CQ Risk Rating: Safe Republican 
| GENERAL ELECTION: NOVEMBER 7, 2000 |
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| Joe Knollenberg (R) | 170,790 | 56% |
| Matthew Frumin (D) | 124,053 | 41% |
| Marilyn MacDermaid (GREEN) | 4,191 | 1% |
| Dick Gach (LIBERT) | 3,371 | 1% |
| Joseph A. Ditzhazy Jr. (REF) | 1,425 | 0% |
| Daniel E. Malone (USTAX) | 1,244 | 0% |
| Bonnie Hixson (NL) | 1,228 | 0% |
| PRIMARY ELECTION: AUGUST 8, 2000 |
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| | Votes | Percentage | | Democratic |
| Matthew Frumin | 21,121 | 100% |
| | Republican |
| Joe Knollenberg | 39,798 | 100% |
Source: Congressional Quarterly. To suggest updates and corrections: politics.feedback@cq.com
Major Industry | Population | Cities | People | Race | Median Household Income | Unusual Features
MICHIGAN 11
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Southeast - Part of Oakland County
Michigan's 11th - the most white-collar, best-educated and wealthiest
district in the state - stands apart from the rest of metropolitan Detroit.
It's a lone free-market, Republican stronghold in a region renowned for its
staunch support of pro-labor Democrats.
Covering the southeastern portion of Oakland County, the
third-wealthiest county in the nation, the 11th houses the mansions of auto
executives and the homes of Detroit's professionals. Communities such as
Farmington Hills and Bloomfield, north of the northern Detroit boundary cut
by 8 Mile Road, form a corridor between Grand River Avenue and the
Northwestern Freeway that has served as one of the major routes for white
exodus from Detroit. Southfield, a suburb just beyond the Detroit boundary,
has become a haven for black urban professionals escaping Detroit's crime.
The northwestern part of the 11th is covered with lakes and golf
courses. To the south, the district also includes the comfortable Wayne
County communities of Redford and Livonia. Residents from the metropolitan
Detroit Jewish community, mostly contained within the boundaries of the
11th, coupled with Southfield's black professionals, provide the only
Democratic votes in this solidly Republican district.
Major Industry
Auto manufacturing, engineering, health care, insurance
Population
580,934 (1990)
Cities
Livonia (pt.), 80,601 (1990); Farmington Hills, 79,918 (1996); Southfield
(pt.), 67,949 (1990)
People
93% urban; 12% age 65+ (ranks sixth of 16 in state; middle third
nationally); 63% married couples, 28% married couples with children; 34%
college educated (ranks first of 16 in state; top third nationally); 73%
white collar (ranks first of 16 in state, top third nationally), 18% blue
collar (ranks 16 of 16 in state; bottom third nationally) (1990)
Race
93% white, 4% black, 2% Asian; 1% Hispanic origin (1990)
Median Household Income
$49,021 (ranks first of 16 in state; top third nationally) (1990)
Unusual Features
Famous native: Pam Dawber, played Mindy to Robin Williams' Mork in the 1970s
TV sitcom "Mork and Mindy."
Source: Congressional Quarterly (Updated April 1999)
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