal minimum wage increase without cutting jobs or hours.
Taxes
Mallory McMorrow supports cutting taxes for middle-class and working-class families while ensuring large corporations and the wealthiest Americans pay their fair share. Specifically, she supports:
Expanding the federal Earned Income Tax Credit and paying it monthly.
Restoring the expanded Child Tax Credit that existed under the American Rescue Plan.
Ending the carried interest tax loophole used by hedge funds.
Stopping tax incentives for corporations that outsource jobs, conduct stock buybacks while laying off workers, or stash profits offshore.
Simplifying tax filing and making IRS Direct File available to all Americans.
In Michigan, McMorrow expanded the state Earned Income Tax Credit fivefold, allowing eligible families to keep an additional $750 per year. She also eliminated the Snyder-era retirement tax on seniors, returning approximately $1,000 to 500,000 Michigan households.
Social Security and Medicare
Mallory McMorrow opposes any cuts to Social Security and Medicare. She has stated that Americans who paid into these programs must be guaranteed access to them upon retirement.
Mallory McMorrow believes we should fully fund Social Security and ensure it is solvent for decades to come by getting rid of the tax cap that allows a billionaire to stop paying into Social Security after just the first few days of the year, while a teacher, nurse, or firefighter pays in with every paycheck, all year round.
Mallory McMorrow supports allowing anyone the ability to opt into Medicare regardless of age, creating a federally-backed public health insurance option.
Small Business and Entrepreneurship
Mallory McMorrow supports expanding access to capital for small businesses, particularly through Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) and community banks. She supports replicating the Michigan Innovation Fund — which she helped create as Chair of the Michigan Senate Economic and Community Development Committee — at the federal level to invest in early-stage, high-growth companies.
In Michigan, McMorrow led economic development reform to reduce reliance on large corporate tax breaks and increase investment in small businesses and entrepreneurs. She secured funding for the Revitalization and Placemaking Program and the Going PRO Talent Fund. She also helped permanently legalize social districts and cocktails-to-go to support local bars and restaurants.
Trade and Tariffs
Mallory McMorrow opposes Trump’s broad punitive tariffs that raise costs on everyday goods and damage relationships with U.S. allies.
She supports a strategic, fair trade policy designed to keep manufacturing jobs in Michigan and the United States, and expanding economic and trade relationships with businesses and entrepreneurs across the globe that bring jobs and investments here to Michigan.
Investing in Michigan
Mallory McMorrow led efforts to reform Michigan’s approach to economic development to rely less on large tax breaks and incentives for companies, invest more in small businesses, entrepreneurs, and give more local control to the state’s regions to support the industries and efforts that make sense for them.
HEALTHCARE
Public Option
Mallory McMorrow supports universal healthcare in the form of allowing anyone the ability to opt into Medicare regardless of age, creating a federally-backed public health insurance option. Her position is that access to guaranteed healthcare should not depend on a person's job, marital status, or income.
Affordable Care Act
McMorrow helped codify the Affordable Care Act on the state level to ensure coverage of dependents until the age of 26, prohibit being denied coverage based on pre-existing condition; and guarantee inclusion of all essential health benefits, including preventative care, mental health, and emergency care.
In Michigan, Mallory McMorrow also expanded access to care by requiring health insurance reimbursements for telehealth to be the same as for in-office visits and oral chemotherapy, and expanded dental screenings for kids in schools.
Prescription Drug Costs
Mallory McMorrow supports immediate and decisive federal action to lower prescription drug costs, including allowing Medicare to negotiate drug prices, capping out-of-pocket expenses, and forcing drug companies to stop charging Americans more than they charge overseas. In Michigan, she passed legislation through the State Senate creating a state-level oversight board to bring down prescription drug prices.
Reproductive Healthcare and Abortion
Mallory McMorrow supports codifying the right to abortion, contraception, and the full scope of reproductive healthcare into federal law.
