Oakland County ‘ground zero’ in fight for control of Michigan House

Bridge MI / Jonathan Oosting

LANSING — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer isn’t up for re-election, but she’s been back on the campaign trail this fall trying to help fellow Democrats flip the state House.

Whitmer has a clear motivation: After two years of fighting with Republican majorities in Lansing over gas taxes, budgets and the state’s response to COVID-19, the governor wants to have at least “half of the Legislature that’s going to have my back,” she said at a recent campaign stop for Rep. Sheryl Kennedy, D-Davison. 

“We can pick up four more seats,” Whitmer said. 

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