Michigan's 13th congressional district

Michigan's 13th congressional district
Michigan's 13th congressional district
	Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Representative	Shri Thanedar ; D–Detroit
Distribution	100.00% urban; 0.00% rural;
Population (2023)	773,276
Median household; income	$48,723
Ethnicity	45.3% Black ; 36.8% White ; 10.3% Hispanic ; 4.0% Two or more races ; 2.9% Asian ; 0.7% other;
Cook PVI	D+23

Last updated January 10, 2025

Michigan's 13th congressional district is a United States congressional district in Wayne County, Michigan. It is currently represented by Democrat Shri Thanedar.

Before 1992, the 13th congressional district was a Detroit-based district represented by Barbara-Rose Collins. Besides Downtown Detroit, the southwest portion of the city, Mid-town, areas south of Highland Park, and the southern East Side, the district also included Grosse Pointe Park and Grosse Pointe City. During the 1980s, the 13th congressional district lost the most population out of any district in Michigan. However, due to the common interpretation of the Voting Rights Act, which mandates multiple districts in areas with racial majority-minority populations, it was not eliminated in the 1992 redistricting, only renumbered as the 15th district.

A special election was held on November 6, 2018, following the resignation of Representative John Conyers. Brenda Jones won the special election to fill the remainder of Conyers term in the 115th Congress. Democrat Rashida Tlaib won the regular election for the term in the 116th Congress.^[4] Tlaib was redrawn into the 12th district after the 2020 redistricting cycle.^[5] With a Cook Partisan Voting Index rating of D+23, it is tied with the 12th as the most Democratic districts in Michigan.^[2]

Composition

#	County	Seat	Population
163	Wayne	Detroit	1,751,169

Cities and townships of 10,000 or more people

Detroit – 633,218
Taylor – 63,409
Dearborn Heights – 63,292
Lincoln Park – 40,245
Southgate – 29,002
Allen Park – 28,638
Hamtramck – 27,339
Romulus – 25,178
Wyandotte – 24,859
Wayne – 17,713
Grosse Pointe Woods – 16,487
Harper Woods – 15,492
Melvindale – 12,851
Grosse Pointe Park – 11,595
Grosse Pointe Farms – 10,148

2,500 – 10,000 people

Ecorse – 9,305
Highland Park – 8,443
River Rouge – 7,224
Grosse Pointe – 5,678
Village of Grosse Pointe Shores – 2,647

History

2002 redistricting

Following the 2000 census, the congressional apportionment for Michigan was reduced by one and redistricting resulted in the land area of the 13th district (as well as several others) changing significantly. Prior to 2002, the 13th district encompassed a large portion of western Wayne County and part of eastern Washtenaw County. Following redistricting, the new 13th district incorporated most of what had formerly been the 15th district, as well as a large portion of the 14th district and part of the 16th district.

Before redistricting, the old 15th district included Lincoln Park, Ecorse, River Rouge, Hamtramck, Grosse Pointe Park, Grosse Pointe Shores, and Grosse Pointe Farms. It also included all Detroit south and east of a line beginning at the point where Greenfield Road intersects the Dearborn border, heading north along Greenfield until it reached Lyndon Avenue. At Lyndon the line headed east to Livernois, although there was a small area on the south side of Lyndon just east of Schaffer Avenue that was in the 14th district. The boundary line then went about a block south on Livernois until it reached Doris Avenue. It followed Doris to Linwood Avenue (not to be confused with Lyndon Avenue) where it went not even a normal block's length south to go on Oakman Blvd. until it reached the Highland Park City line. The boundary ran along the west and south sides of Highland Park until the point where Highland Park meets Hamtramck. From that point, the boundary ran along the western and northern boundary of Hamtramck and then the eastern boundary of Hamtramck, until the point where the boundary intersected Brockton, which was then followed in a north-easterly direction until the intersection of Brockton and Mt. Elliot. At Mt. Elliot the boundary turned south until intersected Georgia Avenue, and then proceeded east along Georgia Avenue. Where the boundary intersected Van Dyke Avenue it turned north until it intersected Ginnell Avenue, where it again turned east. The boundary followed Grinnell Avenue until it intersected Harding Avenue, where it turned southeast for a block to where it intersected Gratiot and then turned to go Northeast.

