2022 election results: Shri Thanedar elected to Michigan’s 13th US House district in Detroit

FILE - In this June 20, 2018, file photo, Michigan Democratic gubernatorial candidate Shri Thanedar gestures during a debate in Grand Rapids, Mich. Thanedar won Michigan's 13th Congressional Democratic primary on Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2022, topping a field of nine candidates in a district that covers most of Detroit and potentially leaving the city next term without Black representation in Congress for the first time since the early 1950s. (Michael Buck/Wood-TV8 via AP, POOL, File) (Michael Buck)

Michigan State Rep. Shri Thanedar has been elected to the U.S. House in Michigan’s newly drawn 13th district, covering the City of Detroit, beating out Republican challenger Martell Bivings, the AP projects.

Candidate

Votes

%

Shri Thanedar(D)
166,20371%
Martell Bivings(R)
56,11124%
Simone Coleman(W)
8,8114%
Chris Dardzinski(U)
2,7631%
100% of Precincts Reporting

(430 / 430)

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Thanedar is a former candidate for Michigan governor who ran on his success as an entrepreneur.

Thanedar beat out a crowded field of Democrats running for the open seat, including state Rep. Adam Hollier, Portia Roberson, John Conyers III and Sherry Gay-Dagnogo.

Thanedar, an immigrant from India, earned a Ph.D. from Akron in 1982 and an M.B.A. from Fontbonne University in 1988. He is a pro-choice candidate who supports expanding background checks for guns, expanding voting access, and a single-payer healthcare system.


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