Overview

• Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said she expects to help her party in 2028 but signaled she may not be the nominee, telling a Toronto audience, “I anticipate helping, but I don’t know if I’m going to be the person.”
• Whitmer, a Democrat in the final two years of her second term, is term-limited and cannot seek the governorship again when her term ends on Jan. 1, 2027.
• She has met repeatedly with Trump administration officials, including in the Oval Office, and says she is using that access to press them to “undo this tariff madness.”
• Arguing that U.S. tariffs on Canada are hurting Michigan’s auto supply chain, Whitmer called it “a dire moment in manufacturing” and warned of ripple effects for jobs, prices and savings.
• Her engagement with the White House has drawn mixed reactions among Democrats, as she also contends with state challenges including a one-week stopgap budget and a deadly church attack.