A Navy veteran and former federal law enforcement officer has moved home to Michigan to run for the U.S. House as a Republican in one of mid-Michigan’s most competitive seats.

Amir Hassan, 39, of Flint said he is going to campaign for Congress in Michigan’s 8th District, which covers the Tri Cities region and is represented by first-term Democratic Rep. Kristen McDonald Rivet of Bay City. Hassan is the first candidate to say he intends to challenge her.

Hassan, who is African American, said the Democratic Party has failed his community and the region in representing the area for the last five-plus decades.

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