Political Note #324 Michigan, Minnesota, and Pennsylvania Legislatures
Flipping the Michigan House of Representatives, the Minnesota Senate, and the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from Red to Blue is in reach.
Women Candidates for Whom Donations Could Make a Difference
A reader asked. Can you put together a list of 30 candidates for the House of Representatives for whom donations would make a difference? Some Senate candidates, too?
Political Note #302 Michigan Supreme Court: Chief Justice Bridget Mary McCormack and Elizabeth Welch
The Democrats know who their candidates for Michigan Supreme Court are: Chief Justice Bridget Mary McCormack and Elizabeth Welch
Political Note #282 Hillary Scholten MI CD 03
Check out the website: https://lenspoliticalnotes.com Look at the recent Daily Bits on the website. Rashida Tlaib gets a primary opponent, Joe: Think outside the box for Veep. 041020 Political Note #282 Hillary Scholten MI CD 03 2020 General Election (This note is business as usual. While the country deals with COVID-19, we also need to prepare for the election in November. This Note is intended to help achieve a Democratic victory.) Under ordinary circumstances, a Democrat would have no chance in this rural, conservative district. The largest city, Grand Rapids, has fewer than 200,000 people. Battle Creek has slightly more than…
Tlaib’s opponent
Rashida Tlaib is getting some primary opposition. Well deserved.
Political Note #249 Jon Hoadley MI CD 06
Thirty years and worlds apart. Jon Hoadley is the latest Democrat to try to defeat Fred Upton.
Political Note #235 Elissa Slotkin MI CD 08
“Don’t get in a knife fight with Elissa.” That’s her brother talking. It makes you wonder. How much of their childhood did he spend getting out of her way?
Political Note #225 Gary Peters MI US Senate
2020 General Election Gary Peters https://petersformichigan.com/ is running for a second term. I had thought I might start by explaining he was unusual among the men in the US Senate. His family had no pretensions to leadership. He did not demonstrate the aspirations that lead a high schooler to attend Harvard or Yale or Stanford or Chicago. He’s not as unusual as I thought. Of the Democratic men in the US Senate, half did not go to schools like Harvard or Yale or Stanford or Chicago. Or have other marks of being or striving to be members of the elite.…
Political Note #110 Gretchen Whitmer MI Governor
Forty six years old, Gretchen Whitmer spent fifteen of those years in the Michigan legislature representing East Lansing, She was five years in the House, then filled a vacancy to move to the Senate. During her final four years, until she was term limited out, she was Senate Minority Leader. She was a forceful leader in difficult times.
Political Note #64 Elissa Slotkin MI 08
Elissa Slotkin lives on her family's farm in Southwestern Michigan. Her grandfather, Sam Slotkin, was a butcher. He founded Hygrade, the company responsible for Ball Park Franks, the hot dogs sold in the Detroit Tigers' Briggs Stadium. She went on to Columbia to study international development. Elissa Slotkin's first day at Columbia was September 10, 2001. Her second day was 9/11. She sought public service and became an analyst for the CIA. She worked in the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and for the National Security Council under President Bush. She was the only Iraq adviser Obama held over from the Bush administration. When Elissa Slotkin returned home shortly after her marriage to a helicopter pilot in Iraq, she had thoughts about running for political office. The incumbents vote against the ACA clinched her decision.