US Senator Gary Peters (D-MI) should be mentioned as a potential 2020 Democratic candidate.

[nkpolitics1212]

He is a United States Senator from MI- a battleground state in the Midwest.
He got elected to the US Senate in 2014-a Republican wave election year by a double digit margin against a top tier statewide elected official.
He served in the US Navy during the Persian Gulf War.
He represented a swing Congressional district from 2009-2013
He has a 90% overall progressive punch score/85% crucial vote progressive punch score.
Peters-MI could carry all of the Clinton 2016 states plus MI,PA,and WI.

[elleng]

1. Sounds good.

Why do you think he could carry all of the Clinton 2016 states plus MI,PA,and WI? This is CRITICAL.

[nkpolitics1212]

3. Clinton lost MI,PA,and WI by a less than 1 percent margin.

Peters represented a Suburban Detroit Area Congressional District before he got elected to the US Senate in 2014, Peters would perform better than Clinton in Detroit suburbs-MI, Philly suburbs-PA, and Milwaukee suburbs-WI. Peters could also perform well in OH.

[elleng]

10. Good.

I assume this means he would spend time there, and in other 'under-show' jurisdictions.

[crazycatlady]

2. Only if we are guaranteed to hold his senate seat

[Mendocino]

5. The 2018 Governors race

may eliminate that problem. The Flint Water Crisis could and should be a factor

[nkpolitics1212]

7. MI Democrats could get US Reps Dan Kildee or Debbie Dingell to run for Peters US Senate Seat which

Is up in 2020.
Democrats have an excellent chance of winning the 2018 MI Governors Race-Gretchen Whitmer-D
Debbie Stabenow-D will win re-election in 2018 by a double digit margin.

[Mendocino]

11. Maybe Jennifer Granholm?

Either by being named Senator or running outright in 2020.

[nkpolitics1212]

12. What was Granholms approval rating since she left the Governorship?

[Mendocino]

13. Somewhere in the high 30s I think,

but Snyder's weren't any higher when he won re-election in a statewide race. I think too that after a couple years of trump, that the climate for Democrats countrywide will improve.

[nkpolitics1212]

14. Democrats have a strong bench in the 2020 MI US Senate Race.

1)Jennifer Granholm
2)Mark Schauer- former US Rep from MI-7 a Republican leaning Congressional district from 2009-2011 and 2014 Democratic nominee-losing by a less than 5 percent margin against Snyder-R.
3)Debbie Dingell
4)Dan Kildee
5)Mark Hackel- Macomb County Executive.

[Mendocino]

4. Could help with Ohio too.

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All the OSU-UM silliness aside, Michigan and Ohio are very similar except MI has better scenery, OH has better roads.

[nkpolitics1212]

8. I agree

[Wounded Bear]

6. Get back with me in 2019...

[nkpolitics1212]

9. Assuming Peters won the 2020 Democratic Presidential Nomination he should select Mark Kelly- AZ as

the Vice Presidential runningmate. Kelly could help in AZ-his home state and FL-JFK Space Center location.

[delisen]

15. The latest candidate for saviour. n/t