GRETCHEN DRISKELL

Walberg beat Driskell, the former Saline mayor, in 2018 with 54% of the vote in the Republican-leaning district. The 7th Congressional District also supported President Donald Trump in the 2016 election when Walberg beat Driskell with 55% of the vote. “That impact will last far longer than our heartbreak at the election results in the 7th,” she wrote. She also said she wanted to support small businesses, expanding rural broadband access and community college technical programs. Walberg, meanwhile, campaigned on a more open approach to the economy, lowering prescription drug costs and expanding rural broadband.

U.S. Rep. Tim Walberg won reelection to a seventh term in office Tuesday, defeating Democrat Gretchen Driskell for the third consecutive time. U.S. Rep. Tim Walberg won reelection to a seventh term in office Tuesday, defeating Democrat Gretchen Driskell for the third consecutive time. The Republican from Tipton received 204,780 votes, or 58.6% of the votes cast, to Driskell’s 144,964, or 41.4%, in Michigan’s 7th Congressional District. "It has been an honor to have earned the votes of so many across the 7th District,“ Walberg said in a news release. In 2018, Walberg won 53.8% of the vote to Driskell’s 46.2%.

Former Saline mayor and state representative Gretchen Driskell is for the third time in a row challenging incumbent U.S. Rep. Tim Walberg, R-Tipton. Driskell said her priorities are to help the district by bringing more federal resources to fund things that would grow the area’s economy. Broadband, she said, would also help with health care in rural areas through telehealth services, which require faster internet speeds. Driskell said Walberg has also under delivered on his promises. He's been there in the majority when they had the Senate, the president and the House,” Driskell said.

U.S. Rep. Tim Walberg is seeking a sixth term representing Michigan's 7th Congressional District and is facing a familiar challenger this year in Democrat Gretchen Driskell. ADRIAN — U.S. Rep. Tim Walberg is seeking a sixth term representing Michigan’s 7th Congressional District and is facing a familiar challenger this year in Democrat Gretchen Driskell. Just as in the last three elections, Walberg, 69, believes his work for his constituents will get him reelected. Walberg said experience and seniority is important and that changing the representative would mean starting from the lowest seniority ranks. And I think that's the beauty of what Trump has done, and I think showing the impact is just to go to his rallies.”

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The former Saline mayor and Democrat is running for Michigan’s 7th Congressional District against incumbent Walberg, of Tipton, now in his sixth term. Walberg beat Driskell in 2018 with 54% of the vote in the Republican-leaning district. The 7th Congressional District also supported President Donald Trump in the 2016 election when Walberg beat Driskell with 55% of the vote. Related: Walberg again beats Driskell for Michigan’s 7th Congressional District seat “I’m running for Congress because people here in Michigan think Washington is broken,” Driskell’s campaign website reads. Driskell said she supports small businesses in the district, wants to support community college technical programs and wants to expand rural broadband access.

Democrat Gretchen Driskell is running for Congress again. On Wednesday, the former Saline mayor announced her candidacy for the U.S. House of Representatives in 2020 for District 7. In November 2018, Walberg beat Driskell to earn his sixth consecutive two-year term in Congress. In a statement, Driskell said she was running for Congress because Michiganders know that Washington is broken and we need someone who will work for us. In addition to her 14 years as mayor, Driskell served six years on the Saline City Council and built a career as a commercial real estate agent.