But their districts tend to lean Democratic. Trump’s support in suburban Oakland County eroded between 2016 and 2020, when Biden expanded his positions in communities like Novi and Bloomfield Township that went to Hillary Clinton in 2016 and brought some conservative areas closer together.

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A majority of Rochester Hills voters supported Tisdel in 2020, but supported Biden and Democratic U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin. In 2024, he faces a challenge from the Rochester Democrat Trevis Harroldformer Foreign Service Officer and U.S. Army Reserve Officer.

Political parties and PACs have spent more than $2 million in the 55th and more than $1 million so far in the 54th. Democrats recently shifted more money to the 54th to support the Bloomfield Hills Democrat. Shadia Martinicandidate challenging Steele.

Martini, a business owner and Syrian immigrant, said her main goal is to prevent Michigan from transforming into something similar to the dictatorship she grew up under, and she wants to help improve the economy for everyone and to protect women’s rights because “we are not in the Middle Ages.

Which party controls the majority “100 percent” depends on how well Democrats do in Oakland County, Martini said: “Unfortunately, we have a few current representatives who are in jeopardy, so we need to win seats. Otherwise, we are doomed.

For Steele, the election is in many ways a distraction from the policy goals she wants to achieve, like fixing roads, improving public safety and making state government more efficient and transparent.

“Politics got in the way of what this government was supposed to do in the first place,” she said. “People are tired of seeing us on their doorstep. They’re tired of the mail, they’re tired of the ads, and all they see is hate and vitriol.

Another Oakland County race to keep on the radar is the 56th districtwhere the outgoing representative. Tom KuhnR-Troy, faces a challenge from Sterling Heights Democrat Aisha FarooqiAssistant Wayne County Prosecutor. The spending there hasn’t matched the ferocity of Oakland County’s other competitive contests.