Jim Casha

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Jim Casha

Green Party

Elections and appointments

Last election

November 5, 2024

Jim Casha (Green Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Michigan's 8th Congressional District. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Elections

2024

See also: Michigan's 8th Congressional District election, 2024

Michigan's 8th Congressional District election, 2024 (August 6 Democratic primary)

Michigan's 8th Congressional District election, 2024 (August 6 Republican primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Michigan District 8

The following candidates ran in the general election for U.S. House Michigan District 8 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kristen McDonald Rivet (D)	51.3	217,490
		Paul Junge (R)	44.6	189,317
		Kathy Goodwin (Working Class Party)	2.0	8,492
		Steve Barcelo (L)	1.1	4,768
	Submit photo	James Little (U.S. Taxpayers Party)	0.6	2,681
		Jim Casha (G)	0.4	1,602

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 424,350
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Michigan District 8

Kristen McDonald Rivet defeated Matt Collier and Pamela Pugh in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Michigan District 8 on August 6, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kristen McDonald Rivet	53.3	43,393
		Matt Collier	26.4	21,482
		Pamela Pugh	20.3	16,525

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 81,400
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Dan Kildee (D)
• Daniel Moilanen (D)
• Sheldon Neeley (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Michigan District 8

Paul Junge defeated Mary Draves and Anthony Hudson in the Republican primary for U.S. House Michigan District 8 on August 6, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Paul Junge	74.8	43,204
		Mary Draves	15.0	8,688
		Anthony Hudson	10.1	5,851

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 57,743
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Nikki Snyder (R)
• Martin Blank (R)

Green convention

Green convention for U.S. House Michigan District 8

Jim Casha advanced from the Green convention for U.S. House Michigan District 8 on July 27, 2024.

		Candidate
✔		Jim Casha (G)

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Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for U.S. House Michigan District 8

Steve Barcelo advanced from the Libertarian convention for U.S. House Michigan District 8 on July 20, 2024.

		Candidate
✔		Steve Barcelo (L)

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U.S. Taxpayers Party convention

U.S. Taxpayers Party convention for U.S. House Michigan District 8

James Little advanced from the U.S. Taxpayers Party convention for U.S. House Michigan District 8 on July 27, 2024.

		Candidate
✔	Submit photo	James Little (U.S. Taxpayers Party)

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Working Class Party convention

Working Class Party convention for U.S. House Michigan District 8

Kathy Goodwin advanced from the Working Class Party convention for U.S. House Michigan District 8 on June 23, 2024.

		Candidate
✔		Kathy Goodwin (Working Class Party)

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Endorsements

2018

See also: Michigan's 13th Congressional District election, 2018

Jim Casha, David Dudenhoefer, John Conyers III, Royce Kinniebrew, Kimberly Hill Knott, Douglas Gardner, Danetta Simpson, Brenda Jones, and Jonathan Pommerville ran as write-in candidates.

General election

General election for U.S. House Michigan District 13

Rashida Tlaib defeated Sam Johnson and D. Etta Wilcoxon in the general election for U.S. House Michigan District 13 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Rashida Tlaib (D)	84.2	165,355
		Sam Johnson (Working Class Party)	11.3	22,186
		D. Etta Wilcoxon (G)	4.1	7,980
		Other/Write-in votes	0.4	778

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 196,299
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• John Conyers III (Independent)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Michigan District 13

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Michigan District 13 on August 7, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Rashida Tlaib	31.2	27,841
		Brenda Jones	30.2	26,941
		Bill Wild	14.1	12,613
		Coleman Young II	12.5	11,172
		Ian Conyers	6.6	5,861
		Shanelle Jackson	5.4	4,853

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 89,281
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Michael Gilmore (D)
• John Conyers III (D)
• Kimberly Hill Knott (D)
• Sherry Gay-Dagnogo (D)

Republican primary election

No Republican candidates ran in the primary.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• David Dudenhoefer (R)

2014

See also: Michigan's 8th Congressional District elections, 2014

Casha ran in the 2014 election for the U.S. House to represent Michigan's 8th District.

U.S. House, Michigan District 8 General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Mike Bishop	54.6%	132,739
	Democratic	Eric Schertzing	42.1%	102,269
	Libertarian	James Weeks II	1.9%	4,557
	Green	Jim Casha	0.8%	1,880
	Natural Law	Jeremy Burgess	0.7%	1,680
Total Votes				243,125
Source: Michigan Secretary of State Vote totals above are unofficial and will be updated once official totals are made available.

Campaign themes

2024

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