Lansing’s ABC affiliate reports:
Longtime U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, D-MI, announced Thursday she will not be seeking reelection next year.
The senior U.S. senator for Michigan said Thursday: “Inspired by a new generation of leaders, I have decided to pass the torch in the U.S. Senate. I am announcing today that I will not seek re-election and will leave the U.S. Senate at the end of my term on January 3, 2025.”
The news likely comes as a shock to many Democrats in the state because Stabenow had not previously indicated that she would not seek reelection. Democrats will face a test to find a candidate with the broad support of Stabenow, first elected to the Senate in 2001. She has easily won reelection since then.
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Inspired by a new generation of leaders, I have decided to pass the torch in the U.S. Senate. I am announcing today that I will not seek re-election and will leave the U.S. Senate at the end of my term on January 3, 2025.
Read my full statement:https://t.co/qYJE6lyRJ3 pic.twitter.com/Fq659Aevs0
— Sen. Debbie Stabenow (@SenStabenow) January 5, 2023
U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow, the first woman elected to the Senate from Michigan, says she won’t seek reelection and will retire when her fourth term ends in 2025.https://t.co/eHRPx1RTgq
— Kara Berg (@karaberg95) January 5, 2023
Pete Buttigieg has claimed residency in Michigan and voted there in the midterms. With President Biden looking almost certain to run for reelection, the Transportation secretary could theoretically run for Debbie Stabenow’s open Senate seat in 2024.
— James Hohmann (@jameshohmann) January 5, 2023