[2] Following the redistricting which proceeded the 2020 United States census, the 2022 Michigan House of Representatives election saw the Democrats reclaim a majority in the chamber of 56 to 54.

The Democratic Party had also won the majority of the state senate in a simultaneous election.

[20] Initially, former state representative Tim Sneller was the only candidate running in the Democratic primary election in the 68th district.

[22] The Michigan Democratic State Central Committee attempted to replace Sneller on the August primary ballot with Schlinker, however Judge James Robert Redford ruled that they attempted to do so too late, as early voting had already began.

[21][24] Incumbent representative David Martin won the Republican primary unopposed.