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A board above the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange displays the closing number for the Dow Jones industrial average, Friday, May 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Robert Ritchie, CEO of American Integrity Insurance Company, rings a ceremonial bell as his company's IPO begins trading, on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Thursday, May 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Traders Michael Capolino, left, and Robert Charmak work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Monday, May 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Options trader Chris Dattollo, right, works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Monday, May 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey speaks, during the Monetary Policy Report press conference in London, Thursday, May 8, 2025. (Carlos Jasso/Pool Photo via AP)
Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey pauses, during the Monetary Policy Report press conference in London, Thursday, May 8, 2025. (Carlos Jasso/Pool Photo via AP)
Trader Bob Hannan watches a television screen on the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange as newly elected Pope Leo XIV appears at the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Thursday, May 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Portugal's Economy Minister Joao Leao speaks with the media as he arrives for a meeting of eurogroup finance ministers at the European Council building in Brussels, Monday, May 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)
People walk in front of an electronic stock board showing Japan's Nikkei index at a securities firm Tuesday, May 13, 2025, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
Specialist Anthony Matesic works at his post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Germany's Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil, center, speaks with French Finance Minister Eric Lombard, left, and Finland's Finance Minister Riikka Purra during a meeting of eurogroup finance ministers at the European Council building in Brussels, Monday, May 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)
President of the Eurogroup Paschal Donohoe speaks with the media as he arrives for a meeting of eurogroup finance ministers at the European Council building in Brussels, Monday, May 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)
A person walks in front of an electronic stock board showing Japan's Nikkei index at a securities firm Tuesday, May 13, 2025, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
Fidelity Investments Head of Fixed Income Robin Foley, right, gavels trading closed at the New York Stock Exchange, Monday, May 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
A board above the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange displays the closing number for the Dow Jones industrial average, Monday, May 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Trader Craig Spector works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell walks off following a news conference following the Federal Open Market Committee meeting, Wednesday, May 7, 2025, at the Federal Reserve in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
A dealer watches computer monitors at a dealing room of Hana Bank in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
Geoducks are displayed for sale at a market in Sanya in southern China's Hainan province on Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
A person walks in front of an electronic stock board showing Japan's Nikkei index at a securities firm Thursday, May 8, 2025, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
People stand in front of an electronic stock board showing Japan's Nikkei index at a securities firm Thursday, May 8, 2025, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
Oscar De La Hoya, left, Chairman & CEO of Golden Boy Promotions, walks with Chris Taylor, NYSE Vice President of Listings, on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange before ringing the opening bell, Friday, May 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Eric Trump, Executive VP of The Trump Organization, right, speaks as Co-founder of World Liberty Financial Zach Witkoff, centre, and Founder of TRON Justin Sun look on during Token 2049, a Crypto event, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Thursday, May 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
Trader Rob Taylor works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Friday, May 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Trader Anthony Confusione works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Monday, May 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
A board above the floor of the New York Stock Exchange displays the closing number for the Dow Jones industrial average, Tuesday, May 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
FILE - A man with an umbrella passes by China's central bank also known as People's Bank of China, in Beijing, Thursday, July 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)
Boxes of See's Candies featuring an image of Warren Buffett at a campsite with See's Candies' namesake Mrs. See in CHI Health Center Omaha for the Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting Saturday, May 3, 2025, in Omaha, Neb. (AP Photo/Rebecca S. Gratz)
Prime Minister Mark Carney and U.S. President Donald Trump engage in a meeting at the White House in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, May 6, 2025. (Adrian Wyld /The Canadian Press via AP)
Trader Robert Charmak works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Tuesday, May 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Oscar De La Hoya, Chairman & CEO of Golden Boy Promotions, rings the New York Stock Exchange's opening bell, Friday, May 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Eric Trump, Executive VP of The Trump Organization, right, speaks as Co-founder of World Liberty Financial Zach Witkoff looks on during Token 2049, a Crypto event, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Thursday, May 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
Charles Schwab President & CEO Rick Wurster gavels trading closed at the New York Stock Exchange, Thursday, May 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
From left, Sara Eisen, Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves, Germany's Finance Minister Jörg Kukies and International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva speak at the forum Debate on the Global Economy during the World Bank/IMF Spring Meetings at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) headquarters in Washington, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Governor of the Bank of France François Villeroy de Galhau, left, speaks with Governor of the People's Bank of China Pan Gongsheng, right, as they arrive for the plenary of the International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC) meeting, during the World Bank/IMF Spring Meetings at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) headquarters in Washington, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Trader Niall Pawa works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Friday, May 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
A board above the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange displays the closing number for the Dow Jones industrial average, Monday, May 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
