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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTlaib's primary result in 2018:
She won the primary by 900 votes, got less than 1/3 of the votes.
Rashida Tlaib 31.2 27,841
Brenda Jones 30.2 26,941
Bill Wild 14.1 12,613
Coleman Young II) 12.5 11,172
Ian Conyers 5,861
Shanelle Jackson 5.4 4,853
Total votes: 89,281
Gothmog
(145,130 posts)George II
(67,782 posts)msongs
(67,395 posts)Takket
(21,561 posts)msongs
(67,395 posts)wanted by less than 32% of the voters in the primary because they were stuck with her
Takket
(21,561 posts)JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,338 posts)Well, ok, I exaggerate, a little. But, Repubs were in charge of creating district boundaries, so they arranged a few districts to hold as high a concentration of dems as possible, so repubs could win the highest number of districts.
As drawn, a republican would have zero chance of winning Tlaib's district. I don't know if they bother to run in that district, it's a waste of money and effort for them.
edit to confirm: no Republican ran in MI-13 district in 2018.
George II
(67,782 posts)treestar
(82,383 posts)Gothmog
(145,130 posts)Gothmog
(145,130 posts)George II
(67,782 posts)....opponent defeated her by about 1700 votes in the special election to complete Conyers's term. The regular primary (on the same day) for the current session was split among 6 candidates, which is why there was a different result.
The result this year will be much different.