Hassan Nehme

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Hassan Nehme

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Last election

August 6, 2024

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Farmington Hills, Mich.

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Muslim

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Hassan Nehme (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Michigan's 12th Congressional District. He was disqualified from the Republican primary scheduled on August 6, 2024.

Biography

Hassan Nehme was born in Farmington Hills, Michigan.

Elections

2024

See also: Michigan's 12th Congressional District election, 2024

Michigan's 12th Congressional District election, 2024 (August 6 Republican primary)

Michigan's 12th Congressional District election, 2024 (August 6 Democratic primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Michigan District 12

Incumbent Rashida Tlaib defeated James Hooper, Gary Walkowicz, and Brenda Sanders in the general election for U.S. House Michigan District 12 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Rashida Tlaib (D)	69.7	253,354
		James Hooper (R)	25.4	92,490
		Gary Walkowicz (Working Class Party)	2.6	9,401
		Brenda Sanders (G)	2.3	8,254

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 363,499
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Michigan District 12

Incumbent Rashida Tlaib advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Michigan District 12 on August 6, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Rashida Tlaib	99.9	84,138
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	108

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 84,246
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Royce Kinniebrew (D)
• Ryan Foster (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Michigan District 12

James Hooper defeated Linda Sawyer in the Republican primary for U.S. House Michigan District 12 on August 6, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		James Hooper	60.5	12,001
		Linda Sawyer	39.5	7,828

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 19,829
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Hassan Nehme (R)
• Steven Elliott (R)

Green convention

Green convention for U.S. House Michigan District 12

Brenda Sanders advanced from the Green convention for U.S. House Michigan District 12 on July 27, 2024.

		Candidate
✔		Brenda Sanders (G)

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Working Class Party convention

Working Class Party convention for U.S. House Michigan District 12

Gary Walkowicz advanced from the Working Class Party convention for U.S. House Michigan District 12 on June 23, 2024.

		Candidate
✔		Gary Walkowicz (Working Class Party)

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Endorsements

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2022

See also: Michigan's 12th Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Michigan District 12

Incumbent Rashida Tlaib defeated Steven Elliott and Gary Walkowicz in the general election for U.S. House Michigan District 12 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Rashida Tlaib (D)	70.8	196,643
		Steven Elliott (R)	26.3	72,888
		Gary Walkowicz (Working Class Party)	2.9	8,046

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 277,577
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Michigan District 12

Incumbent Rashida Tlaib defeated Janice Winfrey, Kelly Garrett, and Shanelle Jackson in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Michigan District 12 on August 2, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Rashida Tlaib	63.8	61,635
		Janice Winfrey	22.4	21,636
		Kelly Garrett	8.6	8,334
		Shanelle Jackson	5.1	4,927

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 96,532
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Phil Cavanagh (D)
• Michelle Wooddell (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Michigan District 12

Steven Elliott defeated James Hooper and Hassan Nehme in the Republican primary for U.S. House Michigan District 12 on August 2, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Steven Elliott	52.9	14,431
		James Hooper	35.4	9,651
		Hassan Nehme	11.7	3,196

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 27,278
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Linda Sawyer (R)

Working Class Party convention

Working Class Party convention for U.S. House Michigan District 12

Gary Walkowicz advanced from the Working Class Party convention for U.S. House Michigan District 12 on June 26, 2022.

		Candidate
✔		Gary Walkowicz (Working Class Party)

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Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2022

Hassan Nehme completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Nehme's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

Hassan Nehme born and raised in Michigan. Growing up in Dearborn, a melting pot of diversity. Hassan respects and values the differences found in the people surrounding him. The common thread of family relationships and strong work ethic empowered Hassan to be engaged with the community and current events. 

Hassan, an entrepreneur, relates to the business community. He has also served in the United States Army and worked in the private sector. Hassan has worked in the automotive industry, private security sector, and started multiple small businesses. Hassan is a compassionate advocate and experienced problem solver. Hassan has lived in the city, suburbs, and the rural areas, giving him a great understanding of how lifestyles differ, facing their own struggles. We need a candidate that will help make our district, alongside the nation, better for all, not just those with the control. 

Dearborn being a microcosm of diversity of language, culture, faith, wealth and education. Hassan grew up in a Muslim home and spent his summers in a Christian home in southern Missouri. Insight into both faiths has given him the ability to find common ground and insight to coalesce the community around the issue.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

• I am running to serve the community that built me for success.  Currently our morals and values in the 12th congressional district are not being represented in Washington DC. I have witnessed the suffering of businesses and families in our communities during these last few troubling years. Decisions having to be made, take a jab or lose your job. Our current representation damages the image of our community, having loyalty only to her party and not to her constituents. We need representation for the people, their wants and needs addressed. Not to the party’s end goal. Our livelihood is on the line, generations gave their blood, sweat, and tears to fight and hold true to the words of our constitution, are we the generation that lets them dow
• FAITH - WE MUST PRESERVE THE FOUNDATION OF OUR VALUES, MORALS AND LAWS. FAMILY - WE MUST PROTECT THE FAMILY AS OUR NATION’S MOST IMPORTANT RESOURCE. FREEDOM - WE MUST RESTORE THE FREEDOMS GUARANTEED IN OUR CONSTITUTION, FOUGHT FOR BY OUR FOREFATHERS AND VALUED BY OUR CITIZENS.
• CRT- As a nation, we should not promote theory with which our children are taught the race they are born into determines their character and will be perceived as such by our communities. This only promotes hate and opens the door of segregation.  Medical Freedom- If there is one thing we have learned from the Covid-19 situation, it would have to be that people tend to give up freedoms when in fear of losing our lives or the lives of our loved ones. We witnessed our government try to force vaccination on the entire country. We witnessed people lose jobs, people shunned from society, and students forced to vaccinate to continue learning. Many citizens did not and do not feel comfortable taking an experimental drug not backed by sufficient tr

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

Public, Education, Energy, Foreign Policies.

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Hassan Nehme campaign contribution history

Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2024*	U.S. House Michigan District 12	Disqualified primary	$0	N/A**
2022	U.S. House Michigan District 12	Lost primary	$25,000	$19,164
Grand total			$25,000	$19,164
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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Footnotes

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Michigan's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Gary Peters (D)

Elissa Slotkin (D)

Representatives

District 1

Jack Bergman (R)

District 2

John Moolenaar (R)

District 3

Hillary Scholten (D)

District 4

Bill Huizenga (R)

District 5

Tim Walberg (R)

District 6

Debbie Dingell (D)

District 7

Tom Barrett (R)

District 8

Kristen Rivet (D)

District 9

Lisa McClain (R)

District 10

John James (R)

District 11

Haley Stevens (D)

District 12

Rashida Tlaib (D)

District 13

Shri Thanedar (D)

Democratic Party (8)

Republican Party (7)