Did Conyers, Whose Election Petitions Were Challenged, Hold Onto 13th District?

U.S. Rep. John Conyers has easily won re-election to Michigan’s 13th congressional district.

With the retirement of U.S. Rep. John Dingell, another Michigan Democrat, Conyers will become the longest-ever serving member of Congress. Conyers was first elected in 1965.

With 13 percent of precincts reporting, Conyers had 86 percent of the vote. GOP challenger Jeff Gorman had 7 percent, and Libertarian Chris Sharer and Sam Johnson, no party affiliation, had 2 percent each.

The 85-year-old Detroit Democrat nearly didn’t make it on the ballot after challenges were raised about signatures on his nomination papers. Many of his petitions were tossed because they had signatures of people who weren’t registered voters, or who listed the wrong address, The Detroit News reports.

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U.S. Congressman John Conyers, D-Detroit, via Creative Commons