Local Housing
Build homes people can afford, cut red tape for trusted local builders, and balance the tourism economy with year-round residents.
Michigan's 1st Congressional District
A future Michigan can actually afford.
Callie Barr is a military spouse, veteran advocate, mom, teacher, and attorney running to put people first in Congress.
Rooted here
5 generations in Michigan
Fighting for
Housing, income, food, care
Meet Callie
A representative who shows up, listens, and knows the cost of getting by.
Callie was born and raised in Traverse City and Cheboygan. After September 11, her high school sweetheart Matt enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps and served tours in Iraq and Afghanistan.
When Matt came home with combat injuries, Callie became his primary caretaker and advocate. That work led her from the classroom to veterans advocacy, law school, and now a campaign focused on real solutions for working families across MI-01.
Affordable LIFE
Four kitchen-table fights, one clear promise.
An affordable life is about freedom: a stable home, a paycheck that keeps up, healthy food, and care you can reach before it becomes a crisis.
Income
Reward work, support unions, protect Social Security, expand childcare, and invest in small businesses, farms, broadband, and infrastructure.
Food
Stand with farmers, strengthen local food supply, reverse SNAP cuts, and expand mobile markets for communities facing food deserts.
Essential Care
Keep rural hospitals open, lower prescription drug costs, protect Medicaid and Medicare, and fully fund the VA.
The choice
Real conversations. Real solutions. No soundbites.
Northern and Upper Michigan deserve a representative rooted here, working hard, and putting local families ahead of Washington special interests.
MI-01
Great Lakes shoreline, rural hospitals, small towns, farms, forests, and families who expect Congress to work.
Built for MI-01
A campaign grounded in the places Congress forgets.
From shoreline towns and farm roads to rural hospitals and veteran communities, this campaign is about the everyday work of making life here more affordable.
Great Lakes communities
Protect clean water, local jobs, and the outdoor economy that shapes Northern Michigan.
Rural hospitals
Keep care close to home and stop families from driving hours for basic healthcare.
Farms and small businesses
Back the growers, makers, builders, and shop owners who keep local economies moving.
Veterans and caregivers
Fund the VA, honor service, and support the families doing care work every day.
Upcoming events
Find Callie on the road.
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Community conversation
Kitchen Table Town Hall
A public conversation on housing, healthcare, food costs, and the fight for an affordable life across MI-01.
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Meet and greet
Coffee with Callie
Drop by, ask questions, and talk directly with the campaign about what working families need from Congress.
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Listening session
Veterans and Caregivers Roundtable
A focused conversation with veterans, caregivers, and military families about care, benefits, and local support.
Take action
Pick your lane. Help move the First.
Knock doors
Talk with neighbors face to face and help the campaign reach voters before ballots are cast.
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Join a phone bank from home or at a campaign stop and help identify supporters across MI-01.
Get a shiftHost an event
Open a living room, union hall, coffee shop, or community room for a real conversation.
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Show visible support in your yard, storefront, farm, or neighborhood gathering place.
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Help build momentum across the First.
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