In Michigan, McMorrow helped repeal the state's 1931 abortion ban after Michigan voters codified the right to abortion in the state constitution. She supported the Reproductive Health Act, which removed medically unnecessary barriers to care, and backed legislation to safeguard reproductive health data and protect patients and providers.
Mental Health
Mallory McMorrow supports treating mental health at the same level as physical health under federal insurance requirements. She also supports expanding mental health crisis response programs.
Maternal Health
Mallory McMorrow supports federal funding to reduce maternal mortality, including expanded access to birthing centers and doulas, and increased postpartum mental health support.
McMorrow supports taking Michigan's Rx Kids program — which provides direct cash payments to new mothers and she helped expand — to the national level.
Medical Debt
In Michigan, Mallory McMorrow leveraged $4.5 million in the state budget to purchase and eliminate $450 million in medical debt for approximately 180,000 Michigan residents.
GOVERNMENT REFORM
Congressional Stock Trading
Mallory McMorrow supports banning Members of Congress from trading individual stocks. Her position is that elected officials should not profit personally from their positions.
Government Transparency
Mallory McMorrow supports increased transparency in government, including transparency requirements when taxpayer dollars are granted to private companies.
In Michigan, she passed legislation requiring financial disclosure from legislators and executive office officials for the first time in state history, and passed legislation through the Michigan Senate to open the legislature and executive branch to Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests.
Mallory McMorrow leveraged the state Senate Oversight Committee to highlight the devastating impacts of the Trump administration's tariff and trade policy, the threats of DOGE and cybersecurity, and waning consumer confidence and the impact on the state's economy due to unrest at the federal level.
Regulatory Reform
Mallory McMorrow supports streamlining federal regulations that create unnecessary burdens on building new roads and housing, modernizing the power grid, and allowing businesses to grow and compete globally.
Rule of Law
Mallory McMorrow supports defending the rule of law and rejects efforts to ignore court rulings, dismantle checks and balances, or use government power for personal retaliation. Her position is that no individual — including the president, billionaires, or cabinet members — is above the law.
KIDS AND FAMILIES
Paid Family Leave
Mallory McMorrow supports establishing national paid family and medical leave. The United States is the only industrialized nation without guaranteed paid maternity leave.
Tax Credits and Benefits
Mallory McMorrow supports restoring the expanded Child Tax Credit that was made available through the American Rescue Plan, which cut child poverty by more than half during its implementation.
In Michigan, Mallory McMorrow cosponsored legislation to cut auto insurance rates by 10%. McMorrow eliminated the asset test for SNAP benefits, reducing red tape and paperwork for health department case workers and delivering food security to more Michiganders.
Childcare
Mallory McMorrow supports expanding access to quality, affordable childcare so that parents are not forced to choose between their careers and raising their children. Mallory McMorrow supports universal childcare, and universal access to affordable early childhood education.
Online Safety for Children
Mallory McMorrow supports stronger federal regulations on social media and large technology companies to address youth rates of anxiety and depression. Her position is that children's well-being must be prioritized over corporate profits.
Veterans and Servicemembers
Mallory McMorrow passed legislation out of the State Senate ensuring veterans can access the benefits they are entitled to without being charged excessive fees or being given bad advice, and protecting them from scammers seeking to take advantage of them.
She also expanded eligibility of the Michigan National Guard tuition assistance program to spouses and dependents.
Mallory McMorrow helped secure millions of dollars in the state budget that secured a new mission at Selfridge Air National Guard Base.
LABOR AND WORKERS
Unions and Right to Work
Mallory McMorrow supports guaranteeing and protecting the right of workers to form and join a union. In Michigan, she helped make the state the first in over 50 years to repeal so-called "Right to Work" legislation. Mallory McMorrow supports the PRO Act so every worker has the freedom to join a union and bargain for better wages, benefits, and working conditions without fear of retaliation.
Wages and Worker Protections
Mallory McMorrow supports eliminating worker misclassification and wage theft. In Michigan, she restored prevailing wage requirements on public projects and expanded unemployment benefits from a maximum of 20 weeks to up to 26 weeks, while increasing weekly payments for the first time in over two decades.
