Delorean Holmes
Delorean Holmes (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Michigan House of Representatives to represent District 4. He lost in the Democratic primary on August 4, 2020.
Holmes also ran in a special election to the Michigan House of Representatives to represent District 4. He lost in the special Democratic primary on August 4, 2020.
Holmes completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Holmes' professional experience includes working as the deputy director of the Detroit Wayne County Port Authority. He earned a bachelor's degree from Wayne State University in 2014 and a master's degree from Walden University in 2017.[1]
Holmes has been affiliated with the following organizations:[1]
- Cass Tech Alumni association
- Wayne State Alumni association
- Walden University Alumni association
- Military Officers Associate of America
- Michigan Democratic Party
- 13th Congressional District Democratic Party Organization
- Linking Literature
- Helping Hands
- Vessels of Hope
- Pervis Jackson Jr. Autism foundation
Elections
2020
Regular election
See also: Michigan House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for Michigan House of Representatives District 4
Abraham Aiyash defeated Howard Weathington, Linda Rayburn, and MD Rabbi Alam in the general election for Michigan House of Representatives District 4 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Abraham Aiyash (D)  | 89.7 | 27,263 |
| Howard Weathington (R) | 5.7 | 1,736 | ||
 | Linda Rayburn (Working Class Party) | 3.4 | 1,023 | |
 | MD Rabbi Alam (Independent) | 1.2 | 355 | |
| Total votes: 30,377 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 4
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 4 on August 4, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Abraham Aiyash | 38.4 | 5,355 |
 | Michele Oberholtzer | 13.9 | 1,945 | |
 | Tawanna Simpson | 10.9 | 1,518 | |
 | Tonya Myers Phillips | 10.2 | 1,417 | |
 | Delorean Holmes | 7.2 | 1,002 | |
| Shahab Ahmed | 6.0 | 834 | ||
| Christopher Collins | 4.7 | 655 | ||
| Frazier Kimpson | 3.7 | 515 | ||
 | Abraham Shaw | 1.8 | 254 | |
| Anthony Ali | 1.1 | 150 | ||
| Sigmunt Szczepkowski Jr. | 1.1 | 148 | ||
| Gregory Reyner | 0.7 | 97 | ||
| Darwood Navarro | 0.5 | 63 | ||
| Total votes: 13,953 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Corletta Vaughn (D)
- Saad Almasmari (D)
- Christopher Wojtowicz (D)
- MD Rabbi Alam (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 4
Howard Weathington advanced from the Republican primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 4 on August 4, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Howard Weathington | 100.0 | 329 | |
| Total votes: 329 | |||
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Working Class Party convention
Working Class Party convention for Michigan House of Representatives District 4
Linda Rayburn advanced from the Working Class Party convention for Michigan House of Representatives District 4 on July 26, 2020.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ | | Linda Rayburn (Working Class Party) |
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Campaign finance
Special election
See also: Michigan state legislative special elections, 2020
General election
Special general election for Michigan House of Representatives District 4
Abraham Aiyash won election in the special general election for Michigan House of Representatives District 4 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Abraham Aiyash (D) | 100.0 | 28,379 |
| Total votes: 28,379 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Special Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 4
The following candidates ran in the special Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 4 on August 4, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Abraham Aiyash | 37.9 | 5,208 |
| Michele Oberholtzer | 14.7 | 2,021 | |
| Tawanna Simpson | 12.6 | 1,728 | |
| Tonya Myers Phillips | 10.5 | 1,444 | |
| Delorean Holmes | 7.8 | 1,070 | |
| Shahab Ahmed | 6.2 | 852 | ||
| Christopher Collins | 5.4 | 739 | ||
| Abraham Shaw | 1.9 | 266 | |
| Sigmunt Szczepkowski Jr. | 1.2 | 164 | ||
| Anthony Ali | 1.1 | 152 | ||
| Gregory Reyner | 0.7 | 103 | ||
| Total votes: 13,747 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Delorean Holmes completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Holmes' responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- Leadership matters, as a Commissioned Officer in the Military I have proven and tested leaderhip skills that will allow for me to advocate for you.
- I have the work experience required to be successful at this job.
- Trust is earned, its not something that is just given to you. I promise to work each day as your Representative to earn and keep your trust.
Note: Ballotpedia reserves the right to edit Candidate Connection survey responses. Any edits made by Ballotpedia will be clearly marked with [brackets] for the public. If the candidate disagrees with an edit, he or she may request the full removal of the survey response from Ballotpedia.org. Ballotpedia does not edit or correct typographical errors unless the candidate's campaign requests it.
See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
