{"id":2007028,"date":"2023-08-21T14:31:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-21T18:31:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/raskin-endorses-slotkins-senate-bid-boosting-her-in-democratic-primary\/"},"modified":"2023-08-21T14:31:30","modified_gmt":"2023-08-21T18:31:30","slug":"raskin-endorses-slotkins-senate-bid-boosting-her-in-democratic-primary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/raskin-endorses-slotkins-senate-bid-boosting-her-in-democratic-primary\/","title":{"rendered":"Raskin supports Slotkin&#8217;s Senate campaign, bolstering her in Dem primary."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fraskin-endorses-slotkins-senate-bid-boosting-her-in-democratic-primary%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2007028&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Rep.\u200c Jamie Raskin Endorses Rep. Elissa Slotkin&#8217;s Senate Bid<\/h2>\n<p>Rep. Jamie \u200dRaskin (D-MD) has thrown his support behind Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) in her campaign for\u200b Senate, providing a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/irans-navy-reaches-new-milestone-during-biden-era-set-to-get-advanced-tech-to-boost-military\/\" title=\"Iran\u2019s Navy Reaches New Milestone During Biden-Era; Set To Get \u2018Advanced\u2019 Tech To \u2018Boost\u2019 Military\">significant boost<\/a> as she \u200cfaces a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/don-jr-issues-warning-to-gop-reps-unsupportive-of-president-trump\/\" title=\"Don Jr. issues warning to GOP reps. unsupportive of President Trump\">primary challenge<\/a> to succeed retiring Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI).<\/p>\n<p>Raskin, \u2062a prominent House Democrat who\u200d played a key role as an impeachment manager during former President Donald Trump&#8217;s second\u2063 impeachment proceeding,\u2062 is scheduled to visit Michigan on Wednesday to campaign with Slotkin in Ann Arbor.<\/p>\n<h3>A Must-Win Race for Democrats<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;This Senate race is\u200b a\u2062 must-win for Democrats nationally, and Elissa is the candidate who will keep this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alyssa-milano-says-she-is-considering-a-run-for-congress-against-rep-mcclintock-in-2024\/\" title=\"Alyssa Milano Says She Is Considering A Run For Congress Against Rep. McClintock In 2024\">seat blue<\/a>\u2062 and make the Senate a powerful vehicle \u200cfor the common good,&#8221; Raskin \u2063stated.<\/p>\n<p>Slotkin, a three-term congresswoman who successfully flipped a GOP-held seat in 2018, is currently the front-runner in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pro-trump-religious-groups-begin-turning-up-heat-on-gop-to-take-action-on-marjorie-taylor-greene\/\" title=\"Pro-Trump, Religious Groups Begin Turning Up Heat On GOP To Take Action On Marjorie Taylor Greene\">primary race<\/a>. According \u2062to a recent Emerson College poll, a \u200bplurality\u200d of Democratic \u200bprimary voters plan to support Slotkin for the Democratic nomination for Senate, with Hill Harper, an author and \u2062actor\u200c running to the left of the centrist\u2064 Democrat, receiving 8% of the support. \u2064Meanwhile, 25% of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/terry-mcauliffe-fundraises-for-self-described-democratic-socialist\/\" title=\"Terry McAuliffe Fundraises For Self-Described Democratic Socialist\">voters remain undecided<\/a>, and 22% express support for other candidates.<\/p>\n<p>Slotkin has proven herself to be \u200ba formidable fundraiser, having raised $5.8\u2064 million and maintaining $3.6 million in\u2064 the bank at the end of the last fundraising\u200b quarter. The Michigan race is ranked as leaning Democratic by Sabato&#8217;s Crystal Ball.<\/p>\n<h3>Republican Contenders<\/h3>\n<p>On the Republican side, Berrien County Commissioner Ezra Scott, former Dow Chemical employee Michael Hoover, and State Board\u200b of Education member Nikki Snyder have all declared their candidacy.<\/p>\n<p>Last year&#8217;s midterm elections saw Democrats \u200bsweep the state of Michigan, leading to the enactment of liberal priorities such as \u2062expanding LGBT protections and becoming the first state to repeal \u200ca right-to-work law in \u2062over 50 years. Michigan Republicans have only won two Senate races in the last half-century.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">Click here<\/a> to read more from The\u200b Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) backed Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) in her Senate run, providing crucial support as she competes in the primary to replace retiring Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI). Raskin, a prominent House Democrat and former impeachment manager, plans to visit Michigan to bolster Slotkin&#8217;s campaign.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2007029,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2007028","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2007028","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2007028"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2007028\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2007029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2007028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2007028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2007028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}