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Elissa Slotkin

Michigan Rep. Elissa Slotkin may have edge on Tom Barrett, but race for US House far from over

Portrait of Todd Spangler Todd Spangler
Detroit Free Press

LANSING, Mich - In her previous two campaigns, U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., has been anything but a shoo-in, eking out a win against an incumbent congressman in 2018 and winning reelection by less than 4 percentage points in 2020 in a district won that same year by then-President Donald Trump.

This year may be different.