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.
Washington— Democratic Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer urged President Biden to personally speak out about the abortion issue more in an interview Saturday with "Face the Nation" moderator Margaret Brennan, suggesting more "blunt language" on the subject "would be helpful." Brennan noted that Mr. ...
Reelection and second term Winning a second termGretchen Whitmer at a get-out-the-vote rally in Detroit, 2022. In 2022 Whitmer ran for a second term as governor. That year theU.S. Supreme CourtoverturnedRoev.Wade(1973), which had established abortion as aconstitutionalright. Whitmer sought ...