Miki ran for the Liberal Party of Canada in the 1993 federal election, challenging New Democratic Party incumbent Bill Blaikie in the working-class riding of Winnipeg—Transcona. Regarded as a star candidate, he received an endorsement from the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees, a railway union with some influence in the area.Ruth Teichrob, "Grit candidate gets some help from rail union", Winnipeg Free Press, 2 October 1993. On election day, he lost to Blaikie by 219 votes.John Geddes, "Star candidates battling it out in key ridings", Financial Post, 10 September 1993, p. 7.
