Democratic Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib defeated her Republican challenger in Michigan's 12th congressional district election on Tuesday, securing a fourth term as the only Palestinian-American woman in the U.S. Congress.

The Associated Press called the race with just 18 percent of the votes counted.

Tlaib received 77 percent of the vote, beating Republican James Hooper, who received just 19 percent of the vote.

Her victory comes against the backdrop of Israel's war on Gaza, which has killed more than 43,000 Palestinians so far, and which the Biden-Harris administration has supported diplomatically and militarily for more than a year.

Tlaib has been an outspoken critic of the war, calling on the United States to withhold arms from Israel. Her opposition to the war in Gaza and support for pro-Palestinian protests on campus have drawn sharp criticism from Republicans and Democrats alike.

In the days leading up to the November 5 election, Tlaib declined to endorse Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris, but urged Americans to go to the polls and vote.

Kamala Harris lost Michigan to Donald Trump, who won the state.

Last June, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel accused Tlaib of anti-Semitism, alleging that the Palestinian-American congresswoman said Nessel was targeting pro-Palestinian protesters at the University of Michigan because she was Jewish. Tlaib never made such comments, which have since been fact-checked and debunked by numerous media outlets and sources.

After being first elected to the House of Representatives in 2018, Tlaib quickly rose to national prominence, becoming one of the first two Muslim women in Congress.

She was an outspoken critic of President Donald Trump during his term and became the target of repeated right-wing attacks, including from the president himself.

Since the start of Israel's war on Gaza in October 2023, Tlaib has criticized American support for the war, angering her colleagues on both sides.

In November 2023, the House voted to rebuke Tlaib, passing a measure accusing her of "promoting false narratives regarding Hamas' October 7, 2023, attack on Israel and calling for the destruction of the State of Israel."

One of the comments she was condemned for was explaining the chant “from the river to the sea,” which she described as “an ambitious call for freedom, human rights and peaceful coexistence, not death, destruction or hatred.”

Israel supporters say the phrase promotes the destruction of Israel, while Tlaib responded by saying, “No government is above criticism, and the idea that criticizing the government of Israel is anti-Semitic sets an extremely dangerous precedent and has been used to silence diverse voices speaking out for human rights across our nation.”