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Rashida Tlaib

U.S. House · MI-12 · Democrats · since 2025

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Biography

Overview

Rashida Tlaib is a Democratic U.S. Representative from Michigan's 12th congressional district, serving since 2019. She is the first Palestinian American woman to serve in Congress and one of the first two Muslim women elected to Congress (along with Ilhan Omar). Born in Detroit to Palestinian immigrant parents in 1976, Tlaib is a lawyer who previously served in the Michigan state legislature. She is a member of the Democratic Socialists of America and part of the informal group known as "The Squad" on the progressive wing of the Democratic Party.

Career

Tlaib has voted to impeach President Trump in both 2019 and 2021. She was the first Muslim woman to serve in the Michigan state legislature and served there before entering Congress. As a U.S. Representative, she has been an vocal advocate for abolishing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and has introduced numerous bills targeting cost-of-living issues, healthcare, and housing. The House of Representatives censured her on November 7, 2023, in response to statements about Israel and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. She was also subject to an ethics investigation in 2019 regarding campaign finance, and was directed to reimburse her campaign $10,800 in August 2020.

Prior political experience

Tlaib was first elected to Congress in 2018 in a special election for Michigan's 13th congressional district. She finished first in the Democratic primary for the general election with 31.2% of the vote and faced no major-party opposition in the November 2018 general election, becoming the first Palestinian American woman elected to Congress. In 2020, she won the Democratic primary against Brenda Jones with 66% of the vote. Following redistricting, in 2022 she won her primary with 64% of the vote and the general election with 71% against Republican Steven Elliott. In 2024, she was unopposed in the Democratic primary and won the general election with over 69% of the vote, defeating Republican James Hooper (25.4%), Green Party nominee Brenda K. Sanders (2.3%), and Working Class Party nominee Gary Walkowicz (2.6%).

Biographical material adapted from the Wikipedia article (retrieved April 29, 2026), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Ideology

Liberal–Conservative (DW-NOMINATE dim 1)

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119th Congress-0.290

Secondary axis (DW-NOMINATE dim 2)(?)

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-0.957
Source: Voteview DW-NOMINATE · 336 scored votes

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Officeholding history

TermSeatTerm datesTerminationPredecessorSuccessor
2ndU.S. House MI-122025–presentIn progressRashida Tlaib—
1stU.S. House MI-122023–2025Term endedDebbie DingellRashida Tlaib
2ndU.S. House MI-132021–2023Term endedRashida TlaibShri Thanedar
1stU.S. House MI-132019–2021Term ended—Rashida Tlaib

Committee assignments

Current term legislation

Bills sponsored this term10

Bills cosponsored this term10

Elections

YearSeatResultVote shareField
2024U.S. House MI-13Won77.90%