MI-10: Attorney (D) who worked on CHIPS Act running for Congress in Michigan
A former Commerce Department attorney who worked to implement President Joe Biden's 2022 law to boost U.S. semiconductor manufacturing is running for Congress in a key swing district in the Detroit suburbs.
Eric Chung, 32, of Sterling Heights, announced his campaign Wednesday for the U.S. House in Michigan's 10th District that is currently represented by Republican U.S. Rep. John James of Shelby Township, covering southern Macomb County, Rochester and Rochester Hills. Democrats consider the seat a top target, as James is running for governor, leaving the seat up for grabs.
Chung is the fifth Democrat to file to run for the seat after former prosecutor Christina Hines, Pontiac Mayor Tim Greimel, Army veteran Alex Hawkins and Brian Jaye. He said he has had conversations with the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, and that there is excitement about a candidate with local roots and national experience in government.
Chung criticized the Trump administration for "shoot-from-the-hip" policies that are "gambling away people’s life savings by taking a chainsaw to job creation programs like the one I worked on," along with Social Security, Medicaid and public education.
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