Whitmer Has Record $3.5M In Bank For Reelection Campaign
Gretchen Whitmer reported having a record $3.5 million in the bank for her 2022 reelection campaign Monday, shattering what was raised by previous Michigan governors halfway through their first terms. Whitmer, a Democrat whose profile has grown nationally in the past year, had collected nearly $5.6 million this cycle, through December. Whitmer to lead our state through one of the most difficult periods in Michigan’s history,” said Christopher Mills, senior campaign adviser. Whitmer’s campaign said nearly a third of its donations came from new donors in the last quarter. She delivered the Democrats’ response to then-President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address last winter and took aggressive steps to curb the coronavirus in the spring, drawing protests and — when she criticized the federal pandemic response — Trump’s ire.
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