With the exception of metropolitan Detroit, Michigan is a challenging landscape for any Democratic candidate.
Republicans have maintained control of the state’s Senate for the past 8 elections, and of its House for 6 of the past 8 elections.
Current Governor Gretchen Whitmer is a Democrat, but Michigan’s governorship has alternated between the two parties for the past 6 elections.
The 2020 Congressional redistricting significantly redrew boundaries for the adjacent 7th and 8th Districts, now pitting one House incumbent, Republican Tim Walberg, against another, Democrat Elissa Slotkin. Walberg has served in the House since 2011, and Slotkin since 2019.
Slotkin, who holds a bachelor’s degree from Cornell University a master’s from Columbia, began her career serving in Iraq with the CIA. She later served on President George W. Bush’s national security staff and in the Department of Defense during the Barack Obama administration.
Her experience makes her an exceptional choice for her current House committee assignments: Homeland Security, Armed Services, and Veterans’ Affairs.
Highlights of her voting record (Yeas) in the current Congress:
- American Rescue Plan
- For the People Act
- American Dream and Promise Act
- Equality Act
- Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
- Build Back Better Act
- Women’s Health Protection Act
- COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act
- Impeachment of Donald Trump
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