Christina Hines kicked off a bid for Congress, touchdown Democrats a aggressive recruit in a purple district within the Detroit suburbs.
“We need people in Washington that we can trust, and I spent my whole life trying to fight for others and to fight for my community, and I’m hoping that I can be a trustworthy person in Congress,” mentioned Hines, a former particular victims’ prosecutor.
“My husband and I looked at each other like, ‘yeah, this is not a time to wait. This is not a time to be comfortable,’“ she recalled. “We need a fighter in Congress. And I’ve spent my whole career fighting for people, and I need to step up. We need a fighter here in Michigan’s tent.”
The district, which incorporates components of the northern Detroit suburbs in Oakland and Macomb counties, has trended towards Republicans lately. Nonetheless, Democrats consider this district could possibly be flippable with incumbent Rep. John James (R-Mich.) doubtlessly vacating it for a gubernatorial bid subsequent yr to interchange term-limited Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, a Democrat. James gained the seat in 2022 by half a share level and by a handier margin in 2024.
Notably, she’s working with the endorsement of former decide and legal professional Carl Marlinga, who’s run towards James the previous two cycles. He’d initially made strikes towards a bid this cycle, sparking personal considerations amongst some Democrats that his previous baggage might tank their possibilities within the district.
However he’s not working this time and gave his backing to her marketing campaign in a press release: “Christina is the new generational leader we need in Washington to give our country a fresh start. She is a fighter who knows every corner of Macomb and the people who live here.”
Hines might declare a centrist lane and mentioned, “I’m not particularly far on either side of the spectrum.” She she’d been in contact with the Democratic Congressional Marketing campaign Committee about working and was “not expecting a very contested primary.”
Nonetheless, she’s not the one Democrat working. Military veteran Alex Hawkins has already launched a marketing campaign, and former Rep. Andy Levin (D-Mich.), who’d represented components of the district earlier than redistricting, has flirted with a comeback bid for the seat or different elected places of work in Michigan.
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