{"id":1194989,"date":"2022-01-06T18:05:03","date_gmt":"2022-01-06T23:05:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1194989"},"modified":"2022-01-06T18:05:12","modified_gmt":"2022-01-06T23:05:12","slug":"rashida-tlaib-chooses-michigans-new-12th-district-for-re-election-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rashida-tlaib-chooses-michigans-new-12th-district-for-re-election-run\/","title":{"rendered":"Rashida Tlaib Chooses Michigan&#039;s New 12th District for Re-Election Run"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frashida-tlaib-chooses-michigans-new-12th-district-for-re-election-run%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1194989&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI)&nbsp;announced Wednesday she will run for re-election in Michigan\u2019s newly created 12th Congressional District.<\/p>\n<p>The two-term congresswoman declined to say why she\u2019s moving, offering only that her new district includes almost two-thirds of her current constituents.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>She used social media to announce her challenge for the new Detroit-area seat created through redistricting, saying in part:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe new 12th Congressional District contains nearly two-thirds of the people I currently serve. I\u2019m excited to continue to fight for our residents and engage with new neighbors in Wayne and Oakland Counties.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">As expected, communities in the current 13th District were split up between the new 12th and 13th Congressional Districts. <\/p>\n<p>Today, I am announcing that I will be running for re-election in what will now be Michigan\u2019s 12th Congressional District. <br \/>Join me:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UeAkLWNhIt\">https:\/\/t.co\/UeAkLWNhIt<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dBMlUTIOEo\">pic.twitter.com\/dBMlUTIOEo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rashida Tlaib (@RashidaTlaib) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RashidaTlaib\/status\/1478743529350438915?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 5, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Just hours before Tlaib\u2019s announcement, Democratic Representative Brenda Lawrence said she will retire from Congress instead of run in the district.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCongresswoman Brenda Lawrence has led a historic and impactful life in public service,\u201d Tlaib said in a statement sent to the Arab American News, Newsweek <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/michigan-rep-rashida-tlaib-seek-re-election-new-seat-created-through-redistricting-1666008\">reports<\/a>. \u201cAs a Detroiter, a Michigander, and a woman of color in politics, I send my deep gratitude to Congresswoman Brenda Lawrence for her partnership and support. It has been an honor to represent the city of Detroit with her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tlaib\u2019s decision leaves a seat open in the new 13th district, which has a majority of Detroit, as well as other areas in Wayne County.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19381106\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1359022602.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-19381106\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1359022602-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"990\" height=\"660\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) speaks as Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) (R) listens during a news conference in front of the U.S. Capitol December 14, 2021 in Washington, DC,&nbsp; to discuss the \u201cAfrican American History Act.\u201d (Alex Wong\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Declared candidates so far include Democratic state Rep. Shri Thanedar and former state Rep. Sherry Gay-Dagnogo, a Democrat who is now on the Detroit school board.<\/p>\n<p>Michigan lost one congressional seat after the 2020 census, bringing its total representation in the House to 13.<\/p>\n<p>Michigan\u2019s new 12th District, where Tlaib said she is now running, includes the suburbs of Dearborn and Southfield in addition to Detroit, <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/voting-rights-elections-rashida-tlaib-michigan-detroit-696312f1b9603439b4b925cbf80a2959\">according to<\/a> AP.<\/p>\n<h5><em><span>Follow Simon Kent on Twitter:<\/span> <a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SunSimonKent\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @SunSimonKent<\/a> <span>or e-mail to: skent@breitbart.com<\/span><br \/><\/em><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI)\u00a0announced Wednesday she will run for re-election in Michigan\u2019s newly created 12th Congressional District. The two-term congresswoman declined to say why she\u2019s moving, offering only that her &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":82,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1194989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1194989","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/82"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1194989"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1194989\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1194989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1194989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1194989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}