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I think Detroit is down to at most two congresscritters, and while I have no doubt that they did win, running up the score unnecessarily for the sake of influencing statewide races seems a good reason for penalizing the district(s) until they clean up their acts.

There simply has to be a penalty for the blatant election fraud. The Speaker of the House can just say there was so much election fraud in your district, we can't know that you won. So, you will not be seated, or decertified by the House. That means no vote for the district, less federal money for the region, etc. Combining the House's constitutional power to determine the election of its members with the Guarantee Clauese's promise of a "Republican form of government" justifies refusing to recognize Congresscritters from corrupt districts.

I am not holding my breath for that to happen though, just saying its an option.