FILE - An Emirati man is seen in the Dubai Financial Market in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Monday, April 7, 2025. (AP Photos/Fatima Shbair, File)
Trader Edward Curran works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Monday, May 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
A person walks in front of an electronic stock board showing Japan's Nikkei index at a securities firm Wednesday, May 7, 2025, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
The sun sets behind the European Central Bank building, foreground center, in Frankfurt, Germany, Saturday, April 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
Germany's Finance Minister Jörg Kukies, left, and International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva speak at the forum Debate on the Global Economy during the World Bank/IMF Spring Meetings at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) headquarters in Washington, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Trader John Bishop works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Thursday, May 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Trader Phyllis Arena Woods works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Tuesday, May 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
A woman pushes an elderly man past a Nike store at a mall in Beijing, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
Trader Dylan Halvorsan works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
The logo for Berkshire Hathaway Inc. appears above a trading post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Monday, May 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
FILE - Berkshire Hathaway Chairman and CEO Warren Buffett speaks during an interview with Liz Claman on Fox Business Network's "Countdown to the Closing Bell," May 7, 2018, in Omaha, Neb. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)
A dealer watches computer monitors near the screen showing the foreign exchange rates at a dealing room of Hana Bank in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference following the Federal Open Market Committee meeting, Wednesday, May 7, 2025, at the Federal Reserve in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Specialist Patrick King works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Friday, May 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
A person walks in front of an electronic stock board showing Japan's Nikkei index at a securities firm Thursday, May 8, 2025, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
FILE - A view of the European currency Euro sculpture, at Germany's main financial district in Frankfurt, Germany, Wednesday, April 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File)
President Donald Trump meets Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, May 6, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
A woman passes by a stock index at a brokerage in Beijing, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
Traders Jonathan Mueller, left, and Michael Capolino work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Screens on a trading post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange show the news conference of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
A board above the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange displays the closing number for the Dow Jones industrial average, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference following the Federal Open Market Committee meeting, Wednesday, May 7, 2025, at the Federal Reserve in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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Eric Trump, Executive VP of The Trump Organization, right, speaks as Co-founder of World Liberty Financial Zach Witkoff, centre, and Founder of TRON Justin Sun look on during Token 2049, a Crypto event, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Thursday, May 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
A board above the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange displays the closing number for the Dow Jones industrial average, Friday, May 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Robert Ritchie, CEO of American Integrity Insurance Company, rings a ceremonial bell as his company's IPO begins trading, on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Thursday, May 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Traders Michael Capolino, left, and Robert Charmak work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Monday, May 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Options trader Chris Dattollo, right, works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Monday, May 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey speaks, during the Monetary Policy Report press conference in London, Thursday, May 8, 2025. (Carlos Jasso/Pool Photo via AP)
Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey pauses, during the Monetary Policy Report press conference in London, Thursday, May 8, 2025. (Carlos Jasso/Pool Photo via AP)
Trader Bob Hannan watches a television screen on the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange as newly elected Pope Leo XIV appears at the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Thursday, May 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Portugal's Economy Minister Joao Leao speaks with the media as he arrives for a meeting of eurogroup finance ministers at the European Council building in Brussels, Monday, May 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)
People walk in front of an electronic stock board showing Japan's Nikkei index at a securities firm Tuesday, May 13, 2025, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
Specialist Anthony Matesic works at his post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Germany's Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil, center, speaks with French Finance Minister Eric Lombard, left, and Finland's Finance Minister Riikka Purra during a meeting of eurogroup finance ministers at the European Council building in Brussels, Monday, May 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)
President of the Eurogroup Paschal Donohoe speaks with the media as he arrives for a meeting of eurogroup finance ministers at the European Council building in Brussels, Monday, May 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)
A person walks in front of an electronic stock board showing Japan's Nikkei index at a securities firm Tuesday, May 13, 2025, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
Fidelity Investments Head of Fixed Income Robin Foley, right, gavels trading closed at the New York Stock Exchange, Monday, May 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
A board above the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange displays the closing number for the Dow Jones industrial average, Monday, May 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Trader Craig Spector works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell walks off following a news conference following the Federal Open Market Committee meeting, Wednesday, May 7, 2025, at the Federal Reserve in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
A dealer watches computer monitors at a dealing room of Hana Bank in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
Geoducks are displayed for sale at a market in Sanya in southern China's Hainan province on Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
A person walks in front of an electronic stock board showing Japan's Nikkei index at a securities firm Thursday, May 8, 2025, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
