Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), who came to prominence with her membership in the progressive “Squad,” has won a fourth term in the House.
The incumbent congresswoman was projected as the winner by the Associated Press at 11:41 p.m. Eastern, with Tlaib leading Republican challenger James Hooper 77%-19.4%.
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Tlaib’s win comes after two other members of the “Squad” were forced out of office. Reps. Cori Bush (D-MO) and Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) lost to Israel-friendly challengers in their Democratic primaries.
Tlaib ran uncontested in her Democratic primary but could have faced tougher competition in her heavily Democratic Detroit-based district. Her victory in the general election was never in much doubt. Republican Steven Elliott only garnered 26.2% of the vote against her in 2022.
In 2018, Tlaib and Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) made history by becoming the first Muslim women elected to Congress.
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The daughter of Palestinian immigrants, Tlaib is known for her stance on the war in Gaza, one of the few House lawmakers to openly call it a “genocide.”
After the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas terrorist attack on Israel, Tlaib was outspoken in her opposition to Israel’s casualty-heavy counterattack on Gaza and the Biden-Harris administration’s military assistance to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government.
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The House voted in a bipartisan fashion a year ago to censure Tlaib for her anti-Israel rhetoric, a punishment one step below expulsion from the chamber. Still, when Netanyahu addressed Congress in July, she held up a sign that said “war criminal.”
Tlaib did not back President Joe Biden’s reelection, instead joining the “Uncommitted” vote movement in Michigan during the February presidential primary in protest of the Israel-Hamas war. Tlaib also decided not to endorse Vice President Kamala Harris for president when she rose to the top of the ticket, one of the few Democratic lawmakers not to do so.