4 Flint candidates seek 70th District state House seat

FLINT, Mich. — Incumbent Cynthia Neeley will run against three other Flint politicians to retain her seat as 70th District state representative in the upcoming primary and general elections, according to Genesee County’s unofficial ballot list.

Neeley, who has held the seat since 2023, will face fellow Flint Democrat Michael Clack in the Aug. 4, 2026, primary election. Larry Hutchinson and Rob Waskoviak are vying to be the Republican nominee.   

Clack, the son of former state Reps. Floyd and Brenda Clack, has run for the state representative seat twice in the past. He has also held public office, serving on the Flint Board of Education as president and vice president in 2023 and 2024.

“I’m running because the residents of Flint need some change, and we need some relief,” Clack said. “I’m running because we haven’t had adequate representation in Lansing for the past decade. The residents of Flint are being squeezed out, their taxes are being raised, water rates are higher, energy rates are rising — everything is rising and there’s no relief for the residents.” 

Hutchinson is an artist and author with several years of experience in political campaigning. He ran for mayor of Lansing in 2021, he was the Green Party nominee for Michigan secretary of state in 2022, a nominee for a U.S. House seat in Rhode Island in 2023 and ran for president in 2024. He was born on an Army base in Oklahoma and raised in Flint.

“I remember when this city was the most beautiful place in the world to live and raise a family,” Hutchinson said. “To see what it is now is absolutely heartbreaking. By running as a Republican in a predominantly Democratic district, I’d like to bring people more to the center.”

Waskoviak previously ran as a Republican against Neeley in 2024.

Neeley and Waskoviak could not be reached for comment at the time of publication, and Waskoviak was also unavailable to provide a photo.

The primary election will take place Aug. 4, with the general election following on Nov. 2, 2026. The state representative seat carries a two-year term.