Rep. Elissa Slotkin Announces Candidacy for U.S. Senate Seat in Michigan, Promises to Serve as a Public Servant

LANSING, Mich. (AP) – Democratic Rep. Elissa Slotkin of Michigan has announced her candidacy for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Democrat Debbie Stabenow in 2024. Slotkin is the first high-profile candidate to jump into the battleground state race.

In a video announcing her campaign, Slotkin says that the nation seems “to be living crisis to crisis” but that there “are certain things that should be really simple, like living a middle-class life in the state that invented the middle class.”

“This is why I’m running for the United States Senate,” Slotkin says in the video. “We need a new generation of leaders that thinks differently, works harder and never forgets that we are public servants.”

Slotkin highlights her service in the CIA and on multiple tours in Iraq alongside U.S. troops, as well as a bipartisan track record in the national security space under Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama. She also emphasizes her experience in the private sector, where she worked to help small businesses and veterans.

Slotkin has served in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2018, representing Michigan’s 8th Congressional District. She is the first Democrat to announce her candidacy for the open Senate seat. It is expected that more candidates will enter the race in the coming months.