Millennial_Messiah
01-28-2025, 08:08 PM
Will not run for re-election for 2026. Allows him to be a potential wild card vote in the next couple years. He's been a pretty solid Democrat vote over his two terms.
https://apnews.com/article/gary-peters-michigan-retirement-72fb02bbc816e31f035d797f9185599c
For the Democrats, Whitmer has ruled out running for Senate, as has Debbie Dingell, their probably next-best choice. The favorite right now for the primary is Hillary Scholten. The wild card for both Senate and Governor is Indiana's own Mayor Pothole Pete Buttplug (Buttigieg), who would easily lose any statewide general election for multiple reasons in an increasingly socially moderate state who voted to the right of Ohio and Florida (!) on its recent abortion referendum, and is ranked "considerably" more religious than either of Wisconsin or Pennsylvania.
I'd like to see Lisa McClain re-consider and run for this seat. She's the strongest candidate by far being a house committee member and a born-and-raised Michigander and the open Governor race will also be very competitive if not Lean R in 2026, so, as long as you run someone competent and campaign halfway decently and treat the state like Ohio in the past decade, the GOP can serious turn Michigan into the next 2010s Ohio in 2026 and beyond, considering recent trends. Michigan borders Indiana and Ohio and doesn't have the white progressive base of either Wisconsin or Pennsylvania, at least proportionately. The entire state aside from the area west of Grand Rapids and the Traverse City area is zooming red.
Just don't nominate someone terrible and polarizing like a James Craig, Tudor Dixon, Peter Meijer, Karamo, Upton, or Amash who can alienate a lot of people on either side of the base. Also, no carpetbaggers. It looks like John James wants to run on the GOP side. I don't support that. He's not a terrible candidate but he is a bit of an underperformer in MI-10 and most importantly he's lost twice as challenger for Senate. Third-time rerun candidates who are 0-2 don't have a good track record of winning really in any state for either party.
https://apnews.com/article/gary-peters-michigan-retirement-72fb02bbc816e31f035d797f9185599c
For the Democrats, Whitmer has ruled out running for Senate, as has Debbie Dingell, their probably next-best choice. The favorite right now for the primary is Hillary Scholten. The wild card for both Senate and Governor is Indiana's own Mayor Pothole Pete Buttplug (Buttigieg), who would easily lose any statewide general election for multiple reasons in an increasingly socially moderate state who voted to the right of Ohio and Florida (!) on its recent abortion referendum, and is ranked "considerably" more religious than either of Wisconsin or Pennsylvania.
I'd like to see Lisa McClain re-consider and run for this seat. She's the strongest candidate by far being a house committee member and a born-and-raised Michigander and the open Governor race will also be very competitive if not Lean R in 2026, so, as long as you run someone competent and campaign halfway decently and treat the state like Ohio in the past decade, the GOP can serious turn Michigan into the next 2010s Ohio in 2026 and beyond, considering recent trends. Michigan borders Indiana and Ohio and doesn't have the white progressive base of either Wisconsin or Pennsylvania, at least proportionately. The entire state aside from the area west of Grand Rapids and the Traverse City area is zooming red.
Just don't nominate someone terrible and polarizing like a James Craig, Tudor Dixon, Peter Meijer, Karamo, Upton, or Amash who can alienate a lot of people on either side of the base. Also, no carpetbaggers. It looks like John James wants to run on the GOP side. I don't support that. He's not a terrible candidate but he is a bit of an underperformer in MI-10 and most importantly he's lost twice as challenger for Senate. Third-time rerun candidates who are 0-2 don't have a good track record of winning really in any state for either party.