Citing health concerns, Conyers said he was “retiring” amid a string of sexual harassment allegations by former female staffers.
The 88-year-old lawmaker endorsed his oldest son, John Conyers III, who hasn’t decided whether to run for Congress.
Also in the mix is state Sen. Coleman Young II, who unsuccessfully challenged Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan in the November election and is term-limited out of the Senate at year’s end.
Mathis has served as a national board member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and the Morehouse School of Medicine, according to his website.
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