The boundary followed Gratiot until it intersected Houston Whittier St, at which point it again turned east, following Houston Whittier until intersecting Kelly Road. The boundary then followed Kelly Road in a northeasterly direction until the intersection of Grayton Road, which went east by southeast. It followed Grayton until intersecting I-94 which it essentially followed north-eastward until it intersected the Grosse Pointe line.^[6]

The simple differences between the old 15th and the new 13th districts are that the new 13th includes Grosse Pointe Shores, Grosse Pointe Woods and Harper Woods as well as Wyandotte, and no longer includes Hamtramck. The change in its part of Detroit is harder to explain, but it now touches 8 Mile Road. The portion of the district north of Tireman and west of Livernois has been moved to the 14th district. East of Livernois the boundary has been moved about 12 blocks south to about Courtland Street. It generally follows this line until intersecting with the Highland Park border. Highland Park remains in the 14th district. Hamtramck's western border where it touches Detroit and then its southern border forms the district line. This is then true of Hamtramck's eastern border, and then its northern border until this intersects Conant. Where the northern border of Hamtramck goes east of Conant, Conant becomes the western border of the 13th district. The boundary then follows Conant in a northeastward direction until it intersects Dequindre which it follows to Eight Mile. Thus the area north of the old district line east of Conant was all transferred from the 14th district to the 13th district.

The district's area had a population that was 60.8% African American in 2000, which was down from 69.9% African American in the old 15th district in 2000. The area of the 15th district had been 70% African-American in 1990. These figures are not 100% comparable since the 1990 census did not allow marking more than one race while the 2000 census did.

Recent election results from statewide races

Year	Office	Results^[7]
2008	President	Obama 81% - 17%
2012	President	Obama 82% - 18%
2016	President	Clinton 74% - 23%
2018	Senate	Stabenow 75% - 23%
	Governor	Whitmer 76% - 21%
	Attorney General	Nessel 74% - 22%
2020	President	Biden 74% - 25%
2020	Senate	Peters 73% - 24%
2022	Governor	Whitmer 77% - 22%
	Secretary of State	Benson 77% - 21%
	Attorney General	Nessel 75% - 22%

