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A Cure for Political Despair
3:00am PDT - October 19th, 2018 gretchen whitmer - The New York TimesGretchen Whitmer, Michigan’s Democratic gubernatorial nominee, hugging a campaign volunteer. Democrats in Michigan are running women for every statewide office.