Demo­c­ra­t­ic May­or Announces Guber­na­to­r­i­al Run, Ditch­es His Par­ty

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Democratic Mayor Announces Gubernatorial Run, Ditches His Party

Detroit May­or Mike Dug­gan, a long­time Demo­c­rat, announced Wednes­day that he is launch­ing an inde­pen­dent bid for the governor’s man­sion in Michi­gan.

Dug­gan announced his guber­na­to­r­i­al bid on Wednes­day in a video state­ment. The Detroit may­or is the first can­di­date to offi­cial­ly announce their bid to replace Demo­c­ra­t­ic Gov. Gretchen Whit­mer, who is term-lim­it­ed and inel­i­gi­ble to seek a third term, accord­ing to Politi­co.

“I’m not run­ning to be the Democ­rats’ gov­er­nor or the Repub­li­cans’ gov­er­nor,” Dug­gan said in the video. “I’m run­ning to be your gov­er­nor.”

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“What would hap­pen if we upend­ed the sys­tem and gave Michi­gan vot­ers a new choice,” Dug­gan asked in the video. “A gov­er­nor who didn’t run as a can­di­date of either par­ty, who went to work every day with no goal, except to get peo­ple to work togeth­er for all of Michi­gan.”

Dug­gan first ran for office in 2013, and is the sec­ond-longest serv­ing may­or in Detroit’s his­to­ry, accord­ing to his office’s web­site. Dug­gan won re-elec­tion in Novem­ber 2017, defeat­ing Cole­man A. Young II, accord­ing to the Detroit Free Press. Dug­gan won his third may­oral term in Novem­ber 2021, win­ning against Antho­ny Adams, the Detroit Free Press report­ed. (RELATED: Embat­tled Oak­land Dem May­or Sheng Thao Recalled In Land­slide)

“The cur­rent sys­tem forces peo­ple to choose sides, not find solu­tions, I want to see if I can change that,” Dug­gan added in the video.

The Mayor’s office did not imme­di­ate­ly respond to a request for com­ment from the Dai­ly Caller News Foun­da­tion.

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