Rep. Rashida Tlaib Defeats Democrat Challenger

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Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) addresses a rally in Detroit, Mich., on June 6, 2020. Rebecca Cook/Reuters

Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) easily defeated her primary challenger, Brenda Jones, according to election results posted Wednesday.

County elections results showed Tlaib with 63,650 votes to Jones’s 32,582 with 89.9 percent of precincts reporting in the nomination contest, Reuters reported.