Sen. Gary PetersGary Charles PetersWarren, Democrats urge Trump to back down from veto threat over changing Confederate-named bases Hillicon Valley: Biden calls on Facebook to change political speech rules | Dems demand hearings after Georgia election chaos | Microsoft stops selling facial recognition tech to police Democrats demand Republican leaders examine election challenges after Georgia voting chaos MORE (D-Mich.) said Tuesday that he has no plans to run for Michigan governor.
The junior Michigan senator told The Detroit News that he will forego a gubernatorial bid and focus on serving in Washington.
“I was elected to serve the people of Michigan in the U.S. Senate,” Peters, 59, said. “It is my intention to do that, and so I am not running for governor.”
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Peters has reportedly been lobbied by Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan, United Auto Workers President Dennis Williams and the Rev. Wendell Anthony, the president of the Detroit branch of the NAACP, to join the race for governor in recent weeks.
Duggan has not yet thrown his support behind Gretchen Whitmer, the 46-year-old frontrunner in the Democratic gubernatorial primary.
Among the other Democrats seeking the party’s nomination are former Detroit health director Abdul El Sayed, former Xerox executive Bill Cobbs and entrepreneur Shri Thanedar.
A number of other Democrats, including Rep. Dan KildeeDaniel (Dan) Timothy KildeePelosi makes fans as Democrat who gets under Trump’s skin House to consider amendment blocking warrantless web browsing surveillance Bipartisan bill aims to help smallest businesses weather the coronavirus crisis MORE (D-Mich.), explored potential gubernatorial runs in the state, but have decided against it.
Current Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette, 64, is the early favorite for the Republican nomination.
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