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Buttigieg mulling Senate bid after nixing play for Michigan governor

by Ashleigh Fields - 02/01/25 7:44 PM ET

Greg Nash
Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg arrives for the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, March 27, 2024 to give an update on yesterday’s collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore caused by a crash from the container ship Dali.

Former U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is said to be considering a bid for the Senate following Sen. Gary Peters’s (D-Mich.) decision not to seek reelection.

Buttigieg confirmed he was “very seriously focused” on a bid for the Senate seat, according to The Detroit News.

“I think Pete is somebody that a lot of people will encourage to run,” Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) told the outlet.

Speculation about Buttigieg’s political ambitions come as the state’s senior lawmaker, Peters, said he would not seek re-election in 2026.

Several others have seemingly expressed interest in the race.

Reps. Haley Stevens (D-Mich.) and Hillary Scholten (D-Mich.), former gubernatorial candidate Abdul El-Sayed, Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist II and state Sen. Mallory McMorrow.

“It could be a very large primary or small primary. I don’t know. But I think it will probably be a spirited primary,” Stabenow (D-Mich.) told The Detroit News.

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