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Michigan's 13th congressional district is a United States Congressional District in Wayne County, Michigan . It includes the east side of Detroit , portions of the city's near west side, the inner suburbs of River Rouge , Harper Woods , Ecorse , the Downriver communities of Lincoln Park , and Wyandotte , as well as the upscale Grosse Pointe suburbs. During the 110th Congress , as of 2007, it is represented by Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick . 2002 REDISTRICTING Following the 2000 Census , the Congressional Apportionment for Michigan was reduced by one and Redistricting resulted in the land area of the 13th district (as well as several others) changing significantly. Prior to 2002, the 13th district encompassed a large portion of western Wayne County and part of eastern Washtenaw County . Following redistricting, the new 13th district incorporated most of what had formerly been the 15th District , as well as a large portion of the 14th District and part of the 16th District . Before Redistricting the old 15th District included Lincoln Park , Ecorse , River Rouge , Hamtramck , Grosse Pointe Park , Grosse Pointe Shores , and Grosse Pointe Farms . It also included all Detroit south and east of a line beginning at the point where Greenfield Road intersects the Dearborn border, heading north along Greenfield until it reached Lyndon Avenue. At Lyndon the line headed east to Livernois, although the was a small area on the south side of Lyndon just east of Schaffer Avenue that was in the 14th district. The boundary line then went about a block south on Livernois until it reached Doris Avenue. It followed Doris to Linwood Avenue (not to be confused with Lyndon Avenue) where it went not even a normal block's length south to go on Oakman Blvd. until it reached the Highland Park City line. The boundary ran along the west and south sides of Highland Park until the point where Highland Park meets Hamtramck. From this point the boundary ran along the western and Northern boundary of Hamtramck and then the eastern boandary of Hamtrack, until the point where the boundary intersected Brockton which was then followed in a north-easterly direction until the intersection of Brockton and Mt. Elliot. At Mt. Elliot the boundary turned south until intersecting Georgia Avenue, and then proceeded east along Georgia Avenue. When the boundary intersected Van Dyke Avenue it turned north until it intersected Ginnell Avenue where it again turned east. The boundary followed Grinnell Avenue until it intersected Harding Avenue, where it turned south east for a block to where it intersected Gratiot and then turned to going Northeast. | ||
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