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Young people from Panama attend the "March of the Living", the annual Holocaust remembrance event in memory of the six million Holocaust victims, at the former Nazi German death camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau in Oswiecim, Poland, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
People attend the "March of the Living", the annual Holocaust remembrance event in memory of the six million Holocaust victims, at the former Nazi German death camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau in Oswiecim, Poland, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
Stones are placed at the foot of a granite Holocaust survivor memorial in the Paneriai, in memory of the Jews of Vilnius killed by the Nazi during World War II, during a Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) in Vilnius, Lithuania, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)
People gather at the Paneriai memorial in memory of the Jewish people of Vilnius killed by Nazis during World War II, during a Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) in Vilnius, Lithuania, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)
Holocaust survivor Arie Durst lights a torch during the opening ceremony of the Holocaust Remembrance Day at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum in Jerusalem on Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, center right, attends a ceremony marking the annual Holocaust Remembrance Day, at Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo, Pool)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lays a wreath at a ceremony marking the annual Holocaust Remembrance Day, at Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Maya Alleruzzo, Pool)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lays a wreath at a ceremony marking the annual Holocaust Remembrance Day, at Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo, Pool)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a ceremony marking the annual Holocaust Remembrance Day, at Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo, Pool)
People stand still during a two-minute siren marking the annual Israeli Holocaust Remembrance Day at the Mahane Yehuda market, in Jerusalem, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
People stand still during a two-minute siren marking the annual Israeli Holocaust Remembrance Day, in Jerusalem on Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
People stand next to their cars during a two-minute siren marking the annual Israeli Holocaust Remembrance Day in Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
People stand still during a two-minute siren marking the annual Israeli Holocaust Remembrance Day, while holding photos of hostages held in Gaza, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
People stand during a two-minute siren marking the annual Israeli Holocaust Remembrance Day in Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
People stand still during a two-minute siren marking the annual Israeli Holocaust Remembrance Day, in Jerusalem on Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
People stand still during a two-minute siren marking the annual Israeli Holocaust Remembrance Day at the Mahane Yehuda market, in Jerusalem, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
People walk next to a billboard showing a yellow Star of David that reads "Jude," Jew in German, resembling the one Jews were forced to wear in Nazi Germany, during the annual Holocaust Remembrance Day in Ramat Gan, Israel, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
People stand still during a two-minute siren marking the annual Israeli Holocaust Remembrance Day at the Mahane Yehuda market, in Jerusalem, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
People visit the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum in Jerusalem, Tuesday, April 22, 2025, ahead of the annual Holocaust remembrance day which begins at sundown Wednesday. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
A person visits a the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum in Jerusalem, Tuesday, April 22, 2025, ahead of the annual Holocaust remembrance day which begins at sundown Wednesday. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man visit the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum in Jerusalem, Tuesday, April 22, 2025, ahead of the annual Holocaust remembrance day which begins at sundown Wednesday. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
People visit the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum in Jerusalem, Tuesday, April 22, 2025, ahead of the annual Holocaust remembrance day which begins at sundown Wednesday. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
People visit the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum in Jerusalem, Tuesday, April 22, 2025, ahead of the annual Holocaust remembrance day which begins at sundown Wednesday. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during the opening ceremony of the Holocaust Remembrance Day at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum in Jerusalem on Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during the opening ceremony of the Holocaust Remembrance Day at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum in Jerusalem on Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
Israeli President Isaac Herzog speaks during the opening ceremony of the Holocaust Remembrance Day at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum in Jerusalem on Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during the opening ceremony of the Holocaust Remembrance Day at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum in Jerusalem on Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during the opening ceremony of the Holocaust Remembrance Day at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum in Jerusalem on Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
Holocaust survivor Monika Barzel lights a torch during the opening ceremony of the Holocaust Remembrance Day at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum in Jerusalem on Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
Holocaust survivor Arie Durst lights a torch during the opening ceremony of the Holocaust Remembrance Day at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum in Jerusalem on Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man visit the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum in Jerusalem, Tuesday, April 22, 2025, ahead of the annual Holocaust remembrance day which begins at sundown Wednesday. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
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Young people from Panama attend the "March of the Living", the annual Holocaust remembrance event in memory of the six million Holocaust victims, at the former Nazi German death camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau in Oswiecim, Poland, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
People attend the "March of the Living", the annual Holocaust remembrance event in memory of the six million Holocaust victims, at the former Nazi German death camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau in Oswiecim, Poland, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
Stones are placed at the foot of a granite Holocaust survivor memorial in the Paneriai, in memory of the Jews of Vilnius killed by the Nazi during World War II, during a Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) in Vilnius, Lithuania, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)
People gather at the Paneriai memorial in memory of the Jewish people of Vilnius killed by Nazis during World War II, during a Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) in Vilnius, Lithuania, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)
