How Gretchen Whitmer Made Michigan a Democratic Stronghold
Posted By: FlyRight, 7/18/2023 9:46:54 AM
When Gretchen Whitmer first emerged as the likely Democratic candidate for governor of Michigan, in late 2017, the mayor of Detroit, Mike Duggan, circulated a memo urging labor unions and Democrats to find a better-known figure to lead the ticket. Duggan wanted Senator Gary Peters to run; the United Auto Workers preferred Representative Dan Kildee. But neither member of Congress wanted anything to do with Lansing. Mark Bernstein, a politically connected Ann Arbor personal-injury lawyer, recalled that, while watching a University of Michigan basketball game at Duggan’s house, the Mayor tried to persuade him to get in the race.
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OH MY! Malik Obama Tweets Brother Barack
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Obama is ‘Definitely Gay’ – Then
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