Gretchen Whitmer

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389 appearances 16 recordings 10 series first heard Nov 2024 last heard 17 Apr

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Up First from NPR · Michigan's Governor Fears Interference in this Fall's Elections · 20 Jan 2026 podcast

I don't know.

I think 2026 is going to give us a lot of insight.

I saw what happened and worked closely with the Spamburger campaign and the Sheryl campaign and the DGA.

But I think that this year is going to be very telling in terms of what trajectory that we're on.

And so I think it remains to be seen.

Yeah, that's why I say I think what happens in this next 12 months is going to be very telling and give us a lot of insight into the trajectory.

I don't know that I can predict it.

Well, we're going to work hard to make sure that Michigan's ready.

And we take every election seriously.

We know that there will be efforts to compromise the election or to dissuade people from showing up, to scare people away, to threaten people.

We cannot let that stand.

And so

We are going to be prepared and we are going to also, as we did in elections past, work with other states that are anticipating a lot of the nefarious efforts that we are here and use best practices and move forward.

But I'm concerned about it.

I'd be lying if I said I wasn't.

I think it would be...

a mistake to assume that they're not going to.

So I don't know precisely what it is that they might come up with, but we've got smart, sophisticated, savvy people around the tabletop that we will continue to get prepared.

I don't think it's paranoia to have that concern.

First, I'll just say I appreciate the work that my colleagues in Illinois and California

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