Detroit entrepreneurship and economic opportunity director Justin Onwenu launched a bid for state Senate in a seat in the redrawn 1st Senate District that could see a competitive Democratic primary election.

State Sen. Erika Geiss, D-Taylor, who currently represents the Detroit-Downriver seat is term-limited.

In an announcement video released Thursday, Onwenu asks whether Michigan politics is worse than D.C., highlighting the chaotic lame duck session last year in which Democrats were blocked from accomplishing legislation that would have benefited Detroit residents the most.

“I do think that the lame duck session, which is the first time that all three of our branches of government, all of our branches of government, were aligned, we saw a lot of priorities, from the ‘Momnibus’ package

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