2018 Michigan's 13th congressional district special election

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2018 Michigan's 13th congressional district special election
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Michigan's 13th congressional district
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Nominee Brenda Jones Marc Sosnowski
Party Democratic Constitution
Popular vote169,33017,302
Percentage86.84%8.87%
U.S. Representative before election

John Conyers
Democratic

Elected U.S. Representative

Brenda Jones
Democratic

A special election for Michigan's 13th congressional district was held on November 6, 2018, following the resignation of Democratic U.S. Representative John Conyers.

Contents

The Democratic primary was held on August 7, 2018. No Republican candidate ran in the special election, making the win in the Democratic primary tantamount to election in this district. [1] Both the primary for this election and primary for the regular election were concurrent; similarly, the special election was held the same day as regular election. The winner of the regular Democratic primary was former state Representative Rashida Tlaib, who went on to win the regular general election.

The winner of the special Democratic primary was Detroit City Council President Brenda Jones, who served from November 29, 2018 to January 3, 2019.

Background

Incumbent U.S. Representative John Conyers announced on December 5, 2017, that he would resign after a sexual harassment scandal. He had represented the 13th and its predecessors since 1965 (it was numbered as the 1st from 1965 to 1993 and as the 14th from 1993 to 2013), and was the longest-serving member of the House at the time.

Three days after Conyers' resignation, Governor Rick Snyder set a date for the special election. [2] It was scheduled for November 6, 2018, concurrent with the regular election for a full two-year term. Primaries were held August 7. The filing deadline for candidates was April 24, 2018. [3] As a result, the 13th's seat remained vacant for nearly a year.

Republican primary

Candidates

Failed to qualify

  • David Dudenhoefer, author and photographer [4]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Failed to qualify

Withdrew

  • Michael Gilmore, attorney and activist [4]

Declined

Endorsements

Brenda Jones
Federal politician
Local politicians
Labor unions
Rashida Tlaib
Federal politician
State politician
Organizations

Results

Democratic primary results [32]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Brenda Jones 32,769 37.8
Democratic Rashida Tlaib 31,12135.8
Democratic Bill Wild13,17415.2
Democratic Ian Conyers 9,74911.2
Democratic Clyde Darnell Lynch (write-in)20.0
Total votes86,815 100.0

General election

Campaign

Brenda Jones won the Democratic primary for the special election, but lost the Democratic primary for the regular election to Rashida Tlaib. Both the special primary and regular primary were held concurrently. Jones won the special election on November 6, and served for just over eight weeks.

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [33] Solid DMay 4, 2018
Inside Elections/Rothenberg Political Report [34] Solid DMay 16, 2018
Sabato's Crystal Ball [35] Safe DMay 16, 2018

Results

2018 Michigan's 13th congressional district special election [36]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Brenda Jones 169,330 86.84% +9.74%
Constitution Marc Sosnowski17,3028.87%N/A
Green D. Etta Wilcoxon8,3194.27%N/A
Write-in 420.02%N/A
Total votes194,993 100.00% N/A
Democratic hold

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