Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan, a longtime Democrat, announced Wednesday that he is launching his own bid for Michigan's governor's mansion.
Duggan announced his candidacy for governor Wednesday. video statement. The Detroit mayor is the first candidate to formally announce his bid to replace Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, who is term limited and ineligible to seek a third term. According to To Politico.
“I'm not running for Democratic governor or Republican governor,” Duggan said in the video. “I'm running for your governor.”
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“What if we flipped the system and gave Michigan voters a new choice,” Duggan asked in the video. “A governor who didn't run as a candidate for either party and went to work every day with no goal other than to unite people for the good of all Michigan.”
Duggan first ran for office in 2013 and is the second-longest serving mayor in Detroit's history. According to Visit his office's website. Duggan won re-election in November 2017, defeating Coleman A. Young II. According to In the Detroit Free Press. Duggan won his third term as mayor in November 2021, defeating Anthony Adams of the Detroit Free Press. reported. (Related: Oakland Democratic Mayor Shen Tao, hamstrung by landslide, recalled)
“The current system forces people to choose sides instead of finding solutions. I want to know if we can change that,” Duggan said in the video. added.
The mayor's office did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the Daily Caller News Foundation.
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