Whitmer Vaults Into National Spotlight

“As Gov. Gretchen Whitmer waited to speak at a campaign event Saturday night in Detroit, the 51-year-old mother of two joined her junior staffers in turning a cartwheel backstage,” the Washington Post reports.

Sen. Sen. Debbie Stabenow: “Like physically doing cartwheels. They were good! I was impressed.”

“Just three days later, Whitmer impressed the political establishment, as well, vaulting into the national spotlight with a double-digit reelection win Tuesday night. The Michigan governor soundly defeated her Donald Trump-endorsed rival while helping usher in Democratic control of both the state House and Senate for the first time in 40 years.”