{"id":1567060,"date":"2022-07-22T18:34:25","date_gmt":"2022-07-22T22:34:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1567060"},"modified":"2022-07-22T18:34:31","modified_gmt":"2022-07-22T22:34:31","slug":"two-congressional-races-to-watch-in-michigan-primary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/two-congressional-races-to-watch-in-michigan-primary\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Congressional Races to Watch in Michigan Primary"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/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%2Ftwo-congressional-races-to-watch-in-michigan-primary%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=1567060&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>Republicans have an opportunity to pick up at least two seats in Michigan\u2019s 13-member delegation to the U.S. House of Representatives\u2014and they may have redistricting to thank for that.<\/p>\n<p>The redrawing of congressional district boundary lines by an Independent Bipartisan Commission created a new 10th District where there is no incumbent.<\/p>\n<p>The Commission also seriously reconfigured District 5, the heretofore safe district of incumbent Democrat Dan Kildee, creating the new 8th District.<\/p>\n<p>Congressional district lines are redrawn after every decennial census to ensure population equality among the districts, which is the foundation of the principle of one-man, one-vote in the constitutionally required reapportionment process.<\/p>\n<p>The compact but densely populated 10th District is comprised of portions of suburban Macomb and Oakland counties.<\/p>\n<p>The leading contender in the small GOP primary field is John James\u2014a successful black businessman and decorated Iraq War veteran.<\/p>\n<p>James, who describes himself as \u201cthe walking American Dream,\u201d came within 1.7 percent of defeating incumbent Democratic Sen. Gary Peters in the 2020 election. He also ran unsuccessfully against Democratic Sen. Debbie Stabenow in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>According to his last campaign finance statement, James has amassed a war chest of $3.5 million going into the August 2, primary.<\/p>\n<p>Challenging James for the Republican nomination is Tony Marcinkewicz, a software engineer, who grew up in a single-parent household and prides himself on his years as a blue-collar worker.<\/p>\n<p>Marcinkewicz favors the decentralization of government authority and stopping the incentivizing of single parenting.<\/p>\n<p>Marcinkewicz has raised $14,299 in campaign contributions.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2020\/11\/03\/GettyImages-1283751108-1200x817.jpg\"><\/a> A voter fills in his ballot, in Lansing, Michigan, on Nov. 3, 2020. (John Moore\/Getty Images) <\/p>\n<p>There are five <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-democrats\">Democrats<\/a> vying for their party\u2019s nomination to run for the open seat.<\/p>\n<p>They are civil rights attorney Hawaida Arraf of Macomb Township; former Macomb County prosecutor and circuit judge, Carl Marlinga; Rhonda Powell<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republicans have an opportunity to pick up at least two seats in Michigan\u2019s 13-member delegation to the U.S. House of Representatives\u2014and they may have redistricting to thank for that. The redrawing of congressional district boundary lines by an Independent Bipartisan Commission created a new 10th District where there is no incumbent. 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