U.S. Senate race shaping up on Dem side with Benson out
The race for the Democratic U.S. Senate nomination is shaping up to be U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-Holly) against Southeast Michigan business executive Nasser Beydoun, after Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson announced Friday she's "committed to being singularly focused on my job as Michigan's Secretary of State." Benson is the last elected Democrat of prominence to bow out of seeking the seat, further clearing the path for Slotkin who sent out a fundraising pitch today about how there's only seven days left until the end of the first reporting cycle and “that’s 7 days to put up the strongest number