List of members representing the district

Representative	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history	District map
District created March 4, 1915
Charles A. Nichols (Detroit)	Republican	March 4, 1915 – April 25, 1920	64th 65th 66th	Elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1916. Re-elected in 1918. Died.	[ data missing ]
Vacant		April 25, 1920 – November 2, 1920	66th
Clarence J. McLeod (Detroit)	Republican	November 2, 1920 – March 3, 1921	66th	Elected to finish Nichols's term. Retired.	[ data missing ]
Vincent M. Brennan (Detroit)	Republican	March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1923	67th	Elected in 1920. Retired.	[ data missing ]
Clarence J. McLeod (Detroit)	Republican	March 4, 1923 – January 3, 1937	68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd 73rd 74th	Elected in 1922. Re-elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Re-elected in 1930. Re-elected in 1932. Re-elected in 1934. Lost re-election.	[ data missing ]
George D. O'Brien (Detroit)	Democratic	January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1939	75th	Elected in 1936. Lost re-election.	[ data missing ]
Clarence J. McLeod (Detroit)	Republican	January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1941	76th	Elected in 1938. Lost re-election.	[ data missing ]
George D. O'Brien (Detroit)	Democratic	January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1947	77th 78th 79th	Elected in 1940. Re-elected in 1942. Re-elected in 1944. Lost re-election.	[ data missing ]
Howard A. Coffin (Detroit)	Republican	January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949	80th	Elected in 1946. Lost re-election.	[ data missing ]
George D. O'Brien (Detroit)	Democratic	January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1955	81st 82nd 83rd	Elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. Re-elected in 1952. Lost renomination.	[ data missing ]
Charles Diggs (Detroit)	Democratic	January 3, 1955 – June 3, 1980	84th 85th 86th 87th 88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd 94th 95th 96th	Elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1950. Re-elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Re-elected in 1962. Re-elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Re-elected in 1972. Re-elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Resigned due to fraud convictions.	[ data missing ]
Vacant		June 3, 1980 – November 4, 1980	96th
George Crockett Jr. (Detroit)	Democratic	November 4, 1980 – January 3, 1991	96th 97th 98th 99th 100th 101st	Elected to finish Diggs's term. Elected to full term in 1980. Re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Retired.	[ data missing ]
Barbara-Rose Collins (Detroit)	Democratic	January 3, 1991 – January 3, 1993	102nd	Elected in 1990. Redistricted to the 15th district .	[ data missing ]
William D. Ford (Ypsilanti)	Democratic	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1995	103rd	Redistricted from the 15th district and re-elected in 1992. Retired.	1993–2003:
Lynn N. Rivers (Ann Arbor)	Democratic	January 3, 1995 – January 3, 2003	104th 105th 106th 107th	Elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Redistricted to the 15th district and lost renomination.	1993–2003:
Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick (Detroit)	Democratic	January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2011	108th 109th 110th 111th	Redistricted from the 15th district and re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Lost renomination.	2003–2013:
Hansen Clarke (Detroit)	Democratic	January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2013	112th	Elected in 2010. Redistricted to the 14th district and lost renomination.	2003–2013:
John Conyers (Detroit)	Democratic	January 3, 2013 – December 5, 2017	113th 114th 115th	Redistricted from the 14th district and re-elected in 2012 ^[8]. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Resigned following sexual harassment allegations.	2013–2023:
Vacant		December 5, 2017 – November 29, 2018	115th
Brenda Jones (Detroit)	Democratic	November 29, 2018 – January 3, 2019	115th	Elected to finish Conyers's term. Lost nomination to the next term.
Rashida Tlaib (Detroit)	Democratic	January 3, 2019 – January 3, 2023	116th 117th	Elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Redistricted to the 12th district .
Shri Thanedar (Detroit)	Democratic	January 3, 2023 – present	118th 119th	Elected in 2022. Re-elected in 2024.	2023–present:

Recent election results

2012

2012 Michigan's 13th congressional district election^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John Conyers (incumbent)	235,336	82.8
	Republican	Harry T. Sawicki	38,769	13.6
	Libertarian	Chris Sharer	6,076	2.1
	Constitution	Martin Gray	4,089	1.5
Total votes			284,270	100.0
	Democratic hold

2014

2014 Michigan's 13th congressional district election^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John Conyers (incumbent)	132,710	79.5
	Republican	Jeff Gorman	27,234	16.3
	Libertarian	Chis Sharer	3,537	2.1
	Independent	Sam Johnson	3,466	2.1
Total votes			166,947	100.0
	Democratic hold

2016

2016 Michigan's 13th congressional district election^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John Conyers (incumbent)	198,771	77.1
	Republican	Jeff Gorman	40,541	15.7
	Libertarian	Tiffany Hayden	9,648	3.8
	Working Class	Sam Johnson	8,835	3.4
	Independent	Clyde Darnell Lynch (write-in)	2	0.0
Total votes			257,797	100.0
	Democratic hold

2018 special election

2018 Michigan's 13th congressional district special election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Brenda Jones	169,330	86.84%	+9.74%
	Constitution	Marc Sosnowski	17,302	8.87%	N/A
	Green	D. Etta Wilcoxon	8,319	4.27%	N/A
	Write-in		42	0.02%	N/A
Total votes			194,993	100.00%	N/A
	Democratic hold

