John James announces run for Michigan congressional seat

By DAVID EGGERT
Associated Press

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan businessman, military veteran and two-time Republican Senate candidate John James says he will run for an open House seat in the Detroit area. The 10th District, newly created through redistricting, includes a chunk of Macomb County and a small portion of Oakland County and is considered competitive. In a video, James called himself “an open-minded, free-thinking conservative.” Democratic Reps. Andy Levin and Haley Stevens currently represent parts of the seat, but they are seeking to represent a new, Democratic district in Oakland County. If elected, James would be Michigan’s first Black Republican member of Congress. Democrats noted, however, that James twice lost the area that now includes the district when he ran for Senate in 2018 and 2020.