Newsletter SignupRep. Elissa Slotkin ’98 (D-Mich.) defeated her primary challenger, Good Doctor star Hill Harper, to advance to the general election in November for the Michigan Senate seat. Slotkin, currently a representative for Michigan’s 7th congressional district, will compete in what will likely be a close congressional race for the senate seat vacated after the retirement of Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.). She faces former Michigan representative Mike Rogers, a Trump-endorsed Republican. However, like many Democrats on the ticket this fall, Slotkin’s Senate bid is complicated by the party’s internal divisions over the Israel-Hamas war. Over 13 percent of Democratic voters in Michigan selected “uncommitted” in the presidential primaries.

Source: Daily Sun August 09, 2024 11:26 UTC