In majority-minority House District 6, Regina Weiss won the Democratic primary with 60% of the vote. Weiss ran against Black candidates Myya Jones and Danielle Hall. Weiss is the current House Rep for District 27. Weiss benefited from formidable endorsements from labor unions, of which she is a member herself, local officials, and teachers unions, among other educational organizations (with TFA offshoot LEE producing her largest campaign donation.)
Abraham Aiyash won House District 9's Democratic primary nomination (garnering 61% of the vote). Aiyash likely benefited from formidable campaign funds, significant endorsements from Senator Sanders, and an array of other respected community officials (more Hamtramck officials than Detroit). Additionally, Aiyash is the current House Representative for District 4, contributing to his social capital within the community. Aiyash won the majority-black district (53% of the voting age population is Black) against three challengers, Abraham Shaw, Darnell Gardner, and Paul Smith, who are all black, and two of whom are long-standing residents and community members of Detroit.
There were two victories for Black candidates in their Republican State Senate primaries, but both lost to their Democratic challengers in the general election. Daylen Howard won the Republican primary in the District 28 Senate race. He won the nomination but lost in the general election to Sam Singh in the Democratic-leaning district. While Howard fundraised more than his Republican challenger in the primary by over 40k (garnering $158,021 in funds), Singh ultimately outspent Howard by a margin of nearly $500,000. Howard likely benefited from the endorsement of various state political action agencies that advocate for conservative values and critical endorsements from local and state Republican parties and committees. Tamara Mitchell won the Republican primary in District 19's Senate race as the only candidate. In the Democratic-leaning district, she lost in the general election to Sean McCann.
Although it may be too soon to deduce how Michigan's redistricting affected Black representation in the long term, what is known is that the new districts were more competitive than in previous cycles. All 16 House Districts with over 40% Black voting age population had Black candidates on the primary ballot, but four did not have a Black candidate on the general election ballot (District 5, District 6, District 8, and District 9). For the 5 Senate Districts with over 40% Black voting age population, four districts had Black candidates on the Democratic primary ballot but only 2 Black candidates on the general election ballot (District 3, District 6), both of which were running on the Working Family Party line. Of the Black candidates in the State Senate, all three won in Democratic-leaning districts (District 1, District 2, and District 21).