Michigan
Related: About this forumGretchen Whitmer files to run for governor in 2018 (Michigan)
Source: Freep
Former Senate Minority Leader Gretchen Whitmer became the first candidate to officially jump into the 2018 election pool Tuesday, by filing paperwork with the Secretary of State to set up a committee to run for governor.
It wasnt a big announcement or the beginning of a speaking tour around the state. Rather, filing the paperwork is a prerequisite for Whitmer if she wants to begin accepting financial contributions to her campaign.
In an e-mail to supporters Tuesday, Whitmer said she is "no stranger to fights," including ones to "protect workers' rights, ... level the playing field," and "protect kids and to hold government accountable."
Whitmer, an East Lansing Democrat, said in the e-mail she remembers when Michigan was bold and didn't just face challenges, but beat them.
"Thats why I know we can build a Michigan with opportunities that rival those from our past," she said. "A state where opportunities are available to every Michigander regardless of gender or race or religion or who you love or where you were born if you work hard and play by the rules.
Read more:http://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/2017/01/03/whitmer-first-jump-into-2018-michigan-governors-race/96116246/
2naSalit
(86,622 posts)although waaaay too early for me to start thinking about that while I consider how I will survive until I die. Maybe I won't be too interested in staying healthy for a long time. I would like to outlive my 90 yo mom and then I'll be ready to go. It's been a long stretch of bumpy, hard road and I'm tired... to think that I will have to continue working so hard with no relief other than death in sight, I think I'll take that easy option when it comes around the next time, I've been spared many times for I-don't-know-what so next chance to exit, I'll be on that train. I really don't want to stick around and watch what I love be systematically destroyed by assholes who take pleasure in doing the damage.
demmiblue
(36,853 posts)This whole election season has been emotionally (and physically) draining.
There are still good people in this world.
2naSalit
(86,622 posts)but as a political scientist, this is getting to be too much.