Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan, a longtime Democrat, announced Wednesday that he is launching an independent bid for the governor’s mansion in Michigan.
Duggan announced his gubernatorial bid on Wednesday in a video statement. The Detroit mayor is the first candidate to officially announce their bid to replace Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, who is term-limited and ineligible to seek a third term, according to Politico.
“I’m not running to be the Democrats’ governor or the Republicans’ governor,” Duggan said in the video. “I’m running to be your governor.”
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“What would happen if we upended the system and gave Michigan voters a new choice,” Duggan asked in the video. “A governor who didn’t run as a candidate of either party, who went to work every day with no goal, except to get people to work together for all of…
