“There is no one more qualified, more talented, more hardworking person that I know to pass the torch to than our next Senator, my friend, Elissa Slotkin.”
Retiring U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow threw her support behind Congresswoman Elissa Slotkin at the rally. Stabenow has served for over two decades as Michigan’s first female U.S. Senator. Congresswoman Hillary Scholten and Michigan Senate Majority Leader Winnie Brinks were also on hand, pledging their support for Slotkin.
Slotkin took time to address some key differences between her and her general election challenger, former Republican Congressman Mike Rogers, who won the G.O.P. primary.
“Mike voted to repeal the Affordable Care Act and the protections for people with preexisting conditions. This couldn’t be more personal to me because of my own mother’s struggles with her preexisting condition and not being able to afford her care, so there’s a difference between us and how we see the role of the middle class and our jobs and bringing down costs, our responsibilities as legislators.”
Slotkin also spoke of her willingness to find common ground with her Republican constituents.
“In Michigan, we used to be able to push and pull on each other respectfully, in a civil way, and make policies better, and I still believe in that, so I want a strong Republican healthy party. That’s just not where we are with a lot of the elected, but I hold out hope. Whatever it is, I’m going to work across the aisle whenever humanly possible in order to get back to that positive discourse.”
The general election will take place November 5th.
