Democrat Greimel, mayor of Pontiac, joins race for seat held by John James

By Grant Schwab, the Detroit Information

Washington – Pontiac Mayor Tim Greimel joins a rising area of Democrats who needs to get better a sub -city Detroit Congressional seat that’s at present being held by the Republican American Rep. John James.

Greimel, a former state consultant, is the third Democrat that enters the race for the tenth congress district of Michigan, which incorporates the southern Macomb County, Rochester and Rochester Hills in Oakland County. The match will probably be large open after James, from Shelby Township, has introduced a protracted -awaited plan on Monday Run for governor.

Democrats noticed the transfer Almost win In 2022, when Carl Marlinga barely misplaced to James within the third of the nation of the nation. The exit figures of James to strengthen the democratic hope that they will flip the Republican leaning district within the interim elections of subsequent yr.

After President Donald Trump and Republicans had been involved in regards to the rising costs for the election victories in November, Greimel stated that the “full focus” of his marketing campaign will probably be aimed toward “enhancing the financial scenario of individuals in life”.

“We see numerous financial chaos and uncertainty, and we’d like chosen officers who prioritize peculiar individuals and battle for center class and dealing households,” Greimel stated in a phone interview.

Greimel, 50, continued: “I did that every one my grownup life. I did it as a commerce union lawyer and a civil rights lawyer. I did it because the minority chief of the State Home. I did it as a (rochester) college board member and (an oakland) County Commissioner, DE DE DIY,”

Beneath his prime efficiency, Greimel praised his position as essential democrat in the home in 2013 that insists on the growth of Medicaid Insurance coverage for the Poor in Michigan beneath a legislative energy managed by the Republicans.

The Pontiac Mayor ran earlier for the congress in 2018, when he completed second in a major race for the eleventh district of Michigan with Nu-VS Rep. Haley Stevens, from Birmingham. Stevens went to the final elections with 27% of the votes that yr, whereas Greimel acquired 21.8%.

Pontiac is a part of Stevens’ district, which covers Southeast -oakland County. Greimel stated he intends to “return to the (tenth) district the place I used to be born and raised nicely earlier than the elections.”

Candidates usually are not legally obliged to stay within the district that they signify. James, for instance, lived outdoors the tenth district in Farmington Hills when he first gained the chair in 2020. He has since moved to Shelby Township.

Reply to James who left the race, Greimel stated: “I do not assume something is altering by way of our strategy. We took the election severely earlier than his announcement, and we take it simply as severely at present.”

The opposite two candidates at present within the race are former particular public prosecutor Christina Hines35, Van Warren and Military Veteran Alex Hawkins30, from Rochester.

Requested why he stands out between the sector, Greimel stated that he “is the one candidate who has really gained elections up to now. I’m the one candidate who has a confirmed report of efficient preventing for peculiar individuals and to safe enhancements in individuals’s lives.”

gschwab@detroitnews.com

Initially printed: April 10, 2025 at 9.10 am Edt