Syed Taj http://michiganradio.org en Strange-but-true 11th Congressional race gets stranger http://michiganradio.org/post/strange-true-11th-congressional-race-gets-stranger <p>Voters in the 11th Congressional District in Michigan will send a Democratic UAW activist to Congress for the lame duck session in November and December -- and a Republican Tea Party activist to Congress for the full term starting in January.</p><p>Here's how it happened.&nbsp; (The "why" may never be satisfactorily answered.)</p><p>Thaddeus McCotter is the five-term Republican Congressman who until July represented the strongly Republican-leaning 11th Congressional District.&nbsp;</p> Wed, 07 Nov 2012 22:58:37 +0000 Tracy Samilton 9827 at http://michiganradio.org