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{"id":8234,"date":"2025-04-14T14:48:03","date_gmt":"2025-04-14T14:48:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/former-michigan-state-lawmaker-announces-democratic-primary-challenge-against-rep-shri-thanedar\/"},"modified":"2025-04-14T14:48:03","modified_gmt":"2025-04-14T14:48:03","slug":"former-michigan-state-lawmaker-announces-democratic-primary-challenge-against-rep-shri-thanedar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/former-michigan-state-lawmaker-announces-democratic-primary-challenge-against-rep-shri-thanedar\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Michigan state lawmaker announces Democratic primary challenge against Rep. Shri Thanedar"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Former Michigan state Sen. Adam Hollier on Monday launched a Democratic primary challenge against two-term Rep. Shri Thanedar.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement marks <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/live-updates\/2025\/02\/28\/congress\/shri-thanedar-democratic-primary-00206668\" target=\"_blank\">Hollier\u2019s third attempt to secure the House seat<\/a> representing most of Detroit. Hollier previously served as a Michigan state Senator from 2018 to 2022 and has also led the Michigan Veterans Affairs Agency under Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom housing to daycare to the rising costs of everything from groceries to the brakes on our cars, we\u2019re in a real crisis in this country,\u201d Hollier said in a press release announcing the run. \u201cWe need bold solutions and leaders who won\u2019t back down in the face of this challenge.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Thanedar, an Indian American Democrat, has held Detroit\u2019s plurality-Black district since 2023. Hollier, who is Black, came up short to Thanedar in the 2022 primary and didn\u2019t make it onto the ballot in 2024. Leaders within the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.detroitnews.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2024\/04\/19\/congressional-black-caucus-chair-backs-adam-hollier-over-shri-thanedar-detroit-michigan-congress\/73373948007\/\" target=\"_blank\">Congressional Black Caucus<\/a> have previously rallied around Hollier. <\/p>\n<p>Thanedar, a multimillionaire, has largely self-funded his congressional bids since taking over the seat held by former Democratic Rep. Brenda Lawrence. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe last thing we need are more millionaires and billionaires like Elon Musk and Shri Thanedar who are only in it for themselves,\u201d Hollier said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile everyday Michiganders are struggling, Shri Thanedar is spending hundreds of thousands of their hard-earned tax dollars putting up self-portraits of himself all over the district,\u201d he added. \u201cThat\u2019s something only Donald Trump would be proud of.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Michigan state Sen. Adam Hollier on Monday launched a Democratic primary challenge against two-term Rep. Shri Thanedar. The announcement marks Hollier\u2019s third attempt to secure the House seat representing most of Detroit. Hollier previously served as a Michigan state Senator from 2018 to 2022 and has also led the Michigan Veterans Affairs Agency under [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8234","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8234"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8234\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}