Not to explode this thread too much with the shrapnel of the Hoyer thread, but this race is absolutely one in which the party should weigh in against a candidate with little chance of winning the general - Thanedar. He's an abysmal candidate, with little discernable ideological base/lane who's only winning because $$. Nominating Thanedar would be throwing away a winnable governor's mansion.
Not to mention that, evidently, he considered running as a Republican. This is not a race where we should have to settle for someone like this.
Thanedar may not even be eligible to be on the ballot, as he was on a "voter termination countdown" after being registered to vote in New York City as of 2015...but not terminating his Michigan registration.
That was Abdul El-Sayed iirc.
Whoops... either way, it just proves Whitmer is easily the strongest candidate for Democrats.
