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Mohammad Alam
Mohammad Alam (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Michigan's 13th Congressional District. Alam was disqualified from the Democratic primary scheduled on August 6, 2024.
Alam completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Mohammad Alam served in the U.S. Army from 2000 to 2006. Alam earned a graduate degree from the University of the Pacific in 2007; a graduate degree from the University of Missouri, Kansas City, in 2010; and a Ph.D. from the University of North Texas in 2014. Alam's career experience includes working as a CEO.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Michigan's 13th Congressional District election, 2024
Michigan's 13th Congressional District election, 2024 (August 6 Democratic primary)
Michigan's 13th Congressional District election, 2024 (August 6 Republican primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House Michigan District 13
The following candidates ran in the general election for U.S. House Michigan District 13 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Shri Thanedar (D) | 68.6 | 220,788 |
 | Martell Bivings (R) | 24.5 | 78,917 | |
 | Simone Coleman (Working Class Party) | 4.2 | 13,367 | |
 | Christopher Clark (L)  | 1.8 | 5,726 | |
 | Christopher Dardzinski (U.S. Taxpayers Party) | 0.9 | 2,825 | |
 | Shakira Lynn Hawkins (D) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 25 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.0 | 1 | ||
| Total votes: 321,649 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- D. Etta Wilcoxon (G)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Michigan District 13
Incumbent Shri Thanedar defeated Mary Waters and Shakira Lynn Hawkins in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Michigan District 13 on August 6, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Shri Thanedar | 54.9 | 44,546 |
 | Mary Waters | 33.8 | 27,408 | |
| Shakira Lynn Hawkins | 11.3 | 9,171 | |
| Total votes: 81,125 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Mohammad Alam (D)
- Adam Hollier (D)
- John Conyers III (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Michigan District 13
Martell Bivings advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Michigan District 13 on August 6, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Martell Bivings | 100.0 | 13,419 |
| Total votes: 13,419 | |||
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Green convention
Green convention for U.S. House Michigan District 13
D. Etta Wilcoxon advanced from the Green convention for U.S. House Michigan District 13 on July 27, 2024.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ |  | D. Etta Wilcoxon (G) |
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Libertarian convention
Libertarian convention for U.S. House Michigan District 13
Christopher Clark advanced from the Libertarian convention for U.S. House Michigan District 13 on July 20, 2024.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ | | Christopher Clark (L) |
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U.S. Taxpayers Party convention
U.S. Taxpayers Party convention for U.S. House Michigan District 13
Christopher Dardzinski advanced from the U.S. Taxpayers Party convention for U.S. House Michigan District 13 on July 27, 2024.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ | | Christopher Dardzinski (U.S. Taxpayers Party) |
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Working Class Party convention
Working Class Party convention for U.S. House Michigan District 13
Simone Coleman advanced from the Working Class Party convention for U.S. House Michigan District 13 on June 23, 2024.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ | | Simone Coleman (Working Class Party) |
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Endorsements
To view Alam's endorsements as published by their campaign, click here. Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Alam in this election.
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Mohammad Alam completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Alam's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- Immediate and Permanent Ceasefire: End war on Palestine.
- Veterans Well-Being and General Mental Health Care
- Universal Health care: Single Payer.
Affordable Housing: End Homelessness
Student loan forgiveness: Affordable Education
Stricter Gun Control: 2nd Amendment rights
Green Energy and Environment
2. Alliance of South Asian American Labor
3. Muslim Voice For Global Justice
4. Bangladeshi American Democratic Club
5. National Democratic Asian American Caucus
6. Michigan Democratic Party Asian American Caucus
7. Bangladeshi American Congress
8. Our Revolution Detroit: Progressive Caucus
9. My Muslim Votes
10. Michigan Bangladeshi Community
11. Hamtramck News
12. Banglatown Community Talks
13. Millennium TV Michigan
14. Gun Free Schools
15. ASAAL-Michigan Chapter
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Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on April 12, 2024
