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Gretchen Esther Whitmer (/ hw ɪ t m ər /; born August 23, 1971) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the 49th governor of Michigan since 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, she served in the Michigan House of Representatives from 2001 to 2006 and in the Michigan Senate from 2006 to 2015. Whitmer was born and raised in Michigan.
The early 20th-century accent of the Inland North was the basis for the term "General American", [6] [7] though the regional accent has since altered, due to the Northern Cities Vowel Shift: its now-defining chain shift of vowels that began in the 1930s or possibly earlier. [8]
The governor of Michigan, is the head of government of the U.S. state of Michigan as well as the commander-in-chief of the state's military forces. [2] The governor has a duty to enforce state laws; [3] the power to either approve or veto appropriation bills passed by the Michigan Legislature; [4] the power to convene the legislature; [5] and the power to grant pardons, except in cases of ...
Whitmer was elected to serve as Michigan's 49th Governor in 2018. She ran on a pledge to "fix the damn roads" and beat her Republican opponent then-Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette by ...
EDITOR'S NOTE: These are Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's remarks as prepared for delivery and shared by her office for tonight's State of the State address. Watch the address here . Good evening, Michigan!
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer sits for a roundtable discussion on reproductive rights in Grand Rapids, Michigan with Vice President Kamala Harris on Feb. 22, 2024. (Photo: Anna Liz Nichols)
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer feeds Doritos to left-wing influencer in deeply bizarre ‘communion’ video Ryan King, James Dickson October 10, 2024 at 12:19 PM
The governor of Michigan is the head of government of the U.S. state of Michigan. The current governor is Gretchen Whitmer, a member of the Democratic Party, who was inaugurated on January 1, 2019, as the state's 49th governor. She was re-elected to serve a second term in 2022. [3]