Michigan Rep. Brenda Lawrence announces she won't seek reelection to Congress

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Source: Local 4

Michigan Rep. Brenda Lawrence has formally announced that she will not seek reelection to Congress.

“This year marks my 30th year in elected public office and I’ve had the good fortune of serving Michiganders on the local and national level,” Lawrence said in a Tweet. “After reflecting on my journey and having conversations with my family, I’m announcing that I will not be seeking reelection to Congress.”

Read more: https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2022/01/05/michigan-rep-brenda-lawrence-announces-she-wont-seek-reelection-to-congress/

[MichMan]

1. Reports indicate she is unhappy with the new redistricting done by the commission

[mahina]

2. I sure hope that this is a safe district or we have somebody good to run

[ColinC]

3. Unfortunately if it was a safe district, the chances of her retiring would be much lower

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[JustABozoOnThisBus]

4. The districts have all been re-drawn, attempting to reduce the effect ...

... of Republican gerrymandering. So, her new district is a bit less safe, no longer shaped to confine as many Dem votes as possible.

The new district boundaries are being challenged in court: there are fewer districts in which voters-of-color are in the majority.

I wonder if this gives Rep Dingell an option as to which district she'll run in.

[roamer65]

6. She's announced she will run in the new MI-6 district.

She’s moving to Ann Arbor.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

7. Yeah, and it looks like Tlaib will run in the 13th to replace Lawrence

[MichMan]

5. Rashida Tlaib is going to run in the same district that Brenda Lawrence is in