Michigan Politicians Mull 2024 Run for Stabenow’s Senate Seat

Four days after Michigan’s four-term senator, Debbie Stabenow, announced she would not seek reelection in 2024, her fellow Democrats began moving quickly toward seeking or uniting behind a candidate.

But Republicans, who last won a Senate race in the Water Wonderland in 1994, are taking a quieter, thoughtful look at just who might put Stabenow’s seat in their hands.

Among Democrats, it is now a foregone conclusion that three-term Rep. Elissa Slotkin will declare for the Senate sooner rather than later. A former CIA and Defense Department analyst, Slotkin unseated Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Bishop with 50.6% in 2018.  Two years later, she eked out reelection (50.9%) over former TV newscaster Paul Junge and in November she beat Republican State Sen. Tom Barrett with 51.7% of the vote…. (Excerpt from Newsmax)