U.S. House Candidate Profile

Shri Thanedar

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DemocraticU.S. HouseMichigan13

Background

Shrinivas Prasad Thanedar (born February 22, 1955) is an American businessman, author, and politician serving as the U.S. representative from Michigan's 13th congressional district since 2023. A member of the Democratic Party, Thanedar served as a member of the Michigan House of Representatives from 2021 to 2023. He was also a candidate in the Democratic primary for Governor of Michigan in the 2018 election. First elected to Congress in 2022, then again in 2024, Thanedar lost renomination in 2026 in the Democratic primary to democratic socialist Donavan McKinney.

Source: Wikipedia, "Shri Thanedar" (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shri_Thanedar), text available under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Excerpt of the article's lead section; pronunciation guides and citation markers removed.

Last updated 2026-10-24.

Sourced summary

Shri Thanedar served as U.S. unitedstates.github.io

The tragic death of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis, a 37-year-old mother fatally shot by an ICE agent, shows that ICE cannot be reformed and must be thanedar.house.gov

Shri Thanedar was born on 1955-02-22. unitedstates.github.io

Shri Thanedar's gender is recorded as M in the unitedstates/congress-legislators dataset. unitedstates.github.io

Michigan Bureau of Elections — Public Candidate Listing lists Shri Thanedar as a Democrat candidate for Representative in Congress 13 in the 2026 cycle mi-boe.entellitrak.com

[Grokipedia: U.S. grokipedia.com

[Grokipedia: Political positions] Economic and business policies Thanedar has emphasized support for small businesses, reflecting his background as a serial grokipedia.com

[Grokipedia: Personal background] Early life in India and immigration Shri Thanedar was born on February 22, 1955, in Chikodi, Karnataka, India.[1] He grew up grokipedia.com

Finance snapshot

Shri Thanedar's FEC candidate id is H2MI13204

Claim timeline

[Grokipedia: Political entry and state-level campaigns] 2018 Michigan gubernatorial bid Thanedar, an Indian-born entrepreneur based in Ann Arbor, announced his grokipedia.com Retrieved 2026-05-14.

[Grokipedia: Lead] Shri Thanedar (born February 22, 1955) is an Indian-American chemist, entrepreneur, and politician serving as the Democratic U.S. grokipedia.com Retrieved 2026-05-14.

[Grokipedia: Entrepreneurial career] Leadership at Chemir Analytical Services In October 1990, Shri Thanedar acquired Chemir Analytical Services, a laboratory grokipedia.com Retrieved 2026-05-14.

[Grokipedia: Personal life and public persona] Family and relationships Thanedar married his first wife, Shamal, in 1984.[12] The couple had two sons: Neil grokipedia.com Retrieved 2026-05-14.

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Shri Thanedar profile reference

Profile status: Active candidate. Roster status: incumbent. Race status: discovered.

No certified general-election roster row matched this profile.

Valid citations 3548. Primary-source references 3548. First seen 2026-05-05. Last seen 2026-10-06. Profile record updated 2026-10-17.

Published claim kinds: Background 35, Positions 2, Statements 27, Finance 2, Votes 1943, Controversies 11, Other sourced notes 1509, ideology 4.

Other ids: Other voteview:119:22368; Bioguide T000488; Wikidata Q7503912; Vote Smart 182346; Grokipedia Shri Thanedar; Ballotpedia Shri Thanedar.

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