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Posted on 08/05/2026 8:50:53 AM PDT by Red Badger
Thanedar was unseated by Donavan McKinney, a state representative endorsed by Bernie Sanders and Abdul El-Sayed, NBC News projects.
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Rep. Shri Thanedar has lost his Democratic primary in Michigan to state Rep. Donavan McKinney, NBC News projects, in a victory for the party’s progressive wing.
The 34-year-old McKinney won the backing of a number of prominent progressives across the state and country and secured the latest victory for the faction mounting an insurgency against the Democratic establishment.
But the swirl of unique dynamics in the Detroit-area seat make the victory more complicated than some of the other progressive primary wins so far this election cycle.
McKinney, a 34-year-old state lawmaker and democratic socialist, is running on a progressive platform including “Medicare for All” and putting new restrictions on military aid to Israel, while pushing massive investments in sectors such as clean energy and housing.
Thanedar narrowly won the seat in 2022 after self-funding his campaign, but he has faced his share of scrutiny since. Thanedar initially ran as a progressive but broke with the Democratic Socialists of America in 2023 — he says he quit, the local chapter says he was expelled — and has rebranded more around supporting Israel.
He received criticism from Democrats for a push to impeach Trump that was not sanctioned by party leadership, though he recently received an endorsement from House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and other top House Democrats anyway.
Thanedar’s campaign fundraising and spending have also attracted attention. His campaign has reported losing more than $2 million this year related to its cryptocurrency investments, a relatively uncommon use of campaign money. And Thanedar spent hundreds of thousands of dollars in taxpayer money to run television ads from his office that look similar to campaign ads.
McKinney announced his bid for Congress last year, about 16 months before the primary. He’s highlighted his personal story about growing up in poverty and becoming the first in his family to attend college, as well as his work in the Legislature, to argue he can be effective and aggressive right out the gate.
Ultimately, Thanedar’s personal liabilities combined with broader Democratic voter frustration with the party’s establishment and a unified progressive campaign up and down the ballot in Michigan.
McKinney has the backing of Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, as well as other prominent progressives such as Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Rep. Rashida Tlaib of Michigan. Groups such as Justice Democrats and Leaders We Deserve also backed McKinney as part of a broader slate of challengers taking on incumbents across the country this year.
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Good. No matter who won the D primary they would be an enemy to MAGA and everything good. So the choice that wreaks the most havoc in the D party is the best outcome.
Hasan Piker has foul-mouthed meltdown over tight Michigan Senate primary: ‘Islamophobic pieces of s–t’
That’s a very good observation!
It’s just mine was better when it came to Dan Goldman-heh heh.
Remember you Michiganderers. Free Stuff Socialism always sounds good until you run out of other people’s money. You can vote socialism in but you’re going to have to shoot your way out.
I like your thinking.
Adios!
It’ll be nice just not having to look at that dead racoon he keeps on top of his head.
This district is a dark, hideous blue with no relevance to the rest of MI. There’s a token R candidate apparently best known for stealing savings bonds from a church.
Democrat version of the Tea Party
"Motor City Pride was truly a vibe", McKinney said eight weeks ago.
These progressives are so ignorant, they think Medicare is free. Medicare is NOT free. Seniors not only worked all their lives and paid taxes to repay their old age insurance premiums, they get charged premiums for Medicare that are deducted from their Social Security checks. ..according to income. Then Medicare only pays 80%, the senior pays 20%, and this does not include drugs, which costs extra, or dental.
There are Medicare advantage plans, but they all are HMO plans, so there are penalties for out of network doctors, and the plans always are changing.
Medicaid is free for the poor, but it is awful. And many doctors will not even take Medicare patients. Medicaid for all would cost probably at least $5 trillion per year, and killing old, white people will become the way to save money, like they do in Canada and Europe. Dementia patients get lethal injections. Nobody in a coma gets a free bed, they get murdered by the State. The real endgame of Obamacare was to destroy the old system, then impose a system that kills old white people., and discriminates against young white people.
MAGA is not everything good. Just saying. Tariffs and trade wars are dumb. Trade deficits almost all are because the USA has a bigger, richer population than the countries we trade with. Real conservative named William F. Buckley pointed out to yahoos in the 1980s that if every Japanese person bought an American car, and every American bought a Japanese car, the trade deficit would be 1:2, because USA population is twice as big as Japan’s…..but we made Japan scapegoat because Americans liked Honda, Toyotas, Nissans, Mazdas, Acuras, and Lexuses, Sonys, LGs, Samsungs. USA still has no VAT, still has a high corporate income tax & tax on business payrolls, still taxes overseas operations and sales of multinationals headquartered in the USA, but most foreign companies treat their multinationals better.
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