Rich Eichholz was the only candidate for the 6th congressional district not from the Kalamazoo area. He ended up at the bottom of the democratic primary on Tuesday.
Eichholz stressed his history as a scientist during the campaign. He based his platform on bringing clean energy jobs to Michigan.
In his concession speech at the Livery in Benton Harbor, Eichholz talked about the need for party unity.
“We need to all pull together and make sure that we one, make sure that we stop this gerrymandering that’s going on in the state and retire Fred Upton, thank you.”
Eichholz said moving forward he will support the Democratic candidate in their bid to unseat Upton.
Republican incumbent Fred Upton has held the sixth congressional district since 1993, and has been in congress since 1987.
The Democratic nominee is Matt Longjohn, a doctor from Portage.
