The governor of Michigan State, Garlin Gilsherst, enters the ruler, and seeks to distinguish himself in the area of an arrival as a solution to the problems with close relations with both the famous governor of the state, Grechen, and the largest city in the state.
Gilcrhist, who will be the first black ruler in the state, launched his candidacy on Tuesday morning, with an official official announcement of the evening in Detroit.
Gilchrist had a little political experience when he chose it and passed as its colleague in running in 2018, but he added good -intentioned Arabs to the ticket and grew up in Detroit, where he considered the engine of the voter base for Democrats in Michigan for a long time. He was a former Microsoft software engineer, Gilchrist tends to have a background to solve problems as part of his case because of being the most appropriate for Whitmer.
“When you have problems, you get an engineer to repair,” Gilkerist told Politico. “When the systems are broken, you get an engineer to make these systems work better for people, and this is a moment to do so.”
His candidacy puts him in a collision with another member of the Wittir administration: Jocelyn Benson, Michigan Foreign Minister, who launched it Nomination of the ruler in January. Detroit Dogan’s mayor has long announced that he had been seeking to replace and pass Again in December And it is planned for Ran. Other candidates may still enter the race.
A poll conducted by a recent poll from Target Insight For Mirs News was wandering Last month nomination. Penson set out in this field, and got 55 percent of Democratic Democratic voters for the survey, while Gilkerist was linked in second place by 12 percent with Nissil – who did not set any official plans to run for the ruler.
He has refused and has so far been supporting support.
The field of Republicans who compete for the nomination of the ruler is expected to be crowded. Senate minority leader in Michigan Eric Nissbit I announced earlier this yearWhile the former public prosecutor of Michigan Mike Cox has The Committee formed the CandidatesBut he was not officially released. Representative John James, the black-elected black official in the Congress delegation in Michigan, is also looking to operate at the state level, but he did not decide whether he wanted to run for the ruler or the open Senate seat in the state.
Gilkerist said that he visited all the provinces of the 83rd state during his term as a lieutenant and served as an alternative to the extension of the Camala Harris presidential campaign in Michigan, which manages awareness of black men.
But Michigan, Democrats, lost the ruling Trevikta in the 2024 elections, and the Republicans are now controlling the House of Representatives in Michigan.
He said: “They felt frustrated in 2024 because they did not get the results.” Attracting more technology industry jobs to Michigan.
Gilchrist has already obtained a pledge of financial support from the Democratic Lieutenant Governors Association – a group that looks forward to increasing its influence by supporting the favorite candidates in the initial elections. The group last month confirmed to Politico that it is ready to spend Almost $ 1.5 million to support Gilkerst In his race.
“The rulers of the Democratic Party are the seat of the Democratic Party, and with these types of investments, we look forward to helping to elect the next generation of conservatives and members of the Senate across the country,” said the governor of Pennsylvania, Austin Davis, who heads the organization.
Gilchrist was previously running only one race as the ticket did not participate with Whitmer. It was in 2017 competition for Detroit City writerCompetition with a vulnerable workshop. Gilkerst narrowly These elections were lost by 1482 votes.
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