Democrats get two Senate opportunities to freshen up the party

#TimWalz #Senate2026 #PeggyFlanagan #GaryPeters #MNsenate

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Democrats get two Senate opportunities to freshen up the party

Democratic Sen. Tina Smith of Minnesota announced on Thursday that she won’t seek reelection in 2026. “This decision is not political, it is entirely personal,” she said in a statement, citing that while she entered the Senate with no grandchildren,.

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Michigan Democratic Sen. Gary Peters To Retire In 2026

#GaryPeters #SurpriseAnnouncement #Retirement #TwoTerms #DemocraticParty

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Michigan Democratic Sen. Gary Peters To Retire In 2026

The 66-year-old Michigan senator's exit after two terms in the Senate comes as a surprise.

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#GaryPeters doesn’t have plans for after he leaves the #Senate, but a teaching job in academia or #policy work at a think tank fit his interests. He wants to continue to play a role in developing public policy, he said, particularly around ensuring #equitable #access to changes in #technology like #ArtificialIntelligence.

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Peters' decision is likely to surprise many of his colleagues & ignite an intense scramble on both sides of the aisle for his seat in battleground #Michigan.

…Sen #GaryPeters has trained much of his focus in #Congress on issues related to Michigan's auto industry, the #GreatLakes, #cybersecurity, #veterans issues, toxic #PFAS contamination & initiatives to make government more efficient. His annual motorcycle tour around the state has become a staple of lawmakers’ August recess.

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"I always thought there would be a time that I would step aside & pass the reins for the next generation. I also never saw service in Congress as something you do your whole life," said #GaryPeters, who was first elected to the #Senate in 2014.

"And that goes back to 2008 when I first won that #House seat. I thought it would be for a matter of a few terms that I would serve, & then I would go back to private life."

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#Michigan’s #GaryPeters won’t seek reelection to #US #Senate.

Peters, Michigan's senior senator & a fmr congressman, said he won't seek reelection next year & will retire from the US Senate when his 2nd term ends in Jan 2027.

In an exclusive interview, the #Democrat told The Detroit News that he is ready to leave public office in 2 yrs & move onto a "new chapter" that includes spending more time with his family-particularly a new grandchild who lives on the West Coast.

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Michigan’s Gary Peters won’t seek reelection to U.S. Senate. Here's why

The retirement of U.S. Sen. Gary Peters, D-Bloomfield Township, will likely ignite an intense scramble on both sides of the aisle for his seat.

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Hey kids in the U.S. guess what i found out!

13.04 min mark of this video, the following 12 'Democratic' schmucks joined #GOPiecesOfShit to pass the #LakenRileyAct :

#CatherineCORTEZ-Masto #Nevada
#JohnFetterman, #zionazi ogre
#RubenGALLEGO #Arizona
#MaggieHassah #NewHampshire
#MarkKelly #Arizona
#JohnOssoff #Georgia
#GaryPeters #MI
#JackieRosen #Nevada
#JeanneShaheen #NewHampshire
#ElissaSlotkin #MI
#MarkWarner #Virginia
and...waitbfor it...Rev #RaphaelWarnock #Georgia

(Source: The Humanist Report, #PretThakker of #Zeteo)