Simone Coleman

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Simone Coleman

Working Class Party

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Last election

November 5, 2024

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Simone Coleman (Working Class Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Michigan's 13th Congressional District. She lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.

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

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates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

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates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

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	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

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Coleman in this election.

2022

See also: Michigan's 13th Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Michigan District 13

Shri Thanedar defeated Martell Bivings, Simone Coleman, and Christopher Dardzinski in the general election for U.S. House Michigan District 13 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Shri Thanedar (D)	71.1	166,650
		Martell Bivings (R)	24.0	56,187
		Simone Coleman (Working Class Party)	3.8	8,833
		Christopher Dardzinski (U.S. Taxpayers Party)	1.2	2,769
		Other/Write-in votes	0.0	5

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 234,444
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Lorrie Rutledge (D)
• Anthony Carbonaro (Independent)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Michigan District 13

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Michigan District 13 on August 2, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Shri Thanedar	28.3	22,314
		Adam Hollier	23.5	18,517
		Portia Roberson	16.9	13,318
		John Conyers III	8.6	6,778
		Sherry Gay-Dagnogo	8.2	6,440
	Submit photo	Sharon McPhail	6.4	5,043
		Michael Griffie	4.6	3,636
	Submit photo	Sam Riddle	2.3	1,841
		Lorrie Rutledge	1.2	916
		Other/Write-in votes	0.0	6

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 78,809
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Toni Mua (D)
• Rogelio Landin (D)
• Ralph Godbee Jr. (D)
• Angela McIntosh (D)
• Adrian Tonon (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 2, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Martell Bivings	100.0	19,618

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 19,618
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Articia Bomer (R)
• Ramon Jackson (R)
• Vance Patrick (R)

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 23, 2022.

		Candidate
✔		Christopher Dardzinski (U.S. Taxpayers Party)

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source
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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 26, 2022.

		Candidate
✔		Simone Coleman (Working Class Party)

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2020

See also: Michigan House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for Michigan House of Representatives District 14

Incumbent Cara Clemente defeated Darrell Stasik and Simone Coleman in the general election for Michigan House of Representatives District 14 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Cara Clemente (D)	56.7	23,096
	Submit photo	Darrell Stasik (R)	38.6	15,729
		Simone Coleman (Working Class Party)	4.8	1,937

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 40,762
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 14

Incumbent Cara Clemente defeated Senan Saleh in the Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 14 on August 4, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Cara Clemente	85.1	8,836
		Senan Saleh	14.9	1,541

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 10,377
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 14

Darrell Stasik advanced from the Republican primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 14 on August 4, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Darrell Stasik	100.0	4,572

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 4,572
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Working Class Party convention

Working Class Party convention for Michigan House of Representatives District 14

Simone Coleman advanced from the Working Class Party convention for Michigan House of Representatives District 14 on July 26, 2020.

		Candidate
✔		Simone Coleman (Working Class Party)

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source
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Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Simone Coleman did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.

2022

Simone Coleman did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Simone Coleman did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign finance summary

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Simone Coleman campaign contribution history

Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2024*	U.S. House Michigan District 13	Lost general	$0	N/A**
2022	U.S. House Michigan District 13	Lost general	$0	N/A**
Grand total			$0	N/A**
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)