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  • Detroit — more than three-quarters Black in the last census — may soon be without Black representation in Congress

    08/08/2022 9:56:44 AM PDT · by Salman · 42 replies
    AP via MSN ^ | 08-04-2022 | AP staff writers
    DETROIT (AP) — State Rep. Shri Thanedar won the Democratic primary in Michigan’s 13th Congressional District this week, topping a field of nine candidates in a district that covers most of Detroit and potentially leaving the predominantly Black city next term without Black representation in Congress for the first time since the early 1950s. Results from Tuesday’s election show Thanedar, an immigrant from India, defeating state Rep. Adam Hollier and attorney Portia Roberson. Martell Bivings, who is Black, ran unopposed in Tuesday’s Republican primary for the 13th District, but is a longshot to win the general election in the heavily...