{"id":28261,"date":"2026-08-05T07:12:24","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T02:12:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=28261"},"modified":"2026-08-05T07:12:24","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T02:12:24","slug":"jeremy-moss-wins-democratic-primary-for-michigan-11th-district-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=28261","title":{"rendered":"Jeremy Moss wins Democratic primary for Michigan 11th District: Reports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p>Updated Aug. 4, 2026, 9:50 p.m. ET<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside aria-label=\"advertisement\" class=\"gnt_x__c gnt_x__lbl gnt_x__bv\"\/>\n<aside aria-label=\"advertisement\" class=\"gnt_x__c gnt_x__bvd gnt_x__h\"\/>\n<aside class=\"gnt_em gnt_em__fp gnt_em_vp__tp gnt_em__el\" aria-label=\"Video - 'I vote every time': Michiganders speak on August primary election\"\/>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Michigan\u00a0Sen. Jeremy Moss, D-Southfield,\u00a0won the Aug. 4 Democratic primary for Michigan&#8217;s 11<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0Congressional District,\u00a0according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/election\/2026\/primaries\/michigan?admin1=26&amp;admin2=2611&amp;election-data-id=2026-HD&amp;election-painting-mode=single-party-candidates&amp;filter-key-races=false&amp;filter-flipped=false&amp;filter-remaining=false\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">CNN<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2026-primary-elections\/michigan-us-house-district-11-results\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">NBC<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">As of 9:36 p.m.,\u00a0Moss had\u00a049.2%\u00a0of the\u00a0vote\u00a0in a four-way contest that also included\u00a0attorney Aisha Farooqi,\u00a0Waterford School District trustee John Paul Torres\u00a0and retired engineer Don Ufford.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Moss will face\u00a0Troy Mayor Ethan Baker in the general election in November. Baker ran unopposed in the Republican primary.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"gnt_em gnt_em_img\"><img class=\"gnt_em_img_i\" style=\"height:440px\" fetchpriority=\"high\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freep.com\/gcdn\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2026\/06\/30\/PDTF\/90752550007-jm-headshot-jeremy-moss.jpg?width=660&amp;height=440&amp;fit=crop&amp;format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freep.com\/gcdn\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2026\/06\/30\/PDTF\/90752550007-jm-headshot-jeremy-moss.jpg?width=1320&amp;height=880&amp;fit=crop&amp;format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp 2x\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Jeremy Moss\"\/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">In November, Moss will be heavily favored. Two political handicapping sites, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cookpolitical.com\/ratings\/house-race-ratings\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Cook Political Report<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/insideelections.com\/ratings\/house\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Inside Elections,<\/a> both rate the 11<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0District as a solidly Democratic seat. The district is based\u00a0almost entirely\u00a0in Oakland County.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">U.S. Rep. Haley\u00a0Stevens, D-Birmingham,\u00a0vacated the seat to run for U.S. Senate. In 2024, she\u00a0won reelection by\u00a0nearly 19\u00a0percentage points\u00a0\u2014 a notable margin for the district&#8217;s partisan makeup, given Republican President Donald Trump carried the state that year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside aria-label=\"advertisement\" class=\"gnt_x__c gnt_x__lbl gnt_x__al\"\/>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Moss has been a state senator since 2019, having served two terms in the Michigan House prior to that.\u00a0From 2011 to 2015, he was on Southfield&#8217;s city council.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">In the Senate,\u00a0he chairs the Elections and Ethics Committee as well as the Regulatory Affairs Committee. He is also President Pro Tempore, meaning he leads Senate sessions when Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist II is not in attendance.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside aria-label=\"advertisement\" class=\"gnt_x__c gnt_x__lbl gnt_x__al\"\/>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">If\u00a0elected, he would be Michigan&#8217;s first openly gay member of\u00a0Congress.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Baker was first elected to Troy City Council in\u00a02015 and\u00a0has been mayor since 2019.\u00a0Outside of his work with the city, Baker is an attorney specializing in estate planning, business\u00a0law\u00a0and real estate, according to his city bio.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"gnt_em gnt_em_anc\" id=\"gnt_atomsnc\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-method=\"loadAnc\" aria-label=\"Newsletter signup form\"\/>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Baker is also an elected Republican precinct delegate and was a special assistant to former President Ronald Reagan and First Lady Nancy Reagan after they left the White House in 1990.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><em>You can reach Arpan Lobo at alobo@freepress.com<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><em>Looking for more on Michigan\u2019s elections this year? 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Jeremy Moss, D-Southfield,\u00a0won the Aug. 4 Democratic primary for Michigan&#8217;s 11th\u00a0Congressional District,\u00a0according to CNN and NBC.\u00a0\u00a0 As of 9:36 p.m.,\u00a0Moss had\u00a049.2%\u00a0of the\u00a0vote\u00a0in a four-way contest that also included\u00a0attorney Aisha Farooqi,\u00a0Waterford School District trustee John Paul Torres\u00a0and retired engineer Don Ufford.\u00a0 Moss will face\u00a0Troy Mayor Ethan Baker in&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28262,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.freep.com\/gcdn\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2026\/06\/30\/PDTF\/90752550007-jm-headshot-jeremy-moss.jpg?crop=5999,3375,x0,y312&width=3200&height=1801&format=pjpg&auto=webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-real-trending-viral-news"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28261","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28261"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28261\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/28262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}