Michigan state assemblyman and democratic socialist Donavan McKinney is projected to defeat Rep. Shri Thanedar (D-Mich.) in the Democratic primary for Michigan's 13th District. Thanedar said Wednesday that he had called McKinney to congratulate him and offer his "full cooperation and a smooth transition." Thanedar has represented the Detroit district since 2023. (The other is represented by Rashida Tlaib, a fellow Democrat who endorsed McKinney and recently called Thanedar an "idiot.") "I meet hundreds and hundreds of people every time I go out," Thanedar said in a recent interview this week with a Detroit TV station.