And while Tlaib, similar to Bush, votes with the president 94.3% of the time, she has taken some votes against the party line over the years and been willing to call out the president’s inaction on some progressive causes, which some moderates believe has left her vulnerable.

Alongside Bush and four other members of the progressive squad, Tlaib voted against the bipartisan infrastructure bill last year in protest to not passing the Build Back Better Act, which prompted some backlash in her district. Prior to redistricting, Tlaib was facing a primary challenger in Michigan’s 13th district, Shri Thanedar, who launched his campaign just three days after the vote.

Tlaib’s territory was later split when new district lines were drawn and she is now running in the 12th congressional district instead, leading to her matchup with Winfrey and the two other contenders in the race, Mayor of Lathrup Village Kelly Garrett and former state Rep. Shanelle Jackson.

“Infrastructure is so important in this particular community, right. And when you don’t support that, I have a problem,” Winfrey told the Michigan Chronicle in January. “Because when you don’t support those critical needs of the community, you don’t support what we’re doing.