Haley Stevens

Seaholm High School and American University

Stevens grew up in the suburbs north of Detroit. Her office biography says she was born in Rochester Hills, that her parents ran a landscaping business, and that she graduated from Seaholm High School in Birmingham. She went on to American University in Washington, where she earned a bachelor's degree in political science and a master's degree in social policy and philosophy, according to the Archives of Women's Political Communication at Iowa State University's Catt Center and her official biography.

The Auto Rescue Task Force at the Treasury

Her first government job of note was in the Obama administration during the 2009 rescue of General Motors and Chrysler. She served as chief of staff to the Auto Task Force inside the Treasury Department, the group that ran the federal bailout of the two carmakers. Her office says she helped set up the Office of Recovery for Automotive Communities and Workers, which dealt with towns hit by plant closures, and the White House Office of Manufacturing Policy.

After leaving government she moved into manufacturing research. The Catt Center records that she worked at the Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute in Chicago, where her office says she worked on the future of work in manufacturing.

Michigan's 11th District, 2019 to 2027

Stevens was sworn in as the representative for Michigan's 11th Congressional District on 3 January 2019, after winning the seat in the 2018 midterm elections. She has held it since.

Her office lists her committee work as Education and the Workforce, Science, Space and Technology, where she has been ranking member of the research and technology subcommittee, and the select committee on competition with the Chinese Communist Party. It names the Building Blocks of STEM Act as the first bill she wrote that became law, and says she helped draft parts of the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022, the law that put federal money into domestic semiconductor plants. Those descriptions are her own office's.

In September 2021 she married Rob Gulley, a software engineer and a high school classmate she had reconnected with in 2017. The Associated Press reported that the ceremony was small, held outdoors in Michigan on Friday, 3 September 2021, and officiated by the state attorney general, Dana Nessel. A year later she told The Detroit News that "after careful thought and consideration, my husband Rob and I have decided to end our marriage," describing it as "a mutual decision."

The August 2026 Senate Primary

Stevens did not seek another House term in 2026 and ran for the Senate instead. The Democratic primary narrowed to a close race between her and El-Sayed.

Money became an issue in the campaign. At a debate on 7 July 2026 Stevens said: "Look, I am the only one running for United States Senate in Michigan who is not a millionaire." Bridge Michigan checked the claim against the candidates' filings. Her House financial disclosure from May 2026 put her net worth at no more than $376,998. Rogers reported between $7 million and $14 million. House disclosures list assets and debts in broad ranges rather than exact values, so the figures give an upper bound, not a precise sum. No second independent tally of her finances could be opened for this article, so it does not give her a net worth figure of its own.

The primary was held on 4 August 2026. El-Sayed won with 48.5 percent of the vote to her 47.5 percent, and the Associated Press called the race at about 10 the next morning. Stevens congratulated him and said she would help against Rogers.

"My last day in office will be January 2, and, guess what Roop, I'm not turning into a pumpkin," she told Roop Raj on Fox 2 Detroit's The Pulse two weeks later. The general election for her House seat, which she is leaving, is between Republican Ethan Baker and Democrat Jeremy Moss. Her term ends on 2 January 2027.

Sources

• Democrat Haley Stevens endorses Michigan GOP Senate candidate Mike Rogers amid rift with Abdul El-Sayed - CBS News
• Haley's Bio | Congresswoman Haley Stevens
• Haley Stevens - Archives of Women's Political Communication
• Haley Stevens on what's next: 'I'm not turning into a pumpkin' | FOX 2 Detroit
• U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens announces marriage | FOX 2 Detroit
• Rep. Stevens, husband to divorce after year of marriage - AOL
• Fact-check: Millionaire claims in Abdul El-Sayed, Haley Stevens Senate race - Bridge Michigan
• Abdul El-Sayed discloses Dubai property before Michigan primary debate | Fox News