Mallory McMorrow also introduced legislation requiring employers to disclose their leave policy to all prospective workers in response to constituent stories of working moms having been discriminated against in the hiring process for inquiring about paid leave.
Non-Compete Agreements
Mallory McMorrow supports banning non-compete agreements at the federal level. Her position is that non-competes suppress wages and prevent workers from advancing their careers.
PUBLIC SAFETY AND GUNS
Gun Violence Prevention
Mallory McMorrow supports the following federal gun violence prevention measures:
Universal background checks for all firearm sales.
A federal assault weapons ban.
A federal red flag law (Extreme Risk Protection Orders) modeled on Michigan's law.
Safe storage requirements for firearms.
A ban on ghost guns — untraceable homemade or kit firearms.
Repeal of the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA) to allow the firearms industry to be held to the same liability standards as other industries.
In the Michigan State Senate, McMorrow helped pass the most sweeping gun violence prevention legislation in state history. The package included extreme risk protection orders, safe storage requirements, universal background checks, and closure of the domestic violence loophole that allowed convicted abusers to access firearms. She also passed legislation through the Michigan Senate banning ghost guns by requiring all firearms to be serialized and registered.
Police and First Responders
Mallory McMorrow supports increased federal funding for local public safety through partnerships with state and local governments to hire and train police officers, firefighters, and other first responders. In Michigan, she funded emergency alert systems, fire station upgrades, and community-based crisis response programs.
Mental Health Crisis Response
Mallory McMorrow supports expanding non-police mental health crisis response programs at the federal level.
Fentanyl and Drug Enforcement
Mallory McMorrow supports stronger enforcement against fentanyl trafficking through enhanced border enforcement and supply chain targeting, paired with expanded access to addiction treatment and recovery services. In Michigan, she expanded treatment court options to reduce recidivism.
Survivors of Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence
In Michigan, Mallory McMorrow passed comprehensive legislation to support survivors, including extending the statute of limitations for criminal sexual conduct, eliminating the civil statute of limitations for survivor damages where a criminal conviction occurred, and criminalizing coercion of sexually explicit material.
She also passed an Address Confidentiality Program to protect survivors of domestic violence and stalking, and supports enacting a similar program at the federal level.
IMMIGRATION
Border Security
Mallory McMorrow supports securing the U.S. border through increased Border Patrol staffing, improved technology including sensors and scanners, and modernized ports of entry.
Asylum System
Mallory McMorrow supports fixing the asylum system by hiring more immigration judges and officers to clear the case backlog. Her position is that every asylum seeker deserves a fair hearing and legal representation in a timely fashion.
Legal Immigration Pathways
Mallory McMorrow supports expanding legal immigration pathways, including employment and family visas, to continue attracting talent to the United States.
ICE and Enforcement
Mallory McMorrow supports completely overhauling ICE, and firing everyone Trump hired and starting over. McMorrow's position is that federal immigration enforcement resources should be focused on violent criminals, not on law-abiding immigrants.
FOREIGN POLICY
NATO and Alliances
Mallory McMorrow supports strengthening NATO and maintaining strong U.S. alliances globally. She supports the United States standing firmly with its allies against authoritarian aggression, and to confront terrorism threatening the U.S. and our allies.
Russia and China
Mallory McMorrow supports standing up to Russian and Chinese aggression, including through alliance-strengthening and economic measures.
Iran
Mallory McMorrow strongly opposes the Trump administration's military action in Iran. Her position is that this represents a "war of choice" that has cost American lives, billions of taxpayer dollars, and weakened the United States' international standing. She opposes engaging the U.S. in another forever war in the Middle East without clear objectives or an achievable plan.
Israel and Palestine
Mallory McMorrow supports a two-state solution between Israelis and Palestinians, with a democratic Jewish state of Israel existing safely alongside a democratic Palestinian state.
