Michigan Senate · District 6
Mary Cavanagh
Where they sit
Every current senator, placed from most liberal to most conservative by how they voted on contested bills.
Mary Cavanagh's seat is marked. Seats run from most liberal (left) to most conservative (right), by contested floor votes. Color shows how often each member crosses party lines toward the middle on votes that divide the parties: solid blue or red means almost never, and purple means on at least 1 in 5 of those votes. Gray seats are members too new to score. How these numbers work
On the November 3 ballot
Running for Michigan Senate District 6.
Also on the ballot: Joi Pokerwinski (Republican)
The scores
How these numbers work →Each tick is a current senator, by party; the dot is Mary Cavanagh.
Each tick is a current senator, by party; the dot is Mary Cavanagh.
Bills
The bills Mary Cavanagh sponsored this term and how far they got. Co-sponsors aren’t counted.
| Bills | |
|---|---|
| Sponsored | 46 |
| Passed both chambers | 2 |
| Became law | 2 |
| Vetoed by the Governor | 0 |
Rank by bills passed: Rank 13 of 38 in the Senate (tied with 9 others) · 12 of 20 Democrats (tied with 4 others)
A bill's sponsor is its primary sponsor, the first name on it; co-sponsors aren't counted.
Bills that passed both chambers
| Bill | Result | Final action |
|---|---|---|
| SB 373 Housing: landlord and tenants; limitations on fees charged to tenants; provide for |
Became law | Sept. 9, 2026 |
| SB 158 Consumer protection: other; certain uses of automated programs to purchase event tickets online; prohibit |
Became law | Dec. 18, 2025 |
Budget projects
The Michigan pages don't credit legislators with budget items.
Contested votes where they split
4 against the Senate Majority Leader; 2 against most of their party.
| Date | Bill and motion | Their vote | Senate Majority Leader | Most of their party |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 3, 2026 | HB 4187: Individual income tax: revenue distributions; distribution and use of renew Michigan fund and lapse of interest and earnings from the revitalization and… Passage |
Nay | Yea (split) | Yea (split) |
| June 17, 2025 | SB 424: Criminal procedure: sex offender registration; sex offender registration act; modify Passage |
Nay | Yea (split) | Yea (split) |
| Feb. 20, 2025 | HB 4002: Labor: benefits; requirements for an employer to provide earned sick time, modify Passage |
Nay | Yea (split) | Nay |
| Feb. 13, 2025 | SB 8: Labor: hours and wages; minimum hourly wage rate; modify Passage |
Nay | Yea (split) | Nay |
Every roll call
How Mary Cavanagh voted on each of the 631 floor roll calls while in office, newest first.
| Date | Vote | Their vote | Most of their party | Senate Majority Leader | Yeas–nays |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Contested and party-line votes link to their own pages; the rest link to the official record.
Contact, committees and caucuses
Contact
- senmcavanagh@senate.michigan.gov
- Capitol office
- Room 6500, Binsfeld Building P.O. Box 30036, Lansing, MI 48909
517-373-7748
Committees
- Finance, Insurance and Consumer Protection Chair
- Economic and Community Development Democratic vice chair
- Appropriations
- Housing and Human Services
- Labor
Contact details and committee assignments from Open States' data on the Michigan Legislature, which it collects from the chambers' websites, as of Oct. 15, 2026.
Source: the Michigan House and Senate Journals, Jan. 8, 2025 to Oct. 14, 2026. How these numbers work · Corrections