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Congresswoman Brenda Lawrence

Representing the 14th District of Michigan

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August 16, 2018 In The News

Democratic Rep. Brenda Lawrence  joined a bipartisan group of lawmakers who have condemned President Donald Trump’s attack on his former aide Omarosa Manigault Newman. “And I can tell him, ‘Shame on you, the fact that you are comfortable, on a national platform, to address a woman in that way.

August 16, 2018 In The News

Leaders throughout Metro Detroit and the state of Michigan are reacting to the news that the "Queen of Soul," Aretha Franklin, died Thursday at age 76 from advanced pancreatic cancer…

August 7, 2018 In The News

As Michigan voters head to the polls Tuesday to select who will represent them in November's general election, they'll have more than twice as many women to choose from on the congressional level than in any other primary in the past two decades.

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August 6, 2018 In The News

Michigan Democratic gubernatorial candidates barnstormed Detroit this weekend, cutting a path through the state's largest city where voters could account for roughly one out of every 10 ballots cast in Tuesday's primary election. Former state Senate Minority Leader Gretchen Whitmer rallied voters at Gordon Park, where she was joined by Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan, U.S. Rep.

August 6, 2018 In The News

Tired of listening to so many candidates tell you what a great governor, senator or U.S. House member they would make? Well, the field is about to narrow after Tuesday's primary. On Sunday, candidates tried to shore up last-minute votes. Former state Senate Minority Leader Gretchen Whitmer rallied voters at Gordon Park in Detroit, where she was joined by Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan, U.S.

August 5, 2018 In The News

The final days of the 2018 primary election campaign bring rallies, phone banks, art fairs and plenty of door-knocking for the Democratic and Republican candidates for governor. Words like "comeback," "damn roads," "jobs and paychecks" and "single-payer health care" marked the campaign trail this weekend.

August 5, 2018 In The News

There’s "a lot at stake" in November, and Gretchen Whitmer is the Michigan Democratic Party’s best chance at taking back the governor’s office after eight years of Republican rule, Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan said Sunday.

August 4, 2018 In The News

Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez are joining forces to elect an underdog but potentially history-making candidate on the ballot in Michigan next week: Abdul El-Sayed, a 33-year-old physician who would be the nation's first Muslim governor.

August 3, 2018 In The News

With less than a week until the Aug. 7 primary, Michigan’s lieutenant governor and gubernatorial candidate, Brian Calley, campaigned in Hillsdale County Thursday, meeting with supporters at The Hunt Club in Hillsdale and greeting county officials at the Hillsdale County Courthouse.

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