Shri Thanedar’s win in key House primary strikes a nerve in majority-black Detroit

Published August 8, 2022 10:15am ET




A multimillionaire businessman-turned-progressive state legislator won last week’s Democratic primary to represent a deep-blue, Detroit-area House seat, all but assuring himself a seat in Congress next year but drawing steep pushback from much of the city’s political establishment.

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