Amid calls from Democrats for President Joe Biden to end his reelection campaign, leaders in the Michigan Democratic Party are coming to his defense.

Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan and other leaders from the city announced their support of Mary Waters in her challenge of Democratic U.S. Rep. Shri Thanedar in Michigan's August primary.

Bad petitions struck again as a top candidate for Detroit’s 13th Congressional District is disqualified from the ballot.

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The battle for House Speaker continues to drag on, with Kevin McCarthy losing a 10th bid late Thursday.

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For the first time in 70 years, Detroiters won’t have a Black person representing them in congress.

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.

Here’s where you can find Michigan general election results for Michigan U.S. House District 13 (Thanedar vs. Bivings) on Nov. 8, 2022.

A major change for one of the blackest cities in the country; potentially no African American voice to represent the city of Detroit.

State Rep. Shri Thanedar has won Michigan’s 13th Congressional Democratic primary, topping a field of nine candidates in a district that covers most of Detroit and a number of surrounding suburbs.

Michigan Rep. Shri Thanedar has declared victory in his bid for the Democratic nomination for the state’s 13th U.S. House seat.

The field of candidates includes Shri Thanedar, Portia Roberson, Adam Hollier, John Conyers III, Sharon McPhail, Sam Riddle, Sherry Gay-Dagnogo, Lorrie Rutledge and Micheal Griffie.

Redistricting has turned the political world upside down for many of the offices to represent Metro Detroit residents.

If the newly redrawn Michigan political maps withstand legal challenges, it means Metro Detroit will have an open Congressional seat -- which is likely to bring in a gold rush of candidates.

State Rep. Shri Thanedar, who ran for governor in 2018, plans to run for a congressional seat that is likely to include much of Detroit.

DETROIT – Mayor Mike Duggan announced his run for re-election in 2021 on Wednesday. Duggan has been in office since 2013. He won re-election in 2017, meaning this would be his third term if elected. Other potential 2021 candidates for Detroit mayor include Rep. Sherry Gay-Dagnogo, a Michigan state representative, and state Rep. Shri Thanedar, who ran for Michigan governor in 2018. Related: City of Detroit extends moratorium on residential water shutoffs through 2022

DETROIT – Businessman and former gubernatorial candidate, Shri Thanedar, has won the Democratic nomination for the Michigan State House in District 3. 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:District 3 covers a portion of Detroit that borders Oakland County and Macomb County. Michigan State House District 3 Map. (Michigan.Gov)