Stabenow’s retirement scrambles Michigan Senate race in 2024

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI
Associated Press

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The surprise announcement that Democratic Sen. Debbie Stabenow won’t run for a fifth term in 2024 sets up a scramble by both parties for an open seat in the key battleground state. Stabenow tells The Associated Press that “it really was the right time for me.” Democrats will be trying to keep their slim Senate majority and will look to find a candidate with Stabenow’s broad support. Republicans say they’ll aggressively go after the seat. The 72-year-old Stabenow says in the AP interview, “I knew that this was a moment when I could pass the torch to the next generation of leaders.” Only one Michigan Republican has held a Senate seat in the past 40 years.