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nkpolitics1212

(8,617 posts) Sun May 21, 2023, 02:30 AM May 2023

Gary Peters(D-MI) US Senate Races in 2014 and 2020.

In 2014(Republican wave election year) Peters defeated his Republican opponent(Former 2 term MI Secretary of State Terry Lynn Land) by a 13 percent margin. In 2014, Republicans won every other MI Statewide Elections in 2014.
In 2020(Presidential Election Year- Democratic Presidential nominee Joe Biden won MI by a 2.78 percent margin.) Gary Peters defeated his Republican opponent(2018 MI US Senate Republican nominee John James) by a 1.68 percent margin.
The question that I need to ask is why was the 2020 MI US Senate election way closer than the 2014 MI US Senate Election? How will Peters perform in 2026? A Democrat with a pulse like Gretchen Whitmer,Garlin Gilchrist,Jocelyn Benson,Dana Nessel,Hillary Scholten,and Haley Stevens will win by a narrow to high single digit margin. Garlin Gilchrist,Jocelyn Benson,or Dana Nessel are also likely to run for Governor to suceed Gretchen Whitmer. Should the MI Democratic Party replace Gary Peters with Gretchen Whitmer who is finishing her 2nd term as MI Governor and unable to run for MI Governor again in 2026 due to term limits?

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Gary Peters(D-MI) US Senate Races in 2014 and 2020. (Original Post) nkpolitics1212 May 2023 OP

Only if he personally decides not to run again. jimfields33 May 2023 #1

I support Gary MIGuy May 2023 #2

Welcome to DU! RussBLib May 2023 #3

jimfields33

(18,899 posts)

1. Only if he personally decides not to run again.

Reply to nkpolitics1212 (Original post)

Sun May 21, 2023, 07:08 AM

May 2023

MIGuy

(19 posts)

2. I support Gary

Reply to nkpolitics1212 (Original post)

Sun May 21, 2023, 10:52 AM

May 2023

In Michigan most places if you'd like to listen to talk radio, in early afternoon you can choose between Dan Bongino and Charlie Kirk. Too many voters don't know Sen. Peters accomplishments. Knew less about John James. But they did fear and voted against the evil liberal. How can we tell Michiganders how much Sen. Peters has done for veterans, farmers, the Great Lakes, USPS, etc.? He has been a great DSCC Chairman.

RussBLib

(9,666 posts)

3. Welcome to DU!

Reply to MIGuy (Reply #2)

Sun May 21, 2023, 11:09 AM

May 2023

Kudos to Michigan for rising from the GOP ash heap. That ballot initiative to create an independent redistricting commission has gone a long, long way to help Michiganders escape from the fetid clutches of the GOP. Living in Texas, we as citizens cannot get an initiative on the ballot for anything: redistricting, weed, abortion, nothing, it's just not allowed. Only the state legislature can propose ballot initiatives, and the neanderthal GOP in Texas won't have it.

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