Jamie Thompson put her family on the payroll.

While Downriver families struggled with rising costs, Rep. Thompson's campaign paid her son more than $24,000.

We sent Jamie Thompson to Lansing to work for us. Instead, she's been looking out for her own family.

Campaign finance reports show Thompson's campaign paid her son, Jackson, more than $24,000 for "consulting" and canvassing between August 2024 and December 2025. That's about 15% of everything her campaign spent.

Jackson, Rep. Thompson's son, sitting on the hood of a red SUV

Jackson in a Jamie Thompson campaign shirt beside a red car

Her son, Jackson

The payments didn't stop when he was charged with domestic violence in Wayne County. Her campaign kept paying him, sending more than $5,000 after the charges were filed, including a check just one week later.

Rep. Jamie Thompson speaking on the Michigan House floor

When asked about it, Thompson defended the payments.

Our grocery bills, utility bills, and rent keep going up. We need a state representative who's focused on lowering costs for our families, not on putting her own family on the payroll.