Overