“I think they are looking for somebody who has credibility to beat Rashida. Because that’s going to be very hard to do. You can’t just drop someone into this race: She has very strong constituent services and her district has a large Arab American constituency, including Dearborn.”
Tlaib was elected to a third term last fall representing Michigan’s 12th District, which covers Dearborn, Detroit’s west side, Garden City, Inkster, Livonia, Redford Charter Township and Westland.
She defeated three Democratic challengers in the August 2022 primary election, including Detroit City Clerk Janice Winfrey, winning with 64 percent of the vote.
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