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Gus Tarraf
Gus H. Tarraf (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Michigan House of Representatives to represent District 3. He lost in the Democratic primary on August 6, 2024.
Tarraf also ran for election to the Michigan House of Representatives to represent District 4. He did not appear on the ballot for the Democratic primary on August 6, 2024.
Elections
2024
District 3
See also: Michigan House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for Michigan House of Representatives District 3
Incumbent Alabas Farhat defeated Richard Zeile and Larry Betts in the general election for Michigan House of Representatives District 3 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Alabas Farhat (D) | 67.9 | 17,275 |
 | Richard Zeile (R)  | 27.7 | 7,051 | |
 | Larry Betts (Working Class Party) | 4.4 | 1,112 | |
| Total votes: 25,438 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 3
Incumbent Alabas Farhat defeated Ziad Abdulmalik and Gus H. Tarraf in the Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 3 on August 6, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Alabas Farhat | 49.4 | 3,033 |
 | Ziad Abdulmalik | 39.9 | 2,451 | |
| Gus H. Tarraf | 10.7 | 654 | ||
| Total votes: 6,138 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 3
Richard Zeile advanced from the Republican primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 3 on August 6, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Richard Zeile | 100.0 | 1,180 |
| Total votes: 1,180 | |||
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Working Class Party convention
Working Class Party convention for Michigan House of Representatives District 3
Larry Betts advanced from the Working Class Party convention for Michigan House of Representatives District 3 on June 23, 2024.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ | | Larry Betts (Working Class Party) |
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Campaign finance
District 4
See also: Michigan House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for Michigan House of Representatives District 4
Incumbent Karen Whitsett won election in the general election for Michigan House of Representatives District 4 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Karen Whitsett (D) | 100.0 | 33,026 |
| Total votes: 33,026 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 4
Incumbent Karen Whitsett advanced from the Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 4 on August 6, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Karen Whitsett | 100.0 | 9,370 |
| Total votes: 9,370 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Gus H. Tarraf (D)
Republican primary election
No Republican candidates ran in the primary.
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Tonya Wells (R)
2022
See also: Michigan House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Michigan House of Representatives District 4
Incumbent Karen Whitsett defeated Tonya Wells in the general election for Michigan House of Representatives District 4 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Karen Whitsett (D) | 87.1 | 16,990 |
| Tonya Wells (R) | 12.9 | 2,520 | ||
| Total votes: 19,510 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 4
Incumbent Karen Whitsett defeated Lori L. Turner and Gus H. Tarraf in the Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 4 on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Karen Whitsett | 55.2 | 3,857 |
| Lori L. Turner | 26.9 | 1,879 | ||
| Gus H. Tarraf | 17.9 | 1,254 | ||
| Total votes: 6,990 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Ali Alammari (D)
- Adam Y. Abusalah (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 4
Tonya Wells advanced from the Republican primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 4 on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Tonya Wells | 100.0 | 355 | |
| Total votes: 355 | |||
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Campaign finance
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Gus H. Tarraf did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2022
Gus H. Tarraf did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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