Her specific positions include:
The humanitarian crisis in Gaza must be addressed, and the flow of food and medicine must be restored and maintained at maximum capacity.
Israel's bombings and incursions into Gaza and the West Bank jeopardize fragile peace efforts and must stop.
Hamas must disarm and demonstrate commitment to a peaceful and democratic Palestinian state.
Forever Wars
Mallory McMorrow opposes engaging the United States in forever wars without clear objectives.
CIVIL RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY
Voting Rights
Mallory McMorrow supports passing the John Lewis Voting Rights Act to prohibit discriminatory voting practices and ensure equitable ballot access.
She supports establishing nationwide standards for:
In-person early voting.
Mandatory automatic voter registration.
Mandatory same-day voter registration.
Expanded access to absentee voting.
In Michigan, McMorrow implemented these reforms in line with the 2022 Proposal 2 ballot initiative. Michigan now has nine days of early voting, ballot tracking with curing opportunities, expanded ballot drop boxes (one per 15,000 voters), guaranteed paid postage on absentee ballots, permanent absentee voter registration, and pre-registration for 16-year-olds.
Michigan also enacted first-in-the-nation legislation under McMorrow to automatically register returning citizens to vote after they complete their criminal sentences. McMorrow also passed legislation prohibiting the open carry of firearms at polling places and vote-counting centers.
Civil Rights
Mallory McMorrow supports protecting and expanding civil rights, including for LGBTQ+ Americans. In Michigan, she helped expand the Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act to protect LGBTQ+ Michiganders from housing and employment discrimination, and implement the CROWN Act, preventing discrimination based on natural hairstyles. She supported making Juneteenth an official state holiday.
Gerrymandering
Mallory McMorrow supports a federal ban on partisan gerrymandering. Her position is that voters should choose their elected officials, not the reverse.
Campaign Finance and Citizens United
Mallory McMorrow supports reforming campaign finance laws to eliminate the influence of dark money, including passing legislation to reverse the impact of the Citizens United Supreme Court ruling.
Mallory is not taking money from corporate PACs or AIPAC.
Supreme Court Reform
Mallory McMorrow supports implementing age limits for Supreme Court justices and establishing a binding code of conduct for the Court.
Religious Freedom and Antisemitism
Mallory McMorrow supports combating religious hate and rising antisemitism through educational programming, strengthened national hate crimes laws and enforcement, and security funding for houses of worship.
TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION
Artificial Intelligence
Mallory McMorrow supports ensuring models are tested by independent third parties before being deployed, ensuring our adversaries don’t get ahold of powerful chips, and smart regulatory frameworks to keep AI tools safe.
Mallory McMorrow’s position is that AI development should serve the American people, not billionaires. To that end, she supports a tax on companies use of AI to support investments in the social safety net and job training programs to protect American jobs against automation.
Research and Development
Mallory McMorrow supports increased federal investment in research and development at American research universities to drive innovation, increase patents, and grow the science, engineering, and technology workforce. She supports restoring funding the Trump administration cut for federal research programs that lead to breakthrough medicines and technologies.
Data Privacy
Mallory McMorrow supports passing comprehensive federal data privacy legislation that protects identity and personal information online and empowers individuals to know — and control — what companies do with their data.
Crypto and Blockchain
Mallory McMorrow supports federal leadership on blockchain, cryptocurrency, and Web3 innovation through smart regulatory frameworks that protect consumers, support entrepreneurs, and ensure next-generation technology is built in the United States.
Innovation Investment
Mallory McMorrow supports public-private venture funds to increase capital investment in American startups and innovation. As Chair of the Michigan Senate Economic and Community Development Committee, she helped establish the Michigan Innovation Fund — described as the state's boldest investment in entrepreneurs and innovators in more than two decades.
ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY
Climate Change
Mallory McMorrow supports federal action to address the climate crisis while growing the economy. Her approach includes investing in climate-resilient infrastructure, supporting clean energy manufacturing, and holding polluters accountable.
