Election was slam dunk for women in Michigan
Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press Published 8:45 a.m. ET Nov. 7, 2018 | Updated 10:10 a.m. ET Nov. 7, 2018
Michigan voters overwhelmingly chose women at the ballot box Tuesday, possibly electing for the first time in state history women to all three of the top offices — governor, secretary of state and attorney general.
Gretchen Whitmer will become only the second female governor of Michigan and Jocelyn Benson will be Secretary of State. Dana Nessel was close to claiming victory in the race for attorney general. At 8:20 a.m. and with 93 percent of precincts reporting, Nessel had 48.8 percent of the vote, while her opponent, Republican Tom Leonard, had 46.5 percent.
Debbie Stabenow held onto her U.S. Senate seat and three new female Democratic representatives — Haley Stevens, Elissa Slotkin and Rashida Tlaib — will walk the halls of Congress alongside Debbie Dingell and Brenda Lawrence, both of whom won re-election.
"It’s a big deal," said Shannon Garrett, co-founder of VoteRunLead, a nonprofit organization that trains women to run for office.
That's not all.
As of 7 a.m. Wednesday morning it appeared as if voters also picked women for the state Supreme Court — incumbent Elizabeth Clement and newcomer Megan Cavanagh were leading.
https://www.freep.com/story/news/2018/11/07/women-voters-2018-midterm-election/1894384002/
