'A mandate for change': Progressive Democrat William Lawrence flips House seat in Michigan
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[0:02] night's election, and we'll start with Michigan's 7th congressional
[0:06] district that's in the Lansing area. That is where progressive activist
[0:10] William Lawrence unseated Republican Tom Barrett in one of the year's
[0:14] most competitive House races. Representative-elect Will Lawrence
[0:17] joins me now. Representative-elect, congratulations. Thanks for joining
[0:20] us. Thank you so much. It's my pleasure to be here. So this race
[0:24] was one of the most closely watched races in the entire nation.
[0:28] Also among the most expensive house.
[0:29] Races in the country. It's a critical swing district in Michigan
[0:33] that Republicans really fought hard to hang on to. So how did you
[0:37] turn it blue?
[0:38] It was all about the grassroots movement that we built. We knocked
[0:41] on more doors than any House campaign in t