July 29th, 20220DETROIT — Portia Roberson is a candidate in the August 2 primary election in the newly-drawn U.S. House District 13, covering much of Detroit and Hamtramck, as well as Downriver and western Wayne communities and eastern cities like Grosse Pointe.
The district also includes the southern portion of Dearborn Heights. Besides...
October 27th, 20190DETROIT - John Conyers, a Democrat who was the longest-serving African American member of the U.S. House of Representatives, serving for more than half a century, died on Sunday at the age of 90.
Conyers joined the House in 1965 and stepped down in 2017, after his reputation was sullied by sexual harassment accusations. The...
November 10th, 20180DETROIT — Rashida Tlaib will be one of two Arab American and Muslim women ever to be elected to Congress after winning the seat of former U.S. Rep. John Conyers Jr. and defeating Brenda Jones' last minute write-in campaign, on Tuesday.
The Palestinian American and vocal critic of President Trump was announced the winner of the 13th...
August 10th, 20180DETROIT – On August 7, voters in the 13th Congressional District made history by choosing former State Rep. Rashida Tlaib in the Democratic Primary. This November, Tlaib will be the first Arab American Muslim woman elected to Congress – she’ll appear on the general election ballot with no opposition from a Republican candidate and...
March 30th, 20180DETROIT — The 12 Democratic candidates and every resident of the 13th Congressional District will have to wait until the August primary and November general election to fill the seat left vacant by U.S. Rep. John Conyers (D-Detroit).
U.S. District Judge Mark Goldsmith found, "no evidence supporting plaintiffs' theory that Governor...
February 23rd, 20180Westland Mayor Bill Wild has thrown his hat in the race to replace former Congressman John Conyers in the 13th Congressional District.
Wild said in a statement by his campaign he hopes to bring to Congress more than 20 years of experience as a public servant, having served about 85,000 residents as Westland's mayor since 2007 and...
February 6th, 20180DETROIT — Rashida Tlaib, a Democrat, has officially thrown her hat in the race for Michigan's 13th congressional district.
The seat was left open by longstanding U.S. Rep. John Conyers (D-Detroit), who retired in December amid sexual harassment allegations.
"Serving in the U.S. Congress is about much more than voting on bills,"...
November 21st, 20170WASHINGTON — House of Representatives Democrats called for an investigation on Tuesday into allegations of sexual harassment against U.S. Representative John Conyers (D-Detroit), who said his office had resolved a harassment case with a payment but no admission of guilt.
Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, in a statement on fellow Democrat...
