Kris­ten McDon­ald Priv­et wins Dem pri­ma­ry for Rep Dan Kildee’s open blue Michi­gan seat

<div>Kristen McDonald Privet wins Dem primary for Rep Dan Kildee's open blue Michigan seat</div>

State sen­a­tor Kris­ten McDon­ald Priv­et was declared the win­ner of the Demo­c­ra­t­ic pri­ma­ry for Michi­gan’s 8th Con­gres­sion­al Dis­trict. Rep. Dan Kildee, D‑Mich., announced in 2023 that he would not be seek­ing re-elec­tion, leav­ing the seat he’s rep­re­sent­ed since 2012 up for grabs this cycle.The pri­ma­ry race saw three can­di­dates com­pet­ing for the nom­i­na­tion: Kris­ten McDon­ald Priv­et, Matt Col­lier and Pamela Pugh. .KEY PRIMARIES IN 4 STATES ON TUESDAY TO SET TABLE TO NOVEMBER SENATE, HOUSE SHOW­DOWN­SCol­lier pre­vi­ous­ly served as the may­or of Flint, Michi­gan in the late 1980s.Pugh cur­rent­ly works as pres­i­dent of the Michi­gan State Board of Edu­ca­tion. McDon­ald Priv­et cur­rent­ly serves as the first female state sen­a­tor to rep­re­sent the Great Lakes Bay Region.The state sen­a­tor also served as exec­u­tive direc­tor of Michi­gan Head Start, chief of staff for Michigan’s Depart­ment of Edu­ca­tion, and vice pres­i­dent of the Skill­man Foun­da­tion. …