Huwaida Arraf

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Huwaida Arraf

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November 5, 2024

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Huwaida Arraf (Democratic Party) ran for election for an at-large seat of the University of Michigan Board of Regents. She lost as a write-in in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Elections

2024

See also: Michigan State Board of Regents election, 2024

General election

General election for University of Michigan Board of Regents (2 seats)

The following candidates ran in the general election for University of Michigan Board of Regents on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Carl Meyers (R)	25.7	2,574,288
✔		Denise Ilitch (D)	25.1	2,511,589
		Shauna Diggs (D)	23.5	2,349,849
		Sevag Vartanian (R)	22.5	2,257,913
		Donna Oetman (U.S. Taxpayers Party)	1.6	158,633
		Andrew Chadderdon (L)	1.6	157,190
		Huwaida Arraf (D) (Write-in)	0.1	7,882

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source 1 Source 2	Total votes: 10,017,344
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Democratic convention

Democratic convention for University of Michigan Board of Regents (2 seats)

Incumbent Denise Ilitch and Shauna Diggs advanced from the Democratic convention for University of Michigan Board of Regents on August 24, 2024.

		Candidate
✔		Denise Ilitch (D)
✔		Shauna Diggs (D)

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Republican convention

Republican convention for University of Michigan Board of Regents (2 seats)

Carl Meyers and Sevag Vartanian advanced from the Republican convention for University of Michigan Board of Regents on August 24, 2024.

		Candidate
✔		Carl Meyers (R)
✔		Sevag Vartanian (R)

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Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for University of Michigan Board of Regents (2 seats)

Andrew Chadderdon advanced from the Libertarian convention for University of Michigan Board of Regents on July 20, 2024.

		Candidate
✔		Andrew Chadderdon (L)

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U.S. Taxpayers Party convention

U.S. Taxpayers Party convention for University of Michigan Board of Regents (2 seats)

Donna Oetman advanced from the U.S. Taxpayers Party convention for University of Michigan Board of Regents on July 27, 2024.

		Candidate
✔		Donna Oetman (U.S. Taxpayers Party)

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2022

See also: Michigan's 10th Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Michigan District 10

John James defeated Carl Marlinga, Andrea Kirby, and Mike Saliba in the general election for U.S. House Michigan District 10 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		John James (R)	48.8	159,202
		Carl Marlinga (D)	48.3	157,602
		Andrea Kirby (Working Class Party)	1.8	5,905
		Mike Saliba (L)	1.1	3,524
		Other/Write-in votes	0.0	4

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 326,237
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Michigan District 10

Carl Marlinga defeated Rhonda Powell, Angela Rogensues, Huwaida Arraf, and Henry Yanez in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Michigan District 10 on August 2, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Carl Marlinga	47.8	32,653
		Rhonda Powell	16.7	11,396
		Angela Rogensues	13.9	9,503
		Huwaida Arraf	13.0	8,846
		Henry Yanez	8.6	5,891

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 68,289
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Michigan District 10

John James defeated Tony Marcinkewciz in the Republican primary for U.S. House Michigan District 10 on August 2, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		John James	86.3	63,417
		Tony Marcinkewciz	13.7	10,079

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 73,496
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Eric Esshaki (R)

Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for U.S. House Michigan District 10

Mike Saliba advanced from the Libertarian convention for U.S. House Michigan District 10 on July 10, 2022.

		Candidate
✔		Mike Saliba (L)

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Working Class Party convention

Working Class Party convention for U.S. House Michigan District 10

Andrea Kirby advanced from the Working Class Party convention for U.S. House Michigan District 10 on June 26, 2022.

		Candidate
✔		Andrea Kirby (Working Class Party)

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Campaign themes

2024

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2022

Huwaida Arraf completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Arraf'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.

I am a mother, human rights advocate, civil rights attorney, and first-generation American focused on building a brighter future for all Michigan families.

Born and raised in Southeastern Michigan, I learned the values of hard work, faith, and community from my working-class immigrant parents, who came to this country to build a better life for our family.

I’ve spent most of my life fighting for human rights, in 2001 co-founding the International Solidarity Movement–a global organization focused on challenging government oppression, ending human rights abuses, and standing up for the freedom and dignity of oppressed people in my parents’ homeland of Palestine and around the world. In 2004, the organization’s work was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize.

I moved back home to Michigan to work as an attorney for several years at Goodman Hurwitz & James, a prominent civil rights law firm.

Now, I am running for Congress to fight for the rights of my community at home and to make Michigan a place where every single Michigander, not just the rich and well- connected, can not only survive but thrive.

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?

• During my time in Palestine I witnessed flagrant, systemic human rights abuses; now I see human rights abuses around me in Michigan every day. They’re not the same, but people are being abused and people are being denied.. This is because our policies do not center people and they do not center human rights. I want to be a voice and a conscience for the principle that we must put people at the center of our policies both foreign and domestic.
• I’m tired of seeing the rich getting richer while we’re told there isn’t enough money to invest in and uplift the rest of us. Michigan families want and deserve good, well-paying jobs, affordable healthcare, quality schools, safe neighborhoods, resilient infrastructure and healthy communities and I will fight to get these things and more done in Washington.
• I’m the daughter of working-class immigrants and I’m grateful that my father found a union job as a UAW auto worker. He worked hard - never turning down an opportunity for overtime - to support our family of seven. We didn’t have a lot, but we were not in want of anything. Today, people are working as hard as ever and cannot make ends meet. This is unacceptable. No one who works 40 hours a week should have to worry about being able to buy groceries, keep a roof over their head, or afford health care. Hard work should be rewarded with opportunity to not just survive, but thrive.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

There are many, but they all coalesce around the same principle – that we must put human and civil rights at the center of our policymaking, both foreign and domestic. Progress on these issues would be greatly aided by getting money out of politics.

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Huwaida Arraf campaign contribution history

Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2022	U.S. House Michigan District 10	Lost primary	$543,827	$536,962
Grand total			$543,827	$536,962
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).

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