Governor Gretchen Whitmer was unanimously selected this past weekend to be the next Vice Chair of the Democratic Governors Association. It’s a position that puts her right in the middle of her party’s national strategy-setting ahead of the very high-stakes 2026 midterms.
But it also comes at a time when Whitmer herself is sending some mixed - or, maybe, just very carefully calibrated - signals about her political future.
Recent reporting has painted her as everything from the Democrat Donald Trump seems to enjoy working with, to a governor intentionally easing away from the national spotlight, to a maybe-2028 presidential contender who may - or may not - want the job.
This week, It’s Just Politics’ Zoe Clark and Rick Pluta are joined by two longtime Whitmer watchers: Nancy Kaffer, Editorial Page Editor of the Detroit Free Press and Zack Stanton, Deputy Managing Editor of News at MS NOW to take stock of Whitmer’s political future.
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