People stand in front of an electronic stock board showing Japan's Nikkei index at a securities firm Thursday, May 8, 2025, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
Oscar De La Hoya, left, Chairman & CEO of Golden Boy Promotions, walks with Chris Taylor, NYSE Vice President of Listings, on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange before ringing the opening bell, Friday, May 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Eric Trump, Executive VP of The Trump Organization, right, speaks as Co-founder of World Liberty Financial Zach Witkoff, centre, and Founder of TRON Justin Sun look on during Token 2049, a Crypto event, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Thursday, May 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
Trader Rob Taylor works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Friday, May 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Trader Anthony Confusione works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Monday, May 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
A board above the floor of the New York Stock Exchange displays the closing number for the Dow Jones industrial average, Tuesday, May 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
FILE - A man with an umbrella passes by China's central bank also known as People's Bank of China, in Beijing, Thursday, July 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)
Boxes of See's Candies featuring an image of Warren Buffett at a campsite with See's Candies' namesake Mrs. See in CHI Health Center Omaha for the Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting Saturday, May 3, 2025, in Omaha, Neb. (AP Photo/Rebecca S. Gratz)
Prime Minister Mark Carney and U.S. President Donald Trump engage in a meeting at the White House in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, May 6, 2025. (Adrian Wyld /The Canadian Press via AP)
Trader Robert Charmak works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Tuesday, May 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Oscar De La Hoya, Chairman & CEO of Golden Boy Promotions, rings the New York Stock Exchange's opening bell, Friday, May 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Eric Trump, Executive VP of The Trump Organization, right, speaks as Co-founder of World Liberty Financial Zach Witkoff looks on during Token 2049, a Crypto event, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Thursday, May 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
Charles Schwab President & CEO Rick Wurster gavels trading closed at the New York Stock Exchange, Thursday, May 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
From left, Sara Eisen, Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves, Germany's Finance Minister Jörg Kukies and International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva speak at the forum Debate on the Global Economy during the World Bank/IMF Spring Meetings at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) headquarters in Washington, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Governor of the Bank of France François Villeroy de Galhau, left, speaks with Governor of the People's Bank of China Pan Gongsheng, right, as they arrive for the plenary of the International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC) meeting, during the World Bank/IMF Spring Meetings at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) headquarters in Washington, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Trader Niall Pawa works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Friday, May 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
A board above the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange displays the closing number for the Dow Jones industrial average, Monday, May 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
FILE - An Emirati man is seen in the Dubai Financial Market in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Monday, April 7, 2025. (AP Photos/Fatima Shbair, File)
Trader Edward Curran works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Monday, May 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
A person walks in front of an electronic stock board showing Japan's Nikkei index at a securities firm Wednesday, May 7, 2025, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
The sun sets behind the European Central Bank building, foreground center, in Frankfurt, Germany, Saturday, April 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
Germany's Finance Minister Jörg Kukies, left, and International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva speak at the forum Debate on the Global Economy during the World Bank/IMF Spring Meetings at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) headquarters in Washington, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Trader John Bishop works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Thursday, May 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Trader Phyllis Arena Woods works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Tuesday, May 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
A woman pushes an elderly man past a Nike store at a mall in Beijing, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
Trader Dylan Halvorsan works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
The logo for Berkshire Hathaway Inc. appears above a trading post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Monday, May 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
FILE - Berkshire Hathaway Chairman and CEO Warren Buffett speaks during an interview with Liz Claman on Fox Business Network's "Countdown to the Closing Bell," May 7, 2018, in Omaha, Neb. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)
A dealer watches computer monitors near the screen showing the foreign exchange rates at a dealing room of Hana Bank in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference following the Federal Open Market Committee meeting, Wednesday, May 7, 2025, at the Federal Reserve in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Specialist Patrick King works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Friday, May 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
A person walks in front of an electronic stock board showing Japan's Nikkei index at a securities firm Thursday, May 8, 2025, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
FILE - A view of the European currency Euro sculpture, at Germany's main financial district in Frankfurt, Germany, Wednesday, April 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File)
President Donald Trump meets Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, May 6, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
A woman passes by a stock index at a brokerage in Beijing, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
Traders Jonathan Mueller, left, and Michael Capolino work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Screens on a trading post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange show the news conference of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
A board above the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange displays the closing number for the Dow Jones industrial average, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference following the Federal Open Market Committee meeting, Wednesday, May 7, 2025, at the Federal Reserve in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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)