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demmiblue

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Tue Nov 6, 2018, 11:06 PM Nov 2018

Gretchen Whitmer projected to win governor's race

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Gretchen Whitmer will be Michigan's next governor, the Associated Press is reporting.

A Democrat from East Lansing, she previously served in the state Legislature and as a county prosecutor.

Her lieutenant governor will be Garlin Gilchrist, who previously worked for the Obama campaign and in Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan's office.

They defeated the Republican team of Bill Schuette, currently the state's attorney general, and Kent County Clerk Lisa Posthumus Lyons.

https://www.woodtv.com/1577084890




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Gretchen Whitmer projected to win governor's race (Original Post) demmiblue Nov 2018 OP
nice Demovictory9 Nov 2018 #1
I knew she would win, but it is a relief that it is said and done. demmiblue Nov 2018 #2
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