Ex-gubernatorial candidate Shri Thanedar wins nomination for Michigan House seat

Shri Thanedar campaign. (Shri Thanedar campaign.)

DETROIT – Businessman and former gubernatorial candidate, Shri Thanedar, has won the Democratic nomination for the Michigan State House in District 3.

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Thanedar ran for governor in 2018, finishing third in the state’s primary to Gretchen Whitmer and Abdul El-Sayed. Thanedar defeated a list of Democratic candidates in the 2020 Michigan Primary:

Candidate

Votes

%

Shri Thanedar(D)

4,74534%

Donavan McKinney(D)

2,77120%

China Cochran(D)

2,27516%

Al Williams(D)

2,22116%

John Cromer(D)

5203%

Art Tyus(D)

4683%

Keith McMurtry(D)

4673%

Steven Lett(D)

1200%
100% of Reporting

(65 / 65)

District 3 covers a portion of Detroit that borders Oakland County and Macomb County.

Michigan State House District 3 Map. (Michigan.Gov)

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