![]() ![]() It is a classic casualty of the redistricting process, pitting two worthy incumbent Democrat state Senate members for the right to represent their party in the November election. This newly drawn district sprawls from Birmingham, Ferndale and Royal Oak, along with a few other Oakland communities and then into part of Detroit. He is a politician who walks the walk with his constituents and would run the strongest general election campaign on behalf of his party.ĭetermining who to back in this primary contest was one of the tougher decisions we had to make. ![]() Martin Luther King Advisory Task Force and Fair Michigan. In 2018, he won a primary, and then the general election, for a state Senate seat, championing ethics and judicial reform, voting rights, closing the education gap, infrastructure, the revitalization of low-income housing stock, and passionately, the expansion of Michigan’s civil rights protection. In 2014, he successfully was elected to the state House, becoming the second openly gay member to ever be elected to that chamber, and was re-elected in 2016. A graduate of Hillel Day School and Birmingham Groves High School, he is a lifelong resident of Southfield, and has spent his adulthood representing the city – first as the youngest Southfield city councilman, where he was the chair of the council’s legislative and urban affairs committee, and as a member of the neighborhood services committee, and helped create an economic development committee. Incumbent state Senator JEREMY MOSS stands head and shoulders above his opponent, and is a role model for a progressive Democratic politician. In terms of representing the party heading into November, Stevens stands the best chance with her personal approach to issues against a GOP opponent. We also think voters appreciate her position that there is a need for improvements in Medicare and the Affordable Health Care Act, but do not want to be forced to lose their private insurance. She has been involved for the last four years with her ‘Manufacturing Mondays,’ where she has regularly visited manufacturers and businesses in the district, worked with women in business and led efforts to engage younger women in technology and engineering, while doing outreach to minority communities. Both advocate many of the same Democratic ideals and issues, but Stevens stakes out a more moderate stance which we think aligns best with this district. ![]() While we admire Levin’s passion for Medicare for All, union organizing and other Progressive ideals, we feel HALEY STEVENS is the better choice for the new 11th district. Levin lays out the political class claim to this district as a fourth-generation resident of Birmingham, Bloomfield and Royal Oak, but members of Congress do not have to live in their district and he could have run in his current geographical district and done quite well. Due to redistricting, they are now facing each other in this Democrat-leaning district, which covers a majority of Oakland County. No matter who wins in this primary, we all will ultimately lose because so will either Andy Levin or Haley Stevens – two excellent second term Representatives elected in the 2018 Democratic wave. ![]()
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