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- Rep. Elissa slotkin was reelected against Republican state Senator Tom Barrett in Michigan’s 7th Congressional District.
- The city of Jackson is not included in the new district. toutedAs a birthplace for the GOP.
- Slotkin was among 31 Democrats who won seats in Trump’s 2016 winning districts in 2018.
Democratic Rep. Elissa slotkin was reelected against Republican Tom Barrett in Michigan’s 7th Congressional District.
Decision Desk Headquarters, an Insider’s Elections Partner, called the race at 3:38 a.m. ET on Wednesday, November 9.
At 8 p.m. EST, polls in the state close. Due to the multiple time zones in the state, the first and last polls were closed at 8:45 EST and 9 p.m. ET respectively.
Michigan’s 7th Congressional Representative District candidates
With her 2018 victory over incumbent Rep. Mike Bishop, Slotkin became the first Democrat in Michigan to represent Michigan’s 8th Congressional District pre-redistricting. That year, she also was one of 31 Democrats to flip a Republican seat in a congressional district that Donald Trump won during the 2016 presidential election.
She ran unopposed for the 7th Congressional District Democratic Primary in 2022.
Holly Democrat, a member of the House Armed Services Committee, recently visited Ukraine with a bipartisan congressional delegation. The delegation Meeting with Volodymyr Zelenskyy (Ukraine President)Other senior Ukrainian military and security officers in Kyiv
Slotkin began his career in foreign affairs before turning to politics. Slotkin, 46 years old, is a lawmaker who speaks both English and Russian. Swahili and ArabicShe served three tours in Iraq as an intelligence analyst for the Central Intelligence Agency. After graduating from college, she was hired to this position. She worked in the National Security Council during President George W. Bush’s presidency and at the Department of Defense under the Obama administration.
She is endorsedWyoming Republican Liz Cheney is the vice chair for the House Select Committee’s investigation into the Jan. 6, attack.
Barrett is a member representing District 24 in the Michigan State Senate. There, he serves as chairman of its transportation and infrastructure panel.
Barrett was a two-decade veteran of the US Army and served in the Iraq War. Prior to that, Barrett served in Michigan’s House of Representatives. BeatIn 2014, Theresa Abed was the Democratic First-term Elector. He defeated her once more in 2016In a rematch
Voting history in Michigan’s 7th Congressional District
Michigan’s 7th Congressional district, which was recently drawn, is located in central Michigan and covers seven counties. The district includes Lansing as the state capital.
Trump defeated President Joe Biden almost 1 percentage point less than the district’s boundaries during the 2020 presidential campaign. After the election and publication of the results from 2020 Census, the district was Some communities in northern Oakland County were removed from the original map.It is less appealing for Republicans.
The money race
According to OpenSecretsSlotkin, who raised $9.3 million and spent $8.4 millions, had $2.4 million in cash as of October 19. Barrett, her opponent, has raised $2.5m, spent $2.4m, and had $63,172 cash left over to spend as of October 19.
The Super PACs, National Party Committees and other non-candidate organizations have merged to SpendThrough early November, there was more than $26.4million spent to support or oppose the candidates. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCC) and the National Republican Congressional Committee together accounted for nearly half of this spending.
Experts’ opinions
The race between Barrett & Slotkin is “tilt Democratic” according to Inside ElectionsA “toss-up” is a way to say it. The Cook Political Report, and a “toss up” by Sabato’s Crystal Ball, University of Virginia Center for Politics.
