Senate Dem Candidate: I'm Running In Michigan to Represent Midwest 'Morons,' Or Something
Michigan Senate Democratic candidate Mallory McMorrow defended her past voting in California despite claiming to have permanently relocated to Michigan in 2014. She acknowledged moving was a two-year process and maintained her registration shift was lawful. McMorrow also stood by her past comments suggesting rural Americans can learn from coastal elites, sparking criticism over elitist attitudes.
- ▪Mallory McMorrow voted in California's 2016 Democratic primary despite claiming to have permanently moved to Michigan in 2014.
- ▪CNN's Manu Raju highlighted that McMorrow criticized others for voting in Michigan after moving to California, calling it illegal.
- ▪McMorrow deleted 6,000 tweets before her Senate campaign, including one where she agreed that rural Americans are 'backwards' and can learn from coastal elites.
- ▪She explained her delayed voter registration by citing a prolonged, two-year relocation process due to work commitments.
- ▪McMorrow stated she registered to vote in Michigan in August 2016 and voted in the November general election that year.
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Senate Dem Candidate: I'm Running In Michigan to Represent Midwest 'Morons,' Or Something Ed Morrissey 10:40 AM | May 04, 2026 AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite In a normal midterm cycle, Mallory McMorrow might have shamed the entire Democrat Party and confirmed their status as a clique of coastal elites that sneer at Middle America. And McMorrow certainly does all of that. Fortunately for her, the Graham Platner Era – in which Democrats hug actual Nazis – makes her candidacy for the US Senate in Michigan more of a nostalgia tour.
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