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May 11 • 8 tweets • 4 min read
📢The Michigan House and Senate are two of our top priorities for the 2022 election cycle📢 Both chambers will be extremely competitive: we only need to flip 3 seats in the House and 4 seats in the Senate to win a Democratic #PathToMajority 🧵
We’re already in a strong position, fielding dynamic candidates in all 110 House districts and 38 Senate districts. Meanwhile, Republicans couldn’t even field a full team and are backing candidates that want to overturn the 2020 presidential election.
In fact, last week, @caglanville FLIPPED a GOP Michigan House seat that Trump won by nearly 16 points in 2020. It's the first state leg flip of the year & shows that Michigan voters are rejecting the GOP’s far-right extremism & want elected officials who put their needs first!
@caglanville We’ll also be running on the fairest maps ✨in a decade✨ Although Dems won the popular vote in the MI House in virtually every election over the last 10 years, we’ve never won a majority because of GOP gerrymandering. Now we can create a #PathToMajority and flip this chamber.
@caglanville Michigan is ground zero for Trump’s cult & the rapidly radicalizing GOP – they’re rabid for QAnon conspiracy theories, violence, & attacking our vote. In fact, Trump has only endorsed MI state leg candidates who’ve made overturning the 2020 election central to their platforms.
@caglanville Meanwhile, Michigan Democrats are focused on the issues that matter most to working families: improving our roads, lowering the costs of health care, ensuring clean water for Michiganders, and keeping good-paying jobs in the state.
@caglanville With huge budget savings, Michigan Dems want to repave roads, rebuild bridges, and upgrade water infrastructure, creating thousands of jobs. They also want to prioritize Michigan businesses that bid on state contracts, keeping tax dollars in the state to support economic growth.
@caglanville Democrats are fighting for everyday Michiganders – mom and pop small business owners, teachers, autoworkers, and students… not mega-corporations and the wealthiest 1%. Help us support the Dem state legislative candidates fighting for the people: bit.ly/399szbI

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