{"id":155125,"date":"2026-07-24T20:16:24","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T20:16:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=155125"},"modified":"2026-07-24T20:16:24","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T20:16:24","slug":"gretchen-whitmer-endorses-haley-stevens-for-michigan-senate-seat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=155125","title":{"rendered":"Gretchen Whitmer endorses Haley Stevens for Michigan Senate seat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Politics<\/p>\n<p>Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer endorsed Rep. Haley Stevens in her state\u2019s contentious Democratic Senate primary on Friday, wading into one of the highest-profile ideological battles within the Democratic Party.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs governor, I have one strategy: Get things done. And that strategy informs everything that I do, and that\u2019s why I\u2019m endorsing Haley Stevens for the U.S. Senate,\u201d Whitmer said in <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/HaleyforMI\/status\/2080731052973191401\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a video posted to Stevens\u2019 account<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Stevens and former public health official Abdul El-Sayed are the two major Democratic candidates competing in the Aug. 4 primary to replace retiring Sen. Gary Peters. <\/p>\n<p>El-Sayed\u2019s candidacy has galvanized progressives, while Stevens has backing from more mainstream Democrats and the tacit support of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer.<\/p>\n<p>This is a breaking news story that will be updated.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2026\/07\/24\/gretchen-whitmer-michigan-senate-race-haley-stevens-01011606\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a>Politics, 2026 Elections, Senate: Michigan, Gretchen Whitmer, Haley Stevens, Abdul El-Sayed, Hide from HP<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Politics Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer endorsed Rep. Haley Stevens in her state\u2019s contentious Democratic Senate primary on Friday, wading into one of the highest-profile ideological battles within the Democratic&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155125"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=155125"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155125\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=155125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=155125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=155125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}