Detroiters on Tuesday overwhelmingly elected Democrats to represent them at the national and state levels. Here’s what you need to know:
District 13 U.S. Rep. Donavan McKinney (D)
With the election of lifelong Detroiter Donavan McKinney, Detroit residents now have Black representation in the U.S. House for the first time since 2023. According to the City of Detroit’s unofficial election results, McKinney beat out Republican candidate T.P. Nykoriak with 113,713 votes, or about 92% of the vote. He will assume the office — which is currently occupied by Shri Thanedar, who McKinney beat in the primary — on Jan. 3, 2027.
The 34-year-old University of Michigan alumnus has been serving in Michigan’s 11th House District since 2025. His term ends on Jan. 1, 2027.
McKinney is a democratic socialist candidate who ran on progressive priorities like affordable and guaranteed housing, criminal justice reform, reproductive freedom, getting “big money out of politics,” and more. As the District 13 Rep, McKinney will be serving the second-poorest congressional district in the country, according to US census data. That data estimates District 13’s poverty rate to be over 27%…