It's hard to do, but a disciplined candidate who really has thoughtful solutions and a plan to execute on them, I think, is ultimately the kind of person that's going to resonate.
— Gretchen Whitmer
The people of Michigan deserve leadership in Lansing that will work to continue providing them with services they depend on every day.
You can't expect anyone to hand something to you. And I'm OK with that.
At a time when too many people want to separate us by building walls, we here in Michigan are going to get back to building bridges together.
Midwest elections have consequences.
And for government and a bunch of men in government, frankly, to get between a woman and her provider is downright dangerous, especially when most of them can't even spell endometriosis, much less tell you what it means.
Our students are not broken. Our teachers are not broken. It's our system that has been broken.
The goal is to make sure everyone has got their lead pipes replaced, and I know that's moving forward in the city of Flint. My job is to make sure that we have accountability and ensure we are getting the job done.
We've got to create strategies of our own that ensure that our kids are going to get an education they need, that people are getting connected to skills and that we do more to draw investment into the city of Flint.
Flint's got so many hardworking, good people who just want a fair shake and it starts with making sure their government is responsive and protecting them and making sure everyone's got access to clean water.
What any candidate should do in any race, frankly, is to show up. There's no special, secret sauce there. It's about having real conversations with real people, and when you do that you stay tethered to the things that matter. And that's what people want.
I was considered the most progressive person the whole time I was in the legislature. I negotiated health care, I negotiated a minimum wage increase.
In an era when so many women are stepping up to lead, I'm hoping people will focus on our ideas and accomplishments instead of our appearance.
Michigan was the place that people used to move to from all around the world.
In my campaign I hardly ever talked about what's happening in Washington D.C. I talked about how we're going to fix the damn roads, how we clean up drinking water, and ensure people get access to the skills they need to get good paying jobs.
Nobody should get fired because of who they are, or who they love.
Lots of women candidates get compared to one another because there's so few women in office and positions in corporate America.
But ultimately, at the end of the day, people want leaders who they respect and who they believe in and who can get things done.
You can get a lot done when you don't care about credit. My name was not on Medicaid expansion, but it never would have happened without the work that I did. The best leaders are the ones that want results, not credit.
I'm a mom. I'm a lawyer. I'm a lifelong Michigander.
We are all better off when we raise skills in our state, and I know that Republicans and Democrats are going to hear from their communities, hear from their constituents, hear from the businesses in their areas about really making sure that we've got the workforce to make us competitive and raise wages in Michigan.
There have been too few women in leadership because they haven't had the opportunities.
Michigan is a state that wants access for women to healthcare.
I'm not married to a 45-cent gas tax.
Together we can build the Michigan we believe in, because we still have what we need most - the strength, the talent, the vision and the grit of the incredible people of this state.
I know that when we deprive communities of their voice, it can be dangerous.
The worst thing we can do is graduate kids who aren't prepared for the real world.
You can be both progressive and want to get things done - they're not mutually exclusive and that's what I bring.
I wrote the Michigan 2020, which was a free college plan, before Bernie Sanders ever offered it on the national level.
The budget is absolutely interlinked - our ability to fund our education system, to clean up drinking water, is linked with our ability to rebuild roads in this state. I'm not signing anything unless it's all done together.
Michigan will be Democratic in some years and Republican in some years. I don't think we'll ever make the mistake like we did in 2016 and not turn out again.
People don't cut through Michigan the way they cut through Ohio and Pennsylvania and Illinois. So tolls are more complicated for us because we're a destination state.
Michigan's problems are not partisan problems. Potholes are not political. There is no such thing as Republican or Democratic school kids or drinking water. These challenges affect us all. They make Michigan a harder place to get ahead. A harder place to raise a family. A harder place to run a business.
If you don't ask for money, people don't think you are a serious candidate.
One way or another, we're going to fix the roads in Michigan.
I grew up going to football games with my dad and we were just sports fanatics.
Let's fix our roads, and be the state that's not paralyzed by partisanship, but works together. And create the blueprint for rebuilding America's crumbling infrastructure.
Community colleges are in every district in this state, they serve Republican and Democratic families and non-partisan and non-political families as well.
I make more meals than most men do in a week.
There was nothing that amazed me more than parents that could channel the loss of their child into a crusade to protect other people's kids.
There's not one path for everyone, but everyone deserves a path that's right for them.
I do believe ultimately the role is of our state government to ensure every child in this state has a great public school education.
The voices of the residents of Flint did not get heard by people that were making decisions and I think that's the most important thing. I want to make sure those voices are answered in the future.
There is a racial element: It's undeniable. We've had inequitable funding of schools for decades in the state of Michigan.
I am proud to be a progressive.
For the longest time we looked at the career as a ladder, right, that there was one way up. I want to make sure that in Michigan we think of skills as rock climbing, that there's a different path for everyone. And each has dignity and each has the ability to make a good living here.
I believe you have a birthright to a good education.
People in Michigan don't care about the president's Twitter feed. We care about feeding our families.
A child who can't read isn't going to get better because you told him he was bad.
Governor Granholm had all the right values but didn't have the right background.
