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2026 Michigan U.S. Senate — General Election · November 3, 2026
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Office: U.S. Senate 6 Year Term (1) Position
Candidate: Christensen, Lydia
Party / incumbent: Libertarian Party
Filed on: 06/29/2026
Filing method: Convention
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FEC committee ID: C00903575
FEC committee name: LYDIA CHRISTENSEN FOR UNITED STATES SENATE
Published email: [email protected]
Published website: https://www.lydialynnchristensen.com/
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FEC committee ID: C00903575
FEC committee name: LYDIA CHRISTENSEN FOR UNITED STATES SENATE
Published email: [email protected]
Published website: https://www.lydialynnchristensen.com/
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Lydia's family comes from Ironwood, MI, the heart of the Upper Peninsula. She was born across the border in Ashland, Wisconsin, helicoptered there because the UP lacked the hospital infrastructure to deliver her safely. The values of that region shaped everything about who she is: hard work, resilience, and an unshakeable belief in community.
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Lydia's family comes from Ironwood, MI, the heart of the Upper Peninsula. She was born across the border in Ashland, Wisconsin, helicoptered there because the UP lacked the hospital infrastructure to deliver her safely. The values of that region shaped everything about who she is: hard work, resilience, and an unshakeable belief in community.
Lydia Christensen is Michigan's Unchained Voice. Her family is from Ironwood, MI, but she was born in Ashland, Wisconsin, helicoptered across the border because the UP lacked the hospital infrastructure to deliver her safely. She has been fighting for the Upper Peninsula ever since returning home.
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Lydia Christensen is Michigan's Unchained Voice. Her family is from Ironwood, MI, but she was born in Ashland, Wisconsin, helicoptered across the border because the UP lacked the hospital infrastructure to deliver her safely. She has been fighting for the Upper Peninsula ever since returning home.
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Lydia will unchain Michiganders’ constitutional right to bear arms by defending the 2nd Amendment. She supports responsible gun ownership, ensuring law-abiding citizens can protect themselves, their families, and their property. She promotes safety education, and opposes efforts to confiscate firearms from lawful owners. Lydia believes in liberty and, protecting Michigan’s freedoms while promoting responsible gun culture.
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Lydia will unchain Michiganders’ constitutional right to bear arms by defending the 2nd Amendment. She supports responsible gun ownership, ensuring law-abiding citizens can protect themselves, their families, and their property. She promotes safety education, and opposes efforts to confiscate firearms from lawful owners. Lydia believes in liberty and, protecting Michigan’s freedoms while promoting responsible gun culture.
Lydia will push to end sneak-and-peek delayed notice outside genuine emergencies and require judicial approval before a National Security Letter can compel anyone's records.
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Lydia will push to end sneak-and-peek delayed notice outside genuine emergencies and require judicial approval before a National Security Letter can compel anyone's records.
As Senator, Lydia will introduce legislation repealing the inland "reasonable distance" extension in 8 U.S.C. § 1357. Border inspection stays at the border, where it belongs; at an actual port of entry or crossing point. It does not follow you 100 miles inland.
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As Senator, Lydia will introduce legislation repealing the inland "reasonable distance" extension in 8 U.S.C. § 1357. Border inspection stays at the border, where it belongs; at an actual port of entry or crossing point. It does not follow you 100 miles inland.
Cannabis and psilocybin are the clearest place to start. Both have real, growing scientific evidence behind their medical and therapeutic use, and criminalizing them destroys lives over substances less dangerous than alcohol. Lydia will push for federal legalization of both, ending unjust criminal penalties and creating a safe, regulated industry that benefits businesses, workers, and patients alike.
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Cannabis and psilocybin are the clearest place to start. Both have real, growing scientific evidence behind their medical and therapeutic use, and criminalizing them destroys lives over substances less dangerous than alcohol. Lydia will push for federal legalization of both, ending unjust criminal penalties and creating a safe, regulated industry that benefits businesses, workers, and patients alike.
Scientific research shows psilocybin can help treat depression, PTSD, anxiety, and addiction when used responsibly under professional guidance. Legalizing it federally allows Michigan to expand mental health options while removing the risk of criminal penalties for patients and practitioners.
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Scientific research shows psilocybin can help treat depression, PTSD, anxiety, and addiction when used responsibly under professional guidance. Legalizing it federally allows Michigan to expand mental health options while removing the risk of criminal penalties for patients and practitioners.
