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Gretchen Esther Whitmer (/ hw ɪ t m ər /; born August 23, 1971) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the 49th governor of Michigan since 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, she served in the Michigan House of Representatives from 2001 to 2006 and in the Michigan Senate from 2006 to 2015.
The governor of Michigan is the head of government, and chief executive of the U.S. state of Michigan. The current governor is Gretchen Whitmer , a member of the Democratic Party , who was inaugurated on January 1, 2019, as the state's 49th governor.
In July, Governor Whitmer published her first book, True Gretch, a compendium of lessons she’s learned as a leader—alongside tidbits from her pre-politics life, like when she threw up on her ...
The plot to kidnap Governor Gretchen Whitmer developed from June through September. [25] Within the week preceding the Wolverine Watchmen arrests, there were at least three other state and federal arrest operations linked to the boogaloo movement, to which the Wolverine Watchmen group's ideology closely aligned. [26]
Before serving as Governor, Whitmer was a state lawmaker. She was first elected to the Michigan House of Representatives in 2000 and then to the Michigan Senate in a special election in March 2006.
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer was elected in 2018 and reelected in 2022 but she can't run again. The Michigan Constitution limits governors to two, 4-year terms. Whitmer's current term ends on ...
Whitmer is widely seen as a possible White House contender in 2028 given her status as a 2-term governor of a battleground state. Whitmer seemed to be employing the tactic of not antagonizing ...
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is expected to speak during the main programming session Thursday night, from 6:30-11 p.m. Eastern. The speaker schedule is expected to be announced Thursday afternoon.