August 10th, 20240DEARBORN – After Democratic primary on Tuesday, Arab American State Rep. Alabas Farhat is now poised to continue representing Dearborn in Lansing for an additional two-year term. This comes after a heated election campaign against Ziad Abdulmalik.
Farhat, who represents District 3, a historically Democratic district, will face...
July 26th, 20240HAMTRAMCK – District 7 of the Michigan House of Representatives, which includes the cities of Hamtramck and Highland Park and parts of East Detroit, is witnessing a heated primary race among three Democratic candidates vying to succeed the current representative for the district, Arab American Abraham Aiyash.
Aiyash has decided not...
February 10th, 20220DEARBORN — Dearborn City Council President Pro-Tem Erin Byrnes has announced her candidacy for the newly drawn 15th State House District.
“Today, I filed to run for state representative in the new 15th District,” Byrnes wrote in a Facebook post. “This District encompasses precincts 33-50 in Dearborn and the majority of...
April 7th, 20210INKSTER — Sources have reported that Michigan State Representative Jewell Jones is awaiting arraignment following a vehicle accident.
Jones (D-Inkster), represents the 11th District, which is all of Garden City and Inkster and portions of Dearborn Heights, Livonia and Westland. He is 25-years-old and reportedly facing multiple...
November 2nd, 20180DETROIT — Detroit City Council President Brenda Jones filed paperwork with Wayne County Friday to run as an independent candidate against former State Rep. Rashida Tlaib to replace U.S. Rep. John Conyers Jr.
Jones lost to Tlaib in the August primaries but won a special primary election to represent the district for the seven-week...
April 27th, 20180DEARBORN — Now that the April 24 deadline to file nominating petitions for elected office has passed, Michiganians have an “un-official” look at candidates in the August 7 primary elections. That list will be finalized once the deadline to withdraw passes on April 27.
In the race for governor, two Libertarians — John J. Tatar...
February 9th, 20180
HAMTRAMCK — When Saad Almasmari made history in Nov. 2015 by receiving the most votes in the Hamtramck City Council race— making it the first City Council with a Muslim-majority in the U.S— he pledged to ensure proportional representation and that the city would handle resources well enough to move on from emergency...
January 12th, 20180LANSING — State Reps. Abdullah Hammoud (D-Dearborn) and Darrin Camilleri (D-Brownstown Township) were named co-recipients of Progress Michigan's Legislator of the Month Award. Hammoud and Camilleri were named for their efforts to engage young people in Dearborn and Downriver in the political process.
"Decisions made day after day in...
