WKAR \ By ABIGAIL CENSKY
In 2018, a blue wave swept Michigan’s highest offices—Governor, Attorney General, and Secretary of State. Democrats also flipped two congressional seats and made gains in the state Senate, but in the state House of Representatives, despite gaining six more seats, they came up short.
Representative Laurie Pohutsky (D-Livonia), won in 2018. She said this year—holding on to her seat and picking up four others seems more realistic than the party’s goal of nine seats two years ago.
“I think the target is much more manageable, to be honest with you, even just being a candidate on that side of it in 2018; nine seemed like a really tall order,” said Pohutsky.
This year the party has recruited a slate of Democrats who personify what won in the suburbs in ’18; most of the candidates in districts that they’re trying to flip are millennial women and many have past local government experience.
Kelly Breen is one of those Democrats. She ran for Michigan’s 38th House District in 2018 and lost. But, this year, if GOP fundraising is any indication, her race is one of the most competitive.
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