anything we set our hearts to …
And if history has not yet been
made then we can make it.”

Gilchrist then introduced

Democrat Gretchen Whitmer,
winner of the governor’s race.

“I am so excited about what

the state of Michigan is doing
right now,” Gilchrist said.
“And the only thing I might
be more excited about is the
woman who’s going be the next
governor and that’s Gretchen
Whitmer.”

Whitmer
defeated

Republican
candidate
Bill

Schuette, Michigan attorney
general, and succeeds term-
limited
Gov.
Rick
Snyder.

The
race
was
called
by

the Associated Press at about
10 p.m. with about half of
Michigan’s polls reporting. At
that point, Whitmer led with
53.8 percent of the vote over
43.3 percent for Schuette.

“I am incredibly, incredibly

humbled that you put your
trust in me to be your next
governor,”
Whitmer
said.

“Early results appear to be a
record turnout, so this victory
belongs to you. We may have
all gone to the polls for very
different reasons, but today
we as Michiganders came

out because we all love this
state and because we want a
Michigan that works for every
one of us.”

She
then
described
her

campaign’s logo: the Mackinac
Bridge.
She
explained
the

bridge, which is the longest
suspension
bridge
in
the

Western Hemisphere, opened
61 years ago but was built
during a time of divided
government.

“A lot of people didn’t think

they’d ever come together
to build that bridge… and
yet
Michiganders
worked

together,” Whitmer said. “We
built a bridge that brought us
together
and
strengthened

our economy. And at a
time where we see too
many people who want
to divide us through
building walls, I think
we in Michigan need
to get back to building
bridges.”

Whitmer voiced to a

chanting and energized
crowd
her
prospects

for the future. After 22
months of campaigning,
she explained, she is
ready “to hit the ground
running.”

“To
the
people
of

this
great
state,
the

work ahead will not be
easy…
but
no
matter

the challenge I want
you to know I will be a
governor who works for
everyone in this state,”
Whitmer
said.
“For

those who voted for me
and those who didn’t,
a governor who brings
people together to solve
problems,
a
governor

who always puts you,
the people, first. Thank
you Michigan, let’s build

some bridges.”

Back on campus, student

political groups had mixed
reactions to election night
results.
LSA
sophomore

Dylan Berger, president of
the University’s chapter of
College Republicans, said he
was disappointed by Schuette
losing. He said the results were
not indicative of a “blue wave,”
and he hopes Whitmer proves
his concerns with her platform
wrong.

“It was very unfortunate

that
Bill
Schuette
lost,”

Berger said. “He ran a solid
campaign, and I really think
that
Michiganders
will

regret voting for Gretchen
Whitmer, but I’ll be praying
for Gretchen Whitmer tonight.
I’ll be praying that she does a
fantastic job for our state, and
I certainly hope I was wrong
in everything that I said
about her. I hope she does a


great job, but I’m certainly
concerned.”

Public Policy junior Katie

Kelly,
Communications

Director for College Democrats
said she is excited about the
hard work College Democrats
put
into
getting
Whitmer

elected. After the upset in the
2016 election, Kelly said she
didn’t want to trust the polls,
but they ultimately turned out
in her favor.

“I believe she is going to be

a voice for all of Michigan,”
Kelly said. “She has made it
very clear by all the times she
has come to campus that she is
going to be a voice for students,
she’s going to be a voice for
working families, she’s going
to be a voice for education,
she’s been heavily involved in
public schools in our state. All
around, I think she’s going to
be a voice for Michigan.”

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RESULTS

DEBBIE STABENOW

Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., was

re-elected to the U.S. Senate, defeating
Trump-backed
Republican
John
James.

Stabenow was originally elected to the
U.S. Senate in 2000 as Michigan’s first
female senator after serving two terms in
the U.S. House of Representatives. This
will be her fourth term in the Senate.

Stabenow votes consistently with the

Democratic
party
in
the
Senate,
and

rooted her campaign around key issues
of
protecting
veterans,
lowering
costs

of prescription drugs, increasing skills
training and protecting the Great Lakes.

Stabenow
visited
the
University
of

Michigan campus in September to rally
the student vote, along with U.S. Rep. Joe
Kennedy III, D-Mass., U.S. Rep. Debbie
Dingell,
D-Mich.,
and
other
Michigan

politicians, discussing issues pertinent to
Michigan students, such as clean water, the
Great Lakes, net neutrality and college debt.

She held another Get Out the Vote

rally on campus the eve of Election Day,
encouraging students to vote ethically.

“We
are
committed
to
a
country

that reflects the right values, and we
reject what has been spewing out of
the
White
House,”
Stabenow
said.

Debbie Dingell was re-elected as the

U.S. representative for Michigan’s 12th
District after running unopposed. This
will be Dingell’s second term, succeeding
her husband John Dingell, the longest-
serving U.S. representative in history.

In the U.S. House of Representatives,

Dingell serves on the Committee on
Energy and Commerce and as a senior
whip. Her main issues of focus include
the auto industry, health care for all,
the Great Lakes and the environment.

Dingell visited campus several times

over the semester to rally the student

vote, appearing alongside Sen. Debbie
Stabenow,
D-Mich.,
Democratic

gubernatorial
candidate
Gretchen

Whitmer and Dana Nessel, Democratic
candidate for Michigan attorney general,
among others. At a rally in October, she
extended a call to action to students.

“We cannot let (Republicans) win,

and
democracy
is
under
attack,”

Dingell said. “We need everybody
across the state to roll up their sleeves,
to volunteer … Let’s take America
back to where it’s supposed to be.

Senate

House

WHITMER
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DEBBIE DINGELL

MAX KUANG & ALEXIS RANKIN & ANNIE KLUS/Daily

Gretchen Whitmer Fast Facts

Whitmer’s election breaks the Republican

trifecta of Michigan government, with
the GOP having maintained control of the
Michigan governorship, state House of
Representatives, and state Senate since 2010,
and signals a shift in voter attitudes since
the state elected President Trump in 2016.

On the campaign trail, Whitmer secured

the endorsements of big Democratic
politicians such as former President Barack
Obama, former Vice President Joe Biden, and

U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich.,
Gary Peters, D-Mich., Elizabeth Warren,
D-Mass., and Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y.
She campaigned on expanding health care
coverage and lowering costs, improving
the education system, increasing skills
training so people can secure higher-
wage jobs and “fixing the damn roads.”

Whitmer held a rally alongside Sen.

Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., U.S. Representative
Debbie Dingell, and Michigan Attorney

General candidate Dana Nessel at the
University of Michigan in October to


mobilize
the
student
vote.

“In a political environment where it is

easy to feel demoralized, easy to feel like it
doesn’t matter, easy to feel angry about what
we see every day as breaking news,” Whitmer
said. “We know we have an opportunity
in 18 days to show the world what kind
of leadership we think we deserve.”

In a political environment

where it is easy to feel

demoralized, easy to feel
like it doesn’t matter, easy
to feel angry about what we

see every day as breaking
news...we know we have an

opportunity...