Incumbent Republican Rep. Tom Barrett says he won’t underestimate progressive Sunrise Movement co-founder William Lawrence as they battle for Michigan’s pivotal 7th District.
“The two other candidates that ran just really didn’t take him seriously the entire time, we’re not going to make that same mistake,” Barrett told POLITICO after Lawrence secured the Democratic nomination. “We are not in any way going to be taking this for granted or taking it lightly.”
Lawrence won his primary Tuesday after the two more moderate candidates split the vote, teeing up a test of progressive potency in a district that went for President Donald Trump by just over 1 percentage point in 2024...
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