MI-Sen 2026: Peters retiring

[wbrocks67]

https://twitter.com/nannburke/status/1886428571314393233

[Schumer can go f*** himself!]

https://twitter.com/nannburke/status/1886428571314393233

Hopefully Benson wipes the floor with him in the primary.  In any case, it’s just as well.  Gilchrist could’ve slipped by in a fractured field, but he was not one of the better options.

[Tekken_Guy]

(assuming we still have elections)

Why wouldn’t we?

[Schumer can go f*** himself!]

(assuming we still have elections)

Why wouldn’t we?

You know why

[Mr.Bakari-Sellers]

It’d be funny af if Whitmer changed her mind and got in after Buttigieg announced. If he’s gonna use the Senate seat to run for President in 2028 why can’t she? And with the added benefit of humiliating a rival.

I don't think he'll use a senate seat for a presidential run with just 2 years in between. Would be a different story with 4 years or a fulkl 6 year term. He basically would have to announce his candidacy just a few months into his term. The same applies to Harris; if she runs for CA-Gov, it will take her out of the presidential contest. I think that's also why Whitmer isn't running for this. She'll jump into the race for the Oval Office in 2027 when she's relieved of her duties as governor.

Pete either waits for another few years to further build up his profile or angle for the VP slot. If runs after at least 6 years in the senate, he'll bring a lot of experience to the table, having served in the executive branch twice (mayor and cabinet member) and in congress. He'd be far more experienced than Obama was in 2008.

Agreed 100%.  Running for President after only a few months in a new office isn't comparable to having already served a full term and is just now starting the second one before running for President as will likely be the case for Shapiro and Moore.

Moore already said he won't run

[Zedonathin2020]

So is it fairly safe to assume Senator Buttigieg is inevitable as Slotkin was at this point??

[Existing in the context]

So is it fairly safe to assume Senator Buttigieg is inevitable as Slotkin was at this point??

Yeah it looks likely he'll get it.

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Pathetic

[Talleyrand]

How did the consensus shift from "Buttigieg is considering a run and would have a shot at winning the nomination" to "Buttigieg is the inevitable nominee"?

Let's not jump the gun.

[JMT]

https://twitter.com/cappelletti7/status/1886498567470374966?s=46&t=-r8JGlJno...

[wbrocks67]

Yeah I think people are getting way too ahead of themselves with the Buttigieg stuff.

[Existing in the context]

Yeah I think people are getting way too ahead of themselves with the Buttigieg stuff.

We got to see how things play out but he's front runner right now. He has the name ID and likely the national party apparatus backing him. It kind of all depends on how MI primary voters feel about this.

[These birds not meant to fly alone]

Yeah I think people are getting way too ahead of themselves with the Buttigieg stuff.

He will have the highest name recognition and credentials of anyone in the primary. If and when he enters the race, it's his to lose.

[Roll Roons]

Yeah I think people are getting way too ahead of themselves with the Buttigieg stuff.

We got to see how things play out but he's front runner right now. He has the name ID and likely the national party apparatus backing him. It kind of all depends on how MI primary voters feel about this.

Would the national party apparatus really support him? This is a state where Democrats have a deep bench of people who actually hold office in the state.

[Existing in the context]

Yeah I think people are getting way too ahead of themselves with the Buttigieg stuff.

We got to see how things play out but he's front runner right now. He has the name ID and likely the national party apparatus backing him. It kind of all depends on how MI primary voters feel about this.

Would the national party apparatus really support him? This is a state where Democrats have a deep bench of people who actually hold office in the state.

Yes, I'm sure we might see a couple people from the last administration. As well as some on Capitol Hill may endorse or speak well of him. A deep bench doesn't really do much against someone with a large profile. Would love to see polling after Peters announcment of this race. Maybe he might face an uphill challenge in one on one but for now it looks like his to lose.

[freepcrusher]

how about Andy Levin? He's one of the few dems in michigan I can think of that doesn't give me the creeps.

[2016]

McMorrow & Buttigieg are the two worst possible Candidates Democrats could nominate here. Particularly McMorrow is to the left of Gov Whitmer, SoS Benson and AG Nessel. She is basically the "Bernie Sanders Female Version" of Michigan. I think she is too extreme for the MI GE Electorate.

[freepcrusher]

McMorrow & Buttigieg are the two worst possible Candidates Democrats could nominate here. Particularly McMorrow is to the left of Gov Whitmer, SoS Benson and AG Nessel. She is basically the "Bernie Sanders Female Version" of Michigan. I think she is too extreme for the MI GE Electorate.

The Sanders part is not salient. It's more that McMorrow is a shrew.

[Mr.Bakari-Sellers]

2016 just thinks that MI is a tossup no it's not

[2016]

2016 just thinks that MI is a tossup no it's not

Stabenow only won by 5 Points in Michigan in 2018 in the D+9 Wave. Given that 2026 won't be like 2018 R's have a chance especially in an Open Seat Scenario.

[Mr.Bakari-Sellers]

Cook hasn't come out with the ratings yet but it's a battleground state.

[ProgressiveModerate]

2016 just thinks that MI is a tossup no it's not

Stabenow only won by 5 Points in Michigan in 2018 in the D+9 Wave. Given that 2026 won't be like 2018 R's have a chance especially in an Open Seat Scenario.

Agree MI could be vulnerable but why is it a given that 2026 won’t be like 2018?

[Mr.Bakari-Sellers]

Because in a normal D cycle it's D +4 like in 20 not 8, but that's enough to flip NV G we only lost NV by 3

[CheapDollarEra?]

Outside of white gays, who would vote for Pete in a primary?
Old MSNBC watchers?

[henster]

When has a state senator ever beat out a congressional member or statewide elected official? I think McMorrow is someone who has a big following online but in reality she is only a state senator that many voters won't be familiar with. Scholten, Stevens, and Nessel are the big wildcards here if 2 out of 3 of them run then Pete probably slides through a primary.