Dem Rep. Haley Stevens Launches Michigan Senate Bid

Politico reports:

Rep. Haley Stevens is making her long-awaited Senate bid in Michigan official with a nod to her first car. “I’m running for Senate because just like that day I got these keys to that old Cutlass, we have the power to chart our own path. I’m proud of Michigan and I’ll never get tired of saying it. It would be my honor to fight for you in the Senate,” she said in a video announcement released Tuesday morning.

Stevens is touting her background in the auto industry in the manufacturing-heavy state. Her announcement video features her role as a top aide on President Barack Obama’s auto rescue task force — and an old video of Obama talking about her. A prodigious fundraiser, Stevens had quietly been making moves this year towards a bid to succeed retiring Democratic Sen. Gary Peters, but she’ll be entering a crowded Democratic field to replace him.

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