U.S. House · Michigan's 12th District
Marc Joseph Sosnowski
CandidateU.S. Taxpayers Party
- Race
- U.S. House · Michigan's 12th District
- Result
- Rashida Tlaib, projected winner
- Opponents
- Rashida Tlaib (D); James Hooper (R); Brenda Sanders (G); Gary Walkowicz (Working Class Party)
- Research
- Minimal record
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Marc Joseph Sosnowski, a U.S. Taxpayers Party candidate, lost the November 3, 2026 election for U.S. House in Michigan's 12th District to Rashida Tlaib. A Detroit native with a background in property management and sales, he had run in several earlier local, university-board and congressional races.[1][2][3]
On the ballotU.S. House · 12
2026-11-03
| Rashida Tlaib D | incumbent |
| James Hooper R | challenger |
| Brenda Sanders G | challenger |
| Marc Joseph Sosnowski U.S. Taxpayers Party | challenger |
| Gary Walkowicz Working Class Party | challenger |
Biography
Marc Joseph Sosnowski, a U.S. Taxpayers Party candidate, lost the November 3, 2026 election for U.S. House in Michigan's 12th District to Rashida Tlaib. A Detroit native with a background in property management and sales, he had run in several earlier local, university-board and congressional races.[1][2][3]
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Sosnowski was born in Detroit and graduated from Detroit Catholic Central High School.[1] He earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan-Dearborn in 1978 and a graduate degree from Cornerstone University in 2009.[1] His career experience includes work as a business consultant and in sales, property management, insurance, environmental testing and bio-ethics, and Ballotpedia lists him as affiliated with the U.S. Taxpayers Party, Right to Life, Lifespan and the Knights of Columbus.[1]
Sosnowski ran unsuccessfully for the Wayne State University Board of Governors in 2018 and 2022, for Wayne County Commission District 8 in 2020 and 2024, and for U.S. House in the 2018 special election in Michigan's 13th District.[1] The U.S. Taxpayers Party nominated him at its convention on July 18, 2026.[1] He received 0.6% of the vote to Rashida Tlaib's 76.0%, according to unofficial results reported by NBC News.[3]
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Sources cited in this profile
- 1.Marc Joseph Sosnowski · Ballotpedia · 2026-10-21 Reference
- 2.United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, 2026 · Ballotpedia · 2026-09-25 Reference
- 3.U.S. House · Michigan's 12th District results 2026 · NBC News News report