Democrats prevail in competitive Michigan House races

In the three most competitive congressional races in Michigan, Democrats managed to either retain or even flip all three of them in Tuesday’s midterm election.

The Associated Press called the races throughout Tuesday and Wednesday.

In Michigan’s third Congressional district, former U.S. Department of Justice official Hillary Scholten flipped the seat for Democrats by defeating former Donald Trump administration official John Gibbs. It is one of the select few former GOP seats that the Democrats are projected to flip this midterm election.

Despite redistricting, Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D) was able to win reelection against Republican Tom Barrett in the seventh district, a state senator. Barrett made news when right after he won his primary election in August, he scrubbed his campaign website of his anti-abortion stances right as it became apparent that reproductive health care would be a top issue in this midterm election.

And in Michigan’s eighth Congressional district, Rep. Dan Kildee (D) narrowly won reelection over former Trump administration official Paul Junge (R). Although considered to be a tossup race in June by FiveThirtyEight, the race got ahead of Junge as time went on.