Decriminalization and anti-trafficking enforcement are not the same fight, and treating them as one has made trafficking victims harder to identify, not easier. Lydia will push to repeal FOSTA, decriminalize consensual sex work between adults, and direct federal resources toward what actually stops trafficking: going after traffickers and exploiters, not consenting adults.
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Decriminalization and anti-trafficking enforcement are not the same fight, and treating them as one has made trafficking victims harder to identify, not easier. Lydia will push to repeal FOSTA, decriminalize consensual sex work between adults, and direct federal resources toward what actually stops trafficking: going after traffickers and exploiters, not consenting adults.
Lydia opposes the death penalty. The government should never hold the power to end a life it might be wrong about, and it has been wrong before.
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Lydia opposes the death penalty. The government should never hold the power to end a life it might be wrong about, and it has been wrong before.
Lydia believes the federal income tax should eventually be eliminated entirely. Government has no inherent claim on what you earn, and the current tax code exists mostly to fund bureaucracy, not the country.
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Lydia believes the federal income tax should eventually be eliminated entirely. Government has no inherent claim on what you earn, and the current tax code exists mostly to fund bureaucracy, not the country.
Unchain your right to self-defense by defending the 2nd Amendment with responsible ownership and safety measures.
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Unchain your right to self-defense by defending the 2nd Amendment with responsible ownership and safety measures.
Mass surveillance and the rise of techno-feudalism represent a growing threat to personal privacy and freedom, and 2026 proved neither major party thinks your consent is required. In June, Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act expired for the first time since 2008, and the surveillance did not stop, because a secret court certification keeps the collection running until March 2027. The program sweeps in Americans' calls, texts, and emails, which the FBI searches without a warrant, and it has been used on protesters, journalists, and members of Congress. The same warrantless tracking now watches Michigan's roads. Networks of automated license plate readers photograph every passing car and feed the data into nationwide databases that police, federal agencies, and even individual officers have searched without warrants, including officers documented using them to stalk women. As Senator, Lydia will vote against reauthorization of Section 702 without a warrant requirement, work to close the data broker loophole that lets agencies buy your location history instead of getting a warrant, demand declassification of the FISA Court opinions that govern this collection, and work to tear the license plate reader dragnet out by the roots: banning federal agencies from accessing or funding these networks and standing with every Michigan community that removes them.
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Mass surveillance and the rise of techno-feudalism represent a growing threat to personal privacy and freedom, and 2026 proved neither major party thinks your consent is required. In June, Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act expired for the first time since 2008, and the surveillance did not stop, because a secret court certification keeps the collection running until March 2027. The program sweeps in Americans' calls, texts, and emails, which the FBI searches without a warrant, and it has been used on protesters, journalists, and members of Congress. The same warrantless tracking now watches Michigan's roads. Networks of automated license plate readers photograph every passing car and feed the data into nationwide databases that police, federal agencies, and even individual officers have searched without warrants, including officers documented using them to stalk women. As Senator, Lydia will vote against reauthorization of Section 702 without a warrant requirement, work to close the data broker loophole that lets agencies buy your location history instead of getting a warrant, demand declassification of the FISA Court opinions that govern this collection, and work to tear the license plate reader dragnet out by the roots: banning federal agencies from accessing or funding these networks and standing with every Michigan community that removes them.
Most of the Patriot Act's surveillance powers already expired in 2020. Two provisions are still active: sneak-and-peek warrants that delay notifying you of a search, and National Security Letters that compel your records without a judge's approval. Lydia will push to end both.
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Most of the Patriot Act's surveillance powers already expired in 2020. Two provisions are still active: sneak-and-peek warrants that delay notifying you of a search, and National Security Letters that compel your records without a judge's approval. Lydia will push to end both.
Lydia will fight warrantless surveillance of Americans' communications, dismantle the license plate reader dragnet, and introduce a Bill of Digital Rights making your data your property.
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Lydia will fight warrantless surveillance of Americans' communications, dismantle the license plate reader dragnet, and introduce a Bill of Digital Rights making your data your property.
Repeal the inland 100-mile extension that lets the government search two-thirds of the country without a warrant. Inspection stays at the actual border, not 100 miles past it.
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Repeal the inland 100-mile extension that lets the government search two-thirds of the country without a warrant. Inspection stays at the actual border, not 100 miles past it.
That standard protects the officer, not the Constitution. As Senator, Lydia will cosponsor and push to pass the Ending Qualified Immunity Act, restoring Section 1983 to what Congress actually wrote: if a government official violates your constitutional rights, you can hold them accountable in court.