In Michigan, Mallory introduced 'polluter pay' legislation to hold bad actors and corporations accountable for egregious pollution of Michigan's water and air.
Clean Energy
Mallory McMorrow supports federal investment in clean energy manufacturing, environmental restoration, and climate-smart agriculture to create jobs while addressing climate change.
In Michigan, she helped pass the Clean Energy & Jobs Act, which requires 50% of Michigan's energy to come from renewable sources by 2030, expands rooftop solar, and sets an energy storage standard of 2,500 MW by 2030. She also helped create the first-in-the-nation Office of Worker and Community Economic Transition. Michigan now ranks sixth in the nation for clean energy jobs.
Great Lakes and Water
Mallory McMorrow supports protecting the Great Lakes through strengthened clean water protections, expanded funding for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, addressing invasive species including Asian carp, and banning toxic PFAS chemicals.
PFAS and Lead
Mallory McMorrow supports banning toxic PFAS chemicals at the federal level. She supports investments in lead pipe removal, testing, and filtered drinking water access in schools and childcare centers.
In Michigan, she passed "filter first" laws requiring filtered drinking water fountains in all schools and childcare centers, increased funding for lead service line removal, and passed legislation requiring lead poisoning screening for all minors.
Data Centers
Mallory McMorrow's position on data center development is that data center companies – not Michigan families – should pay for their own energy and grid upgrades. She supports requiring data center projects to pay their fair share in taxes to fund schools, roads, and communities, and hire local union labor,.
She believes Michigan can serve as the model for how to do data centers right, to best benefit communities, not just corporations.
HOUSING
Housing Affordability
Mallory McMorrow supports federal action to make housing more affordable, including expanding the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit and providing federal incentives for mixed-income, "missing middle," and affordable housing developments.
Housing Supply
Mallory McMorrow supports increasing housing construction by removing unnecessary red tape, streamlining zoning processes, and reviving existing housing stock rather than demolishing it for higher-priced new builds. In Michigan, McMorrow passed legislation expanding redevelopment tools, land bank authorities, and mixed-use development support. She helped secure a $50 million per year investment in affordable housing through 2026.
Private Equity in Housing
Mallory McMorrow supports cracking down on corporate hedge funds that buy up housing stock and then jack up rents.
EDUCATION
Public Schools
Mallory McMorrow supports increased federal funding for public schools, with priorities including raising teacher pay, upgrading aging school buildings, reducing class sizes, and ensuring every school has high-speed internet and modern technology. She is strongly opposed to any attempts to defund schools through vouchers.
In Michigan, McMorrow helped pass the largest per-pupil school funding increase in state history. She supported the establishment of universal free breakfast and lunch for all Michigan students, fully funded special education, and helped build the pipeline for Michigan educators by creating the MI Future Educator Stipend, which provides $9,600 to future teachers during their required teaching semester and the Michigan Future Educator Fellowship –– to give $10,000 a year to teaching students who committed to three years teaching in Michigan.
Higher Education and Student Loans
Mallory McMorrow supports making community-college tuition-free, and making college and trade school more affordable and accessible. She supports reforming federal student loans to eliminate compounding interest traps that prevent borrowers from paying off their debt.
In Michigan, Mallory McMorrow helped guarantee free community college for all Michigan students and championed the Michigan Achievement Scholarship, which provides up to $27,500 over up to five years in tuition assistance for Michigan students. She also helped create the Michigan Reconnect Program, providing tuition-free associate degrees or skills certificates to Michigan adults age 25 and older.
Early Childhood Education
Mallory McMorrow supports universal access to quality early childhood education, including Head Start and similar programs. In Michigan, she helped significantly expand the Great Start Readiness Program, moving the state toward universal pre-K.
Career and Technical Training
Mallory McMorrow supports federal investment in certified apprenticeship programs across the trades, technology, clean energy, agriculture, and hospitality sectors. Her position is that workers should be able to pivot to new careers without returning to two- or four-year degree programs.
For more about Mallory's story and vision, visit Mallory's Agenda or Meet Mallory.