Mr. BidentappedWhitmer this spring to join his reelection campaign as a co-chair. In the lead-up to the 2020 election, Mr. Bidenmet withWhitmer to discuss potentially joining the presidential ticket as his vice president. Whitmer, a rising star in the Democratic party, had been vocal about ...
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Democratic Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer won a second four-year term in Tuesday’s election, defeating Republican challenger Tudor Dixon in the battleground state where abortion had become a key issue.
Those ads have largely gone unanswered as Dixon has struggled to raise money to compete with Whitmer’s multimillion-dollar campaign fund. But with just weeks to go before the Nov. 8 election, Dixon is expected to fire back at Whitmer during the debate in Grand Rapids. She has des...
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, one of a few public officials involved in the Harris campaign, spoke after Donald Trump was projected to win the 2024 presidential election. Nov 6 Michigan House races will test Democrats' grasp on state government trifecta ...
New York Times bestseller “True Gretch: What I’ve Learned About Life, Leadership, and Everything in Between.” As a popular governor of a swing state, Governor Whitmer’s name has been floated in convos about who might be on the Democratic ticket since Biden ended his re-election ...
Five years later she won a special election to the state Senate. In 2011 she became the first woman to head a caucus in that chamber when she was elected Democratic minority leader. While in the legislature, Whitmer advocated for traditional Democratic policies, including gun control and workers...
Whitmer shuts down 2024 election talk ahead of memoir launch While the release of her first book won't dispel questions about her future ambitions, the Michigan governor was adamant about one thing: she will not run for president in 2024. ...
Speculation swirls around former foes Elizabeth Warren, Amy Klobuchar and Kamala Harris, but Biden hasn’t confirmed who he is considering. Lisa HagenAug. 3, 2020 Trump Takes His Fight to Michigan The president promised an ‘epic comeback’ for America and predicted a second term for himself ...
BEIJING This week, dozens of Chinese citizens died after the Chinese Communist Party welded their apartment doors shut and a fire broke out in the building, sparking protests. China has doubled down on its"Zero COVID"policy, however, and has tapped Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer to lea...
If President Joe Biden decides to withdraw from the election, Democrats need not fear — they have a ticket in front of them that can still defeat presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump. Not only would a ticket with Kamala Harris as president and Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer as her runn...