Why Detroit's mayor launched an Independent run for governor
MSNBCยท2025-08-14 16:51
Turn now to this headline from the Wall Street Journal's recent profile of Detroit Mayor Mike Dugen. He turned around Detroit as a Democratic mayor. Now he's ditching the party. To the surprise of many, the career Democrat recently left his longtime party and is now running for governor of Michigan as an independent. The Journal describes his campaign as quote, "A longshot bid in one of the nation's most closely divided swing states. " But Dugen has faced doubters before. He won his first mayoral primary as ...