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After not endorsing Harris, Rashida Tlaib secures win in Michigan (www.middleeasteye.net)

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Democratic Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib defeated her Republican opponent in Michigan's 12th congressional district election on Tuesday, securing a fourth term as the only Palestinian-American woman in the US Congress.

The Associated Press called the race with just 18 percent of the votes counted.

Tlaib secured 77 percent of the vote, defeating the Republican Party's James Hooper who received just 19 percent of the vote.

Her victory comes amid the backdrop of Israel's war on Gaza, which has killed more than 43,000 Palestinians so far and has been diplomatically and militarily supported by the Biden-Harris administration for more than a year.

Tlaib has been a vocal critic of the war, calling for the US to withhold weapons from Israel. Her opposition to the war on Gaza and support for pro-Palestinian protests on university campuses have drawn harsh criticism from both Republicans and Democrats.

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[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 6 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

The Associated Press called the race with just 18 percent of the votes counted.

WTF?

[–] would_be_appreciated@lemmy.ml 13 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Not unusual, and not a bad thing. They called a number of races with less than that. If you're taking your expected percentages with the voting samples you've got and your statistics and calculations say there's less than a 1% chance the race will flip, you might as well call it. They're pretty much never wrong when they make a call that early.

It also doesn't actually matter because the AP isn't who decides the winner.

[–] Squizzy@lemmy.world 1 points 31 minutes ago (1 children)

I do have a problem with it slightly though, calling a result before pokls close elsewhere is problematic. All reporting should be embargoed until the last poll closes.

[–] would_be_appreciated@lemmy.ml 1 points 22 minutes ago

Not a bad idea, though I'd tweak it to say election officials can't release information, since that preserves freedom of press.

Either way, it's highly unlikely it's ever affected the outcome of an election.

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