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Michigan Lt. Gov. Gilchrist says he won't run for U.S. Senate [1]
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Date: 2023-02-26
Michigan Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist announced Sunday that he has decided against a campaign for Michigan's open U.S. Senate seat in 2024.
The Detroit Democrat, 40, had been considered a potential candidate to run for U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow's seat after Stabenow announced last month that she won't run for reelection next year when her term ends.
"Serving our state in Washington, DC would be a great opportunity, but instead I will keep standing tall for Michigan, right here at home, as Lieutenant Governor," Gilchrist tweeted. "The Governor & I have more work to do. I look forward to working with our next US Senator to get it done."
Other Democrats said to be considering the U.S. Senate race include U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin, a Lansing Democrat; Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson of Detroit; and the actor Hill Harper. Businessman Nasser Beydoun created an exploratory committee last month.
Slotkin reaffirmed she is thinking about running in an email to supporters Sunday, saying she is doing her “due diligence, talking about running with close friends and people I trust.”“I believe the United States Senate is in need of practical, reasonable, independently-minded people who are willing to work with others to get things done. That was brought home to me again last week when we had a shooting at MSU, the second in my district in 15 months,” Slotkin said.“There are too many people in Congress right now who refuse to even come to the table and have a reasonable discussion about how we can do things like protect our children from gun violence or lower the cost of prescription drugs.”
State Sen. Mallory McMorrow of Royal Oak said Friday that she's passing on a run, and U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens of Birmingham also bowed out of contention.
On the Republican side, State Board of Education member Nikki Snyder, 38, of Dexter announced this month that she'll run for the seat.
State Sen. Ruth Johnson, R-Holly; businessman Kevin Rinke of Bloomfield Township; and U.S. Rep. Lisa McClain, R-Bruce Township, also have been weighing campaigns. Former U.S. Rep. Peter Meijer, R-Grand Rapids Township, said he hadn't ruled it out.
U.S. Rep. John James, a Farmington Hills Republican who lost two previous U.S. Senate campaigns in 2018 and 2020, said Friday he will seek reelection to his 7th District House seat in southern Macomb County, and the Rochester and Rochester Hills areas of Oakland County.
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