KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -If they both decide to run, two Michigan congressman will be facing off against each other in the August 2022 Republican primary.
The new U.S. House map drawn up by the Michigan redistricting committee puts incumbent Republicans Fred Upton and Bill Huizenga both in the 4th District. Huizenga says he is running, while Upton, the longest-serving Congressman in the state, has not made an announcement.
The 3rd District would also shift to include Grand Rapids, Grand Haven, and Muskegon and Congressman Pete Meijer plans to run. He made his announcement Tuesday
“Michigan’s new Third Congressional District, including my hometown of Grand Rapids, represents many Kent County communities in our current district while also adding Grand River and lakeshore communities with shared interests in clean water and conservation. I am running for re-election to represent these amazing West Michigan communities in Congress.”
Michigan lost one congressional district in the latest census.
Congresswoman Debbie Dingell says she will move from Dearborn to Ann Arbor to run for the new 6th District seat. Dingell has represented the 12th District since 2014. She says around 60-percent of her current constituents will be in the new district, but notes it does not include Dearborn, where she has lived for years.
Dingell said her decision to move is made with “very mixed and complicated emotions.”
