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Aviation Pro

(12,181 posts)
Wed Nov 9, 2022, 11:17 AM Nov 2022

Mich. 3 flipped

Mich. District 3

This is the seat where Rep. Peter Meijer (R) lost to Gibbs in the primary after voting to impeach Trump following the Jan. 6 Capitol attack. Gibbs was endorsed by Trump, and Scholten lost to Meijer in 2020 in a year Biden won in the area.


Red trickle.
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Mich. 3 flipped (Original Post) Aviation Pro Nov 2022 OP
Could you tell us who won. I'm too old to understand your post marybourg Nov 2022 #1
Schloten the Democrat Aviation Pro Nov 2022 #2
Thanx. Great news. marybourg Nov 2022 #8
Scholten (D) 54.8%, Gibbs (R) 41.9%. Wednesdays Nov 2022 #5
Thanx! marybourg Nov 2022 #9
Hah! I thought I was the only one. Like one of those ancestral puzzles trying to figure out who is hlthe2b Nov 2022 #10
:-) I'm totally with you. nt LAS14 Nov 2022 #11
I lived in that district from 1975 until 2015 and can't remember a Democrat ever winning that seat. catbyte Nov 2022 #3
The Dem won Johnny2X2X Nov 2022 #4
So - way, WAY off topic but, Maru Kitteh Nov 2022 #6
FlightRadar24 Aviation Pro Nov 2022 #7

hlthe2b

(102,328 posts)
10. Hah! I thought I was the only one. Like one of those ancestral puzzles trying to figure out who is
Wed Nov 9, 2022, 12:11 PM
Nov 2022

who.

catbyte

(34,423 posts)
3. I lived in that district from 1975 until 2015 and can't remember a Democrat ever winning that seat.
Wed Nov 9, 2022, 11:27 AM
Nov 2022

The anti-gerrymandering prop in 2020 created a seismic shift here. Woo hoo! I wish other states would follow suit.

Johnny2X2X

(19,095 posts)
4. The Dem won
Wed Nov 9, 2022, 11:30 AM
Nov 2022

This was Republican Peter Meijer's seat. He voted to impeach Trump and so Trump backed a total nutcase in John Gibbs to primary him. Gibbs was supported by Dems in the primary because they knew he was unelectable. He actually wrote that women shouldn't be allowed to vote or work outside the home.

This was my home district, I have a Hillary Scholten sign in my yard. She's a remarkable progressive who has spent much of her career providing free legal services to the homeless in my city.

This was a redistricted seat, an independent panel redrew my district from R+9 to D+3. The GOP spent a ton of money on Gibbs and Trump was here to speak on his behalf. Huge win!

Maru Kitteh

(28,342 posts)
6. So - way, WAY off topic but,
Wed Nov 9, 2022, 11:36 AM
Nov 2022

I was thinking the executive/special air traffic should be pretty interesting today?

Does anyone have a resource they'd recommend?

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