2018

2018 Michigan's 13th congressional district election^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Rashida Tlaib	165,355	84.2
	Working Class	Sam Johnson	22,186	11.3
	Green	D. Etta Wilcoxon	7,980	4.1
	Independent	Brenda Jones (write-in)	633	0.3
	n/a	Other write-ins	145	0.1
Total votes			196,299	100.0
	Democratic hold

2020

2020 Michigan's 13th congressional district election^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Rashida Tlaib (incumbent)	223,205	78.1
	Republican	David Dudenhoefer	53,311	18.7
	Working Class	Sam Johnson	5,284	1.8
	Green	D. Etta Wilcoxon	2,105	0.7
	Constitution	Articia Bomer	1,974	0.7
	Independent	Donald Eason (write-in)	6	0.0
Total votes			285,885	100.0
	Democratic hold

2022

2022 Michigan's 13th congressional district election^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Shri Thanedar	166,650	71.0
	Republican	Martell Bivings	56,187	23.9
	Working Class	Simone Coleman	8,833	3.7
	U.S. Taxpayers	Chris Dardzinski	2,769	1.1
	Write-in		5	0.0
Total votes			234,444	100.0
	Democratic hold

Notes

↑ "My Congressional District". census.gov. U.S. Department of Commerce. Retrieved September 22, 2024.
1 2 "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". Cook Political Report. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
↑ "Redistricting in Michigan after the 2010 census". Ballotpedia. Retrieved August 14, 2019.
↑ Spangler, Todd (January 3, 2019). "Michigan's 4 new Congress members are sworn in". Detroit Free Press. USA Today Network.
↑ "The changes to Michigan's congressional map, district by district". Michigan Radio. February 15, 2022. Retrieved January 9, 2023.
↑ "U.S. Census Bureau Thematic Map". Archived from the original on January 18, 2012. Retrieved March 29, 2020.
↑ https://davesredistricting.org/maps#viewmap::287ace43-1a66-4686-b596-949f578971a8
↑ Originally served in the 1st district, 1965-1993.
↑ "2012 Michigan House Results". Politico .
↑ "2014 Michigan Official General Election Results - 11/04/2014".
↑ "2016 Michigan Election Results - Official Results". Michigan Department of State. November 8, 2016. Retrieved December 9, 2016.
↑ Johnson, Cheryl L. (February 28, 2019). "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 6, 2018". Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives . Retrieved April 27, 2019.
↑ "2020 Michigan Election Results Official". Michigan Secretary of State. Retrieved November 23, 2020.
↑ "2022 Michigan Election Results". Michigan Department of State. November 8, 2022. Retrieved July 8, 2024.

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References

Hansen Clarke's web page
Govtrack.us for the 13th District – Lists current Senators and representative, and map showing district outline
U.S. Representatives 1837–2003 ^{[ permanent dead link ‍]}, Michigan Manual 2003–2006
Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present
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[Cook-2] 1 2 "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". Cook Political Report. Retrieved January 10, 2023.

[3] "Redistricting in Michigan after the 2010 census". Ballotpedia. Retrieved August 14, 2019.

[4] Spangler, Todd (January 3, 2019). "Michigan's 4 new Congress members are sworn in". Detroit Free Press. USA Today Network.

[5] "The changes to Michigan's congressional map, district by district". Michigan Radio. February 15, 2022. Retrieved January 9, 2023.

[6] "U.S. Census Bureau Thematic Map". Archived from the original on January 18, 2012. Retrieved March 29, 2020.

[7] ttps://davesredistricting.org/maps#viewmap::287ace43-1a66-4686-b596-949f578971a8

[8] Originally served in the 1st district, 1965-1993.

[9] "2012 Michigan House Results". Politico .

[Generalelection-10] "2014 Michigan Official General Election Results - 11/04/2014".

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