The Winner
If you live in Michigan's 12th U.S. House District, you will continue to be represented in Congress by Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), who has been declared the winner of the 2026 congressional race, according to the Associated Press.
The AP called the race on Nov. 3, and Tlaib took about 75.8% of the vote to about 21.2% for the Republican opponent, James D. Hooper, a margin of about 55 points, according to unofficial results from the Michigan Department of State as of Nov. 10.
Tlaib received about 247,185 votes to about 68,960 for Hooper, a gap of about 178,225 votes. The win rests on the AP call, and the vote figures are preliminary and may change until the state certifies the totals.
The Race
James D. Hooper, the Republican nominee, reached the general election ballot through the Aug. 4 Republican primary. Three other candidates also ran: Gary Walkowicz took about 3,776 votes, Green Party candidate Brenda Sanders about 3,365, and Marc Joseph Sosnowski about 2,036. Cook Political Report rated the seat Solid D before the election.
Michigan's 12th District has a population of about 761,600 residents and is about 47% white and about 43.8% Black, according to geographic data for the district. Median household income is about $59,600 and median age is about 37.9.
About 27.4% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, about 8.9% of the labor force is unemployed, and about 20.5% of residents live below the poverty line.
What's Next
Tlaib is set to take office on Jan. 3, 2027. In a campaign post published Jan. 28, she said she was seeking to advance an economy that puts working people first and to push for investment in communities rather than more spending on war and military aggression, according to Rashida Tlaib for Congress.
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