{"id":1568846,"date":"2022-07-24T17:52:05","date_gmt":"2022-07-24T21:52:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1568846"},"modified":"2022-07-24T17:52:09","modified_gmt":"2022-07-24T21:52:09","slug":"2-congressional-races-to-watch-in-michigan-primary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/2-congressional-races-to-watch-in-michigan-primary\/","title":{"rendered":"2 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%2F2-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=1568846&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 it.<\/p>\n<p>The redrawing of congressional district boundary lines by an Independent Bipartisan Commission created a new 10th Congressional District, which has no incumbent.<\/p>\n<p>The commission also seriously reconfigured the 5th Congressional District, represented by the heretofore safe district of incumbent Dan Kildee (D-Mich.), creating a new 8th Congressional\u00a0District.<\/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 Congressional District is made up of portions of suburban Macomb and Oakland counties.<\/p>\n<p>The leading contender in the small Republican 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 Sen. Gary Peters (D-Mich) in the 2020 election. He also ran unsuccessfully against Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich) 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 Aug. 2 primary.<\/p>\n<p>Challenging James for the Republican nomination is Tony Marcinkewciz, 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>Marcinkewciz favors the decentralization of government authority and stopping the incentivizing of single parenting. He 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, Mich., 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\u2019re civil rights attorney Hawaida Arraf of Macomb Township; former Macomb County prosecutor and circuit<\/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 it. The redrawing of congressional district boundary lines by an Independent Bipartisan Commission created a new 10th Congressional District, which has no incumbent. 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