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

By Grant Schwab, the Detroit Information

Washington – Pontiac Mayor Tim Greimel joins a rising subject of Democrats who needs to get better a sub -city Detroit Congressional seat that’s at the moment 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 likely be vast open after James, from Shelby Township, has introduced an extended -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’ll 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 mentioned that the “full focus” of his marketing campaign will likely be aimed toward “bettering the financial scenario of individuals in life”.

“We see a whole lot of financial chaos and uncertainty, and we’d like chosen officers who prioritize abnormal individuals and battle for center class and dealing households,” Greimel mentioned in a phone interview.

Greimel, 50, continued: “I did that each 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 function as primary democrat in the home in 2013 that insists on the growth of Medicaid Insurance coverage for the Poor in Michigan underneath a legislative energy managed by the Republicans.

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

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

Candidates are usually not legally obliged to stay within the district that they characterize. James, for instance, lived exterior 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 mentioned: “I do not suppose something is altering by way of our strategy. We took the election significantly earlier than his announcement, and we take it simply as significantly in the present day.”

The opposite two candidates at the moment 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 sphere, Greimel mentioned that he “is the one candidate who has truly gained elections up to now. I’m the one candidate who has a confirmed document of efficient preventing for abnormal individuals and to safe enhancements in individuals’s lives.”

gschwab@detroitnews.com

Initially revealed: April 10, 2025 at 9.10 am Edt