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Libbi Urban
Libbi Urban (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Michigan's 5th Congressional District. She lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Urban completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Libbi Urban was born in Logansport, Indiana. She graduated from Switz City Central High School. She earned a bachelor's degree in electronic technology from Indiana State University in 1989. Urban's career experience includes working as an electrician and at a steel mill. She has been affiliated with United Steelworkers, Steelworkers Organization of Active Retirees, and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Niles-Buchanan branch.[1][2]
Elections
2024
See also: Michigan's 5th Congressional District election, 2024
Michigan's 5th Congressional District election, 2024 (August 6 Republican primary)
Michigan's 5th Congressional District election, 2024 (August 6 Democratic primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House Michigan District 5
Incumbent Tim Walberg defeated Libbi Urban and James Bronke in the general election for U.S. House Michigan District 5 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Tim Walberg (R) | 65.7 | 269,215 |
 | Libbi Urban (D)  | 32.8 | 134,282 | |
 | James Bronke (G) | 1.6 | 6,379 | |
| Total votes: 409,876 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Michigan District 5
Libbi Urban advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Michigan District 5 on August 6, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Libbi Urban | 100.0 | 36,087 |
| Total votes: 36,087 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Michigan District 5
Incumbent Tim Walberg advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Michigan District 5 on August 6, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Tim Walberg | 100.0 | 81,651 |
| Total votes: 81,651 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Bryan Trouten (R)
Green convention
Green convention for U.S. House Michigan District 5
James Bronke advanced from the Green convention for U.S. House Michigan District 5 on June 15, 2024.
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| ✔ | | James Bronke (G) |
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Endorsements
Urban received the following endorsements.
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Libbi Urban completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Urban's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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•Lower food, gas, and housing prices •Personal healthcare freedoms and affordability…for all people to find the care they need. •Protecting Social Security and Medicare from cuts and privatization.
As a United Steelworker and the only woman on our Local negotiating committee, I know how to get things done: like better pay, healthcare, and pensions. I helped do it for over 100,000 steelworkers, their families, and retirees and I want to do it for every one of you.- High price of food, gas, and housing.
We need to cut high prices and rein in corporate greed and price-gouging. [Aug saw the first drop in food prices, with interest rates expected to be lowered in Sept, helping home buyers. But more is needed.] Support and grow the middle class so a full time worker isn’t living paycheck to paycheck, but has a little something left over. It’s good for families and it’s good for the local economy. Make the big corporations and wealthiest individuals pay their fair share, like the rest of us.
We need to raise the federal minimum wage to a livable wage. Who can raise family on minimum wage? - Healthcare Freedoms. People need the freedom to make their own decisions about how they want to start or grow a family, and women the healthcare they need. Everyone should have the healthcare they need without going into debt, Harris/Biden capped insulin at $35 and dropped 10 other drug costs for seniors. This should be extended to everyone. I support everyone’s freedom to make their own personal private health decisions.
- Protect Social Security and Medicare. We can’t backtrack on that promise. Or gamble it away. This is not an optional entitlement, but a right we’ve paid into our entire working life, and the government promised we could count on when we need it most. We need to protect it. These programs must not be privatized or gambled away in the stock market. That's like going to the casino. When the wealthiest and corporations and the wealthiest pay their fair share of taxes, Social Security and Medicare can remain solvent.
2. Protect and fully fund social security and medicare.
3. Stop corporate price-gouging and make corporations and the wealthiest pay their fair share of taxes, like the rest of us. [Guardrails around corporate greed and near-monopoly competition]
Leadership: They should be able to inspire and motivate others, working collaboratively to achieve common goals.
Communication: Effective communication is crucial for building relationships with constituents and explaining complex issues.
Problem-solving: Elected officials should be able to identify and address challenges facing their communities.
Commitment to public service: They should be dedicated to serving the needs of their constituents and working for the betterment of society.
• Making laws;
• Raising revenue, authorizing & appropriating federal funds, and managing the federal debt;
• Providing for the common defense;
• Providing for the general welfare;
• Regulating commerce among the states and with foreign nations;
• Establishing the federal court system and defining federal crimes;
• Declaring war and maintaining and regulating the military;
• Directing a Census every ten years;
• Impeaching federal officers, including the President;
Members of Congress also perform a myriad of responsibilities including but not limited to the following:
• Representation
• Legislation
• Investigation/Oversight
• Management
• Politics
• Collaboration
The role of labor in the face of AI and our global economy
The security of our democracy in the face of cyber threats, social media intrusion from abroad in our election process, the need for guardrails of the rapid spread of dis- and mis-information.
Energy and Commerce
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Natural Resources
Small Business
Ways and Means
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Campaign website
Urban’s campaign website stated the following:
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Just as employers must honor contracts with workers, I believe the U.S. government must get back to respecting the rights and freedoms of the American people. That includes:
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| —Libbi Urban’s campaign website (2024)[4] | ||
Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on October 14, 2024
- ↑ Libbi Urban for Congress, "About Libbi Urban," accessed July 24, 2024
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Libbi Urban’s campaign website, “About Libbi Urban,” accessed July 24, 2024
