Democratic U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib won reelection in Michigan's 12th Congressional District on Tuesday, Nov. 3, according to The Associated Press.

AP called the race at 8:55 p.m. Tlaib defeated Republican James D. Hooper and three other candidates to secure a fifth two-year term.

As of the time of AP's 9:33 p.m. update, Tlaib had 37,917 votes, or 84.8%, compared with Hooper's 5,693 votes, or 12.7%. AP estimated that 13% of votes had been counted.

AP has declared Tlaib the winner. Counting continues, and vote totals remain unofficial until canvassing and certification are complete.

Michigan 12th District results

The following figures appeared in AP's 9:33 p.m. update Nov. 3:

Candidate

Party

Votes

Percentage

Rashida Tlaib, incumbent

Democratic

37,917

84.8%

James D. Hooper

Republican

5,693

12.7%

Brenda K. Sanders

Green

547

1.2%

Gary Walkowicz

Working Class

359

0.8%

U.S. Taxpayers Party candidate Marc Joseph Sosnowski was also on the ballot, according to the Michigan Department of State's candidate list. His total was not shown in the available AP results excerpt; that does not mean he received no votes.

Tlaib, a lawyer, was first elected to Congress in 2018 and previously served in the Michigan House of Representatives, according to her official House biography.

The candidates

Hooper listed his occupation as "blue-collar" and his education as De La Salle Collegiate, according to his responses in the MLive/League of Women Voters questionnaire.

Sosnowski described himself as a certified broker in that questionnaire. He listed an MBA from Cornerstone University and a bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan-Dearborn in his iVoterGuide profile.

Sanders, in her questionnaire response, listed a law degree from the University of Detroit Mercy and prior service as a judge.

Walkowicz said he retired after 45 years at Ford, where he worked on the assembly line and served as an elected UAW representative. His party biography also describes his Ford career and elected union service.

MLive reported that all five candidates answered the voter guide questionnaire it published with the League of Women Voters of Michigan Education Fund.

About the district

The 12th District spans Dearborn, Livonia, Garden City, Inkster, Westland, Redford Township and parts of Detroit and Dearborn Heights in Wayne County. In Oakland County, it includes Southfield, Beverly Hills, Bingham Farms, Franklin and Lathrup Village, as shown on the Census Bureau's district map.

The district, redrawn after the 2020 U.S. Census, has the largest concentration of Arab American voters in the country, along with Black, white, Latino, Jewish and other communities, according to The Arab American News.

The Cook Political Report rated the race Solid Democratic ahead of the election.

Where to follow results

Polls in the district closed at 8 p.m. Eastern Tuesday, according to the Michigan Secretary of State's voting guidance. Anyone in line by 8 p.m. was allowed to vote.

Readers can follow additional returns through AP's district results page and the Michigan Secretary of State's election results page.

AP's race call is separate from the state's canvassing and certification process. Reported totals can change as additional ballots are counted.