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Michigan Democratic Senator Gary Peters will not seek re-election to a third term when his current one expires in January 2027, leaving open a senate seat in a state Donald Trump won.
(The Center Square) – U.S. Sen. Gary Peters, a Democrat, announced Tuesday morning he does not plan to run for a third term in 2026. Peters was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 2014, narrowly ...
Gary Charles Peters was born on December 1, 1958, in Pontiac, Michigan. [9] His father, Herbert Garrett Peters, was a public school teacher who served in the U.S. Army during World War II . [ 10 ] His mother, Madeleine Vignier, who met his father in France during the war, [ 10 ] was a nurse's aide and helped unionize her workplace. [ 11 ]
U.S. Senator Gary Peters speaks during the Michigan Democratic Party election night event at the Motor City Casino Sound Board Theater in Detroit on Tuesday, November 5, 2024.
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Sen. Gary Peters, who led the Democrats’ Senate campaign efforts the past two election cycles, has announced he will not seek a third term in 2026, creating a highly contested battleground seat expected to be coveted by both major political parties.
Incumbent Democratic Senator Gary Peters declined to seek re-election to a third term. [1] Peters was first elected with 54.6% of the vote in 2014, and re-elected with 49.9% of the vote in 2020. Along with Georgia, this is one of two Democratic-held Senate seats up for election in a state that Donald Trump won in the 2024 presidential election.
The surprise decision Tuesday again complicates for Democrats in Michigan, who will be forced to defend an open seat in the battleground state for the second straight election cycle. Peters led the Democrats’ Senate campaign efforts from 2021 to 2025 and helped the party hold control of the chamber in 2022 before Republicans flipped it last year.
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Sen. Gary Peters will not run for reelection, opening a key Senate race in 2026. 01/28/2025 09:24 -0500