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Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer speaks during the Democratic National Convention Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Gretchen Whitmer apologizes for communion-style Doritos video after Catholic pushback

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer speaks during the Democratic National Convention Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)

‘Weird’ video shows Gretchen Whitmer feeding Dorito to kneeling feminist in communion-style pose

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer speaks during the Democratic National Convention Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

‘Big Gretch’ makes case for Harris

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer delivers her State of the State address, Jan. 24, 2024, at the state Capitol in Lansing, Mich. (AP Photo/Al Goldis, File)

Gretchen Whitmer rejects VP talk: I’m staying in Michigan

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a post debate campaign rally, Friday, June 28, 2024, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Ronda Churchill)

Harris trails four other Democrats who perform better than Biden in swing states vs. Trump

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden addresses UAW members during a campaign stop at a phone bank in the UAW Region 1 Union Hall, Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024, in Warren, Mich. Looking on in background are Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., Michigan Lieutenant Governor Garlin Gilchrist and Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Mich. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) **FILE**

Biden’s tight schedule rattles his public appearance, contends Gov. Whitmer

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

FILE - Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer delivers her State of the State address, Jan. 24, 2024, at the state Capitol in Lansing, Mich. Whitmer denied a report that she had called President Joe Biden's campaign manager Jen O'Malley Dillon to say that Michigan was no longer winnable for the president. Whitmer in a statement Monday, July 1, insisted that Biden could still win the state in the wake of a debate performance by Biden that has left some Democrats concerned about his campaign. (AP Photo/Al Goldis, File)

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer insists Biden can win her state and says she’s behind him 100%

By Joey Cappelletti - Associated Press

FILE - Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer delivers her State of the State address to a joint session of the House and Senate, Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024, at the state Capitol in Lansing, Mich. Whitmer on Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024, presented a $80.7 billion budget Wednesday that aims to boost education spending and deliver on her promise to provide students free education from preschool through community college. (AP Photo/Al Goldis, File)

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer says protest vote against Biden is akin to supporting Trump

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer talks with the press before signing the final bill in the Reproductive Health Act on Monday, Dec. 11, 2023, at the Michigan State Capitol building in Lansing, Mich. The bill repeals Michigan's ban on insurance coverage for abortion without the purchase of a separate rider and implements other protections for doctors and patients. (Ryan Garza/Detroit Free Press via AP)

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer urges Biden to be more vocal on abortion access

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Abortion rights protesters attend a rally outside the state Capitol in Lansing, Mich., June 24, 2022, following the United States Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. Two key pieces of legislation that would have repealed a 24-hour wait period required for patients receiving an abortion and also allowed state Medicaid dollars to pay for abortions were left out of a package signed Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2023, by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

Democratic division blocks effort to end Michigan’s 24-hour wait for an abortion

By Joey Cappelletti - Associated Press

The Michigan governor's summer residence on Mackinac Island, Mich., is shown on Sept. 18, 1999. A man dressed in black who works for a research group specializing in opposition research about Democrats was stopped while climbing a bluff in August near Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's summer residence, according to a police report obtained by The Associated Press. The man, whose name was redacted in the document, said he worked as a "political tracker" for America Rising, a political action committee that works in support of Republicans. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)

Man stopped in August outside Michigan governor’s summer mansion worked for anti-Democrat PAC

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Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer speaks at the SelectUSA Investment Summit, May 4, 2023, in Oxon Hill, Md. Key healthcare protections in the Affordable Care Act were codified into Michigan law Thursday, Oct. Oct. 19, 2023, by Whitmer in a proactive move that she said was necessary after recent Supreme Court rulings. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Affordable Care Act provisions codified under Michigan law by Gov. Whitmer as a hedge against repeal

By Joey Cappelletti - Associated Press

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer speaks to United Auto Workers members at a rally in Detroit, Sept. 15, 2023. Gov. Whitmer announced Tuesday, Oct. 10 that the state will be launching a $20 million nationwide talent attraction marketing campaign that will aim to address slow population growth in the state. The campaign will run in 11 states and target several cities, including New York and San Francisco. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, file)

Michigan launches nationwide talent recruitment effort to address stagnant population growth

By Joey Cappelletti - Associated Press

FILE - Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer arrives ahead of a meeting with President Joe Biden and the National Governors Association in the East Room, Friday, Feb. 10, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Gretchen Whitmer hit for failing to mention Israel in vague call for ‘peace in region’

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer speaks at the SelectUSA Investment Summit, May 4, 2023, in Oxon Hill, Md. Nearly three years after authorities foiled a bizarre plot to kidnap Whitmer, the last defendants accused of taking part, Eric Molitor and brothers William Null and Michael Null, go on trial Monday, Aug. 21. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Jury clears 3 men in the last trial tied to the plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer

By Ed White - Associated Press

This booking photo provided by the Antrim County, Mich., Sheriff's Office shows William Null. Nearly three years after authorities foiled a bizarre plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, the last defendants accused of taking part, Eric Molitor and brothers William Null and Michael Null, go on trial Monday, Aug. 21, 2023. (Antrim County Sheriff's Office via AP, File)

Man charged with aiding Whitmer kidnap plot says he should have called police

By Ed White - Associated Press

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer speaks at the SelectUSA Investment Summit, May 4, 2023, in Oxon Hill, Md. Nearly three years after authorities foiled a bizarre plot to kidnap Whitmer, the last defendants accused of taking part, Eric Molitor and brothers William Null and Michael Null, go on trial Monday, Aug. 21. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Man charged with aiding Whitmer kidnap plot testifies in own defense

By Ed White - Associated Press

FILE - Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer delivers her State of the State address to a joint session of the House and Senate, Jan. 25, 2023, at the state Capitol in Lansing, Mich. On Wednesday, Aug. 30, Whitmer will give the first insight into Democrats' plans for the final months of the year after a historic first half of 2023 that saw the newly powerful party rush through a flurry of pent-up policy demands. (AP Photo/Al Goldis, File)

With Democratic control, Michigan’s governor pushes for health care and climate change laws

By Joey Cappelletti - Associated Press

Michigan state Sen. Jeremy Moss, the state’s first openly gay state senator, speaks to the media on Feb. 9, 2023, in Lansing, Mich. Michigan lawmakers gave final legislative approval to legislation banning so-called conversion therapy for minors as Democrats in the state continue to advance a pro-LGBTQ agenda in their first months in power. (Kevin Fowler/AP Images for Human Rights Campaign via AP, File)

Michigan Legislature approves ban on ‘conversion therapy’ for LGBTQ+ minors

By Joey Cappelletti - Associated Press

This booking photo provided by the Antrim County Jail in Bellaire, Mich., shows Shawn Fix. The man accused of supporting a foiled plot to kidnap Michigan's governor in 2020 plans to change his not-guilty plea, records show. (Antrim County Jail via AP, File)

Man pleads guilty to assisting in plot to kidnap Michigan governor

By John Flesher - Associated Press