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That standard protects the officer, not the Constitution. As Senator, Lydia will cosponsor and push to pass the Ending Qualified Immunity Act, restoring Section 1983 to what Congress actually wrote: if a government official violates your constitutional rights, you can hold them accountable in court.
Drug use is a health issue, not a criminal one. Lydia will push for federal legalization of cannabis and psilocybin, with full OSHA worker protections and expanded mental health treatment options, ending unjust criminal penalties for patients, practitioners, and workers alike.
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Drug use is a health issue, not a criminal one. Lydia will push for federal legalization of cannabis and psilocybin, with full OSHA worker protections and expanded mental health treatment options, ending unjust criminal penalties for patients, practitioners, and workers alike.
By legalizing these industries responsibly, Lydia will create jobs, generate tax revenue, grow Michigan's economy, and ensure public health and worker safety remain top priorities.
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By legalizing these industries responsibly, Lydia will create jobs, generate tax revenue, grow Michigan's economy, and ensure public health and worker safety remain top priorities.
Decriminalize consensual sex work between adults, repeal FOSTA, and focus federal resources on actual traffickers instead of consenting adults trying to survive.
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Decriminalize consensual sex work between adults, repeal FOSTA, and focus federal resources on actual traffickers instead of consenting adults trying to survive.
Lydia supports ending the federal death penalty and encourages states to do the same. Life without parole keeps dangerous people off the streets without the risk of an irreversible mistake.
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Lydia supports ending the federal death penalty and encourages states to do the same. Life without parole keeps dangerous people off the streets without the risk of an irreversible mistake.
Until that day comes, this is a real step in that direction: anyone earning under $150,000 a year should pay no federal income tax. Not a deduction. Not a credit you have to file for. Zero tax owed, on every dollar earned up to that line. This is where working and middle-class Michiganders actually live: the nurse, the teacher, the union electrician, the small farmer. The people whose paychecks already get eaten before they see them, partly by taxes, and partly by private insurance premiums, deductibles, and surprise bills that function as a hidden tax with none of the accountability of a real one. This plan puts real income back where it belongs, in their pockets, not the government's.
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Until that day comes, this is a real step in that direction: anyone earning under $150,000 a year should pay no federal income tax. Not a deduction. Not a credit you have to file for. Zero tax owed, on every dollar earned up to that line. This is where working and middle-class Michiganders actually live: the nurse, the teacher, the union electrician, the small farmer. The people whose paychecks already get eaten before they see them, partly by taxes, and partly by private insurance premiums, deductibles, and surprise bills that function as a hidden tax with none of the accountability of a real one. This plan puts real income back where it belongs, in their pockets, not the government's.
The same data markets serve the private companies that own the platforms you depend on, so Lydia will propose a comprehensive Bill of Digital Rights: your data recognized as your private property, your right to privacy guaranteed,no collection or sale of personal identifying information without consent, a ban on federal use of facial recognition for mass surveillance and strict penalties for violations. Your digital life belongs to you, and Lydia will put that into law.
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The same data markets serve the private companies that own the platforms you depend on, so Lydia will propose a comprehensive Bill of Digital Rights: your data recognized as your private property, your right to privacy guaranteed,no collection or sale of personal identifying information without consent, a ban on federal use of facial recognition for mass surveillance and strict penalties for violations. Your digital life belongs to you, and Lydia will put that into law.
Lydia opposes the death penalty. It costs more than life without parole, and the government has executed innocent people before.
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Lydia opposes the death penalty. It costs more than life without parole, and the government has executed innocent people before.
Protecting Michigan's Great Lakes, clean water, and natural landscapes for generations to come.
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Protecting Michigan's Great Lakes, clean water, and natural landscapes for generations to come.
Creating real economic opportunity with fair wages, green jobs, and support for small businesses.
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Creating real economic opportunity with fair wages, green jobs, and support for small businesses.
Fighting for social, racial, and LGBTQIA+ equity in every community across Michigan.
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Fighting for social, racial, and LGBTQIA+ equity in every community across Michigan.
Upholding voting rights, constitutional freedoms, and defending every Michigander's civil liberties.
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Upholding voting rights, constitutional freedoms, and defending every Michigander's civil liberties.
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Candidate ID: S6MI00442
Name: CHRISTENSEN, LYDIA LYNN
Office: Senate
State: MI
District: 00
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