Michigan Democrats Seek to Avoid a Disaster Like the Platner Fiasco in Maine
Michigan Democrats Seek to Avoid a Disaster Like the Platner Fiasco in Maine Rick Moran | 11:09 AM on July 15, 2026 AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson Michigan Democrats aren't like Democrats in Massachusetts or California. The Great Lakes State has deep working-class roots, and the Democrats they send to Washington reflect a more pragmatic, centrist approach to politics. Advertisement googletag.cmd.push(function () { googletag.display("div-gpt-300x250_3"); //googletag.pubads().refresh([gptAdSlot["div-gpt-300x250_3"]]) }); High-profile leaders like Gov.
- ▪Michigan Democrats Seek to Avoid a Disaster Like the Platner Fiasco in Maine Rick Moran | 11:09 AM on July 15, 2026 AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson Michigan Democrats aren't like Democrats in Massachusetts or California.
- ▪The Great Lakes State has deep working-class roots, and the Democrats they send to Washington reflect a more pragmatic, centrist approach to politics.
- ▪Advertisement googletag.cmd.push(function () { googletag.display("div-gpt-300x250_3"); //googletag.pubads().refresh([gptAdSlot["div-gpt-300x250_3"]]) }); High-profile leaders like Gov.
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Michigan Democrats Seek to Avoid a Disaster Like the Platner Fiasco in Maine Rick Moran | 11:09 AM on July 15, 2026 AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson Michigan Democrats aren't like Democrats in Massachusetts or California. The Great Lakes State has deep working-class roots, and the Democrats they send to Washington reflect a more pragmatic, centrist approach to politics. Advertisement googletag.cmd.push(function () { googletag.display("div-gpt-300x250_3"); //googletag.pubads().refresh([gptAdSlot["div-gpt-300x250_3"]]) }); High-profile leaders like Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and retiring Sen. Gary Peters have found success by branding themselves as pragmatic "fix the roads" Midwestern moderates.
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