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Lansing Democrats await Detroit debates
If the road to the White House runs through Michigan — as national experts are saying it once again could — the Democratic debates in Detroit next week are part of the trip.
Lansing Democrats will be tuned in to CNN Tuesday and Wednesday nights to see who they want driving their car.
In 2016, Donald J. Trump inched out a 10,704-vote victory in the state — fewer people than the worst night at the Tigers’ Comerica Park. As a result, Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania put him in the Oval Office.
City Pulse quizzed a handful of local Democrats to size up their large field of presidential challengers in advance of the spotlight on Michigan.
Read more: https://www.lansingcitypulse.com/stories/lansing-democrats-await-detroit-debates,13057