Democrat Jocelyn Benson rips Mike Duggan’s independent bid for governor
It is no secret that the Secretary of State is interested in the position. Then, last week, the mayor of Detroit announced that he planned to run for governor.
FOX 2, Lansing, Mich.Just one month has passed since the conclusion of the presidential election, and the next group of candidates vying for Michigan’s top office is already beginning to take shape.
It is no secret that the Secretary of State is interested in the position. Then, last week, the mayor of Detroit announced that he planned to run for governor.
In an attempt to win over disgruntled voters tired of the two-party system, Mike Duggan plans to run as an independent, defying the Democratic Party.
Jocelyn Benson, however, believes that was a poor choice.
She told Tim Skubick on the political program Off The Record, “In times like this, we don’t run from the party, but we stay and fix it.” “We need to be firefighters, putting out fires, not running away from things that we see may be on fire.”
One of the names put forth as a party candidate for the 2026 Michigan governor’s seat is Benson. So are Chris Swanson, the sheriff of Genesee County, and Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist.
According to Benson, she is thinking about running for governor.
Duggan stated that he is no longer running as a Democrat because of the party and that he disapproves of the interparty squabbling that alienates locals.
Benson claimed that she was working on something during the lame duck session and was unfazed by the news of Duggan’s choice.
“Of course it didn’t, nothing phases me,” she quipped. “I’m from a military family. “I just keep marching forward.”
Without mentioning Duggan by name, she compared him to of all things, a firefighter.
“We need to be firefighters in putting out fires and not running away from things we see as possibly on fire,” Benson said.
Tim Skubick: “But one of the things that happen when you run away from a fire, is you live.”
“But when you go into a fire with a hose and put out the fire, and build back better you don’t just live and survive, but help other people live and survive as well.”
Duggan said that he left the party because it was citizens, and he rejects all of the interparty bickering that is going on, saying it’s time for a governor of the people and he’s that candidate.
Benson would disagree.
Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan will not seek reelection in 2025 after 12 years of leading the city of Detroit.
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