{"id":358570,"date":"2026-05-28T17:48:49","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T22:48:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/democratic-gov-gretchen-whitmer-of-michigan-says-she-wont-run-for-president-in-2028"},"modified":"2026-05-28T17:48:54","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T22:48:54","slug":"democratic-gov-gretchen-whitmer-of-michigan-says-she-wont-run-for-president-in-2028","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/democratic-gov-gretchen-whitmer-of-michigan-says-she-wont-run-for-president-in-2028","title":{"rendered":"Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan says she will not run for president in 2028"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"prism-article-body\">\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \"><span class=\"oyrPY qlwaB AGxeB \">MACKINAC ISLAND, Mich. &#8212; <\/span>Democratic Gov. <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/gretchen-whitmer\">Gretchen Whitmer<\/a> of Michigan put to rest speculation about a potential 2028 presidential bid, saying Thursday that she will not join what is expected to be a crowded primary field after leaving office at the end of this year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Whitmer has long been viewed by some Democrats as a possible White House contender after her decisive election victories in the closely contested state that Republican Donald Trump has carried twice in presidential votes. For months, however, Whitmer had offered <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/michigan-governor-gretchen-whitmer-democratic-nominee-president-61eb98e724007b6fc0034e5a9f322703\">only cautious answers<\/a> about her political future.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">But she delivered her clearest response yet in an interview Thursday with <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fox2detroit.com\/video\/fmc-0psiwxungat2rj7x\">Fox 2 Detroit.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">\u201cI think there will be a robust group of people running for president. I will not be one of them in 2028,\u201d Whitmer said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Her comments came during Michigan\u2019s annual Mackinac policy conference, where Whitmer is set to be honored and deliver remarks later Thursday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Whitmer has previously said she plans to take time before deciding on her next move politically.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">\u201cI don\u2019t know that I\u2019ll put my name on the ballot again. I\u2019m just not sure,\u201d Whitmer said at an April breakfast in Detroit. \u201cBut I also am 54 years old. I got a lot of gas in the tank.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">The Mackinac conference has become a hub of presidential speculation, with former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and U.S. Sen. Elissa Slotkin \u2014 both considered possible 2028 contenders \u2014 also in attendance.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.com\/Politics\/wireStory\/democratic-gov-gretchen-whitmer-michigan-run-president-2028-133385686\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MACKINAC ISLAND, Mich. &#8212; Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan put to rest speculation about a potential 2028 presidential bid, saying Thursday that she will [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":358573,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2719,614,22251,2697,9231,21075,224,241,609,31126],"class_list":["post-358570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-detroit","tag-donald-trump","tag-elissa-slotkin","tag-governor","tag-gretchen-whitmer","tag-joe-biden-2020-presidential-campaign","tag-michigan","tag-pete-buttigieg","tag-president","tag-transportation-secretary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358570","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=358570"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358570\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":358572,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358570\/revisions\/358572"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/358573"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=358570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=358570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=358570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}