Holocaust survivor Arie Durst lights a torch during the opening ceremony of the Holocaust Remembrance Day at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum in Jerusalem on Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, center right, attends a ceremony marking the annual Holocaust Remembrance Day, at Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo, Pool)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lays a wreath at a ceremony marking the annual Holocaust Remembrance Day, at Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Maya Alleruzzo, Pool)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lays a wreath at a ceremony marking the annual Holocaust Remembrance Day, at Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo, Pool)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a ceremony marking the annual Holocaust Remembrance Day, at Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo, Pool)
People stand still during a two-minute siren marking the annual Israeli Holocaust Remembrance Day at the Mahane Yehuda market, in Jerusalem, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
People stand still during a two-minute siren marking the annual Israeli Holocaust Remembrance Day, in Jerusalem on Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
People stand next to their cars during a two-minute siren marking the annual Israeli Holocaust Remembrance Day in Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
People stand still during a two-minute siren marking the annual Israeli Holocaust Remembrance Day, while holding photos of hostages held in Gaza, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
People stand during a two-minute siren marking the annual Israeli Holocaust Remembrance Day in Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
People stand still during a two-minute siren marking the annual Israeli Holocaust Remembrance Day, in Jerusalem on Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
People stand still during a two-minute siren marking the annual Israeli Holocaust Remembrance Day at the Mahane Yehuda market, in Jerusalem, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
People walk next to a billboard showing a yellow Star of David that reads "Jude," Jew in German, resembling the one Jews were forced to wear in Nazi Germany, during the annual Holocaust Remembrance Day in Ramat Gan, Israel, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
People stand still during a two-minute siren marking the annual Israeli Holocaust Remembrance Day at the Mahane Yehuda market, in Jerusalem, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
People visit the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum in Jerusalem, Tuesday, April 22, 2025, ahead of the annual Holocaust remembrance day which begins at sundown Wednesday. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
A person visits a the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum in Jerusalem, Tuesday, April 22, 2025, ahead of the annual Holocaust remembrance day which begins at sundown Wednesday. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man visit the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum in Jerusalem, Tuesday, April 22, 2025, ahead of the annual Holocaust remembrance day which begins at sundown Wednesday. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
People visit the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum in Jerusalem, Tuesday, April 22, 2025, ahead of the annual Holocaust remembrance day which begins at sundown Wednesday. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
People visit the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum in Jerusalem, Tuesday, April 22, 2025, ahead of the annual Holocaust remembrance day which begins at sundown Wednesday. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during the opening ceremony of the Holocaust Remembrance Day at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum in Jerusalem on Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during the opening ceremony of the Holocaust Remembrance Day at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum in Jerusalem on Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
Israeli President Isaac Herzog speaks during the opening ceremony of the Holocaust Remembrance Day at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum in Jerusalem on Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during the opening ceremony of the Holocaust Remembrance Day at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum in Jerusalem on Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during the opening ceremony of the Holocaust Remembrance Day at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum in Jerusalem on Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
Holocaust survivor Monika Barzel lights a torch during the opening ceremony of the Holocaust Remembrance Day at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum in Jerusalem on Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
Holocaust survivor Arie Durst lights a torch during the opening ceremony of the Holocaust Remembrance Day at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum in Jerusalem on Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man visit the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum in Jerusalem, Tuesday, April 22, 2025, ahead of the annual Holocaust remembrance day which begins at sundown Wednesday. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist II announced Monday he is suspending his campaign for governor and instead joining the race for secretary of state of the battleground state.
Gilchrist, a progressive Democrat from Detroit, did not cite a specific reason for the change in his video announcement, but said he is not finished being a “public servant.” His departure clears up the Democratic primary and benefits the frontrunner, Jocelyn Benson, who is the current Secretary of State, in the race to replace term-limited Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.
The secretary of state is Michigan's top election official, a highly politicized and visible role since the 2020 presidential election.
“Michigan has been ground zero in the battle for free and fair elections before, and it will be again,” Gilchrist said.
As Whitmer’s second in command and her running mate in two elections, Gilchrist struggled to match Benson’s name recognition and fundraising. He reported having around $378,000 of cash on hand as of October compared to Benson’s $2.98 million.
Benson is now set to face only Genesee County Sheriff Chris Swanson in the Democratic primary in August.
The inclusion of a well-known independent candidate has created a new problem for Democrats this year. Former Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan is avoiding costly primaries altogether by running as an independent. The Michigan Democratic Party slammed the former Democrat last week for not standing up to President Donald Trump’s second term policies.
In the Republican primary, U.S. Rep. John James, former Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox, state Senate Leader Aaric Nesbitt and former Michigan House speaker Tom Leonard are jockeying for the nomination.
In his bid to become secretary of state, Gilchrist will face four other Democrats: Barb Byrum, Ingham County clerk; Aghogho Edevbie, deputy secretary of state; Suzanna Shkreli, a former Whitmer aide and commissioner of the Michigan State Lottery; and Adam Hollier, a former state senator from Detroit.
Michigan does not hold primary elections for the secretary of state position; the nominee is chosen by precinct delegates during party conventions. The Michigan Democratic Party convention is scheduled for April 19.
State Republicans plan to hold their nominating convention March 28 and GOP figures chasing the party's nomination for secretary of state include Anthony Forlini, Macomb County Clerk, and Monica Yatooma, an Oakland County executive.
In addition to the office of the governor and secretary of state, Michigan voters will be selecting a new state attorney general and a U.S. senator in November.
FILE - Michigan Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist II waits before the State of the State address, Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024, at the state Capitol in Lansing, Mich. (AP Photo/Al Goldis, file)