{"id":2413004,"date":"2025-03-13T11:48:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-13T15:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/buttigieg-wont-run-for-michigan-senate-seat-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-03-13T11:48:00","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T15:48:00","slug":"buttigieg-wont-run-for-michigan-senate-seat-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/buttigieg-wont-run-for-michigan-senate-seat-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Buttigieg won\u2019t run for Michigan Senate seat &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><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%2Fbuttigieg-wont-run-for-michigan-senate-seat-washington-examiner%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=2413004&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--><p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Buttigieg won&rsquo;t run for Michigan Senate seat<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1911847\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Former Transportation Secretary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/pete-buttigieg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Pete Buttigieg <\/a>is expected to announce he will not run for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/michigan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Michigan<\/a>&rsquo;s open Senate seat.<\/p>\n<p>During an appearance last month on CBS&rsquo;s <em>The Late Show with Stephen Colbert<\/em>, Buttigieg revealed he was &ldquo;looking&rdquo; into launching a bid to replace retiring Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI).&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3346004\/democrats-see-silver-lining-senate-retirements\/\">Democrats see silver lining in wave of Senate retirements<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3346233\/wisconsin-supreme-court-candidates-spar-partisanship-race-control-court\/\">Wisconsin Supreme Court candidates spar over partisanship in tense race to control court<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3345357\/north-carolina-senate-bill-attorney-general-jeff-jackson-trump\/\">North Carolina Senate advances bill to restrain power of attorney general against Trump<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>However, former President Joe Biden&rsquo;s transportation chief is set to declare on Thursday that he will not compete in Michigan&rsquo;s 2026 Senate race, news reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/03\/13\/pete-buttigieg-michigan-senate-run-00227583\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><em>Politico<\/em><\/a>. Buttigieg has also taken himself out of consideration <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3256986\/pete-buttigieg-political-savior-michigan-democrats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">to replace<\/a> outgoing Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D-MI), setting himself up as a top contender for the 2028 Democratic presidential primary.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Buttigieg &ldquo;would have been a formidable candidate for the Senate had he chosen to run,&rdquo; Democratic strategist David Axelrod said. &ldquo;But had he won in &rsquo;26, it would almost certainly have taken him out of the conversation for &rsquo;28. This certainly keeps that option open.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Democratic contenders on the list to replace Peters include Michigan state Sen. Mallory McMorrow and U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI).<\/p>\n<p>A lifelong Indiana resident who moved to Michigan in 2022, Buttigieg had been rumored to be mulling a Senate run in Michigan since January, reportedly meeting with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) to discuss his options after Peters&rsquo;s unexpected retirement announcement.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg testifies to a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Committee hearing on the 2025 budget for the Department of Transportation on Thursday, May 2, 2024, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo\/Jacquelyn Martin)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3095868\/who-is-pete-buttigieg-meet-one-of-six-top-names-on-harris-vp-short-list\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">WHO IS PETE BUTTIGIEG? 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During the 2020 Democratic primary, he performed well in Iowa and New Hampshire before seeing disappointing results in the South Carolina primary and dropping out to endorse Biden.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1911847\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1911847\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Buttigieg won\u2019t run for Michigan Senate seat Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is expected to announce he will not run for Michigan\u2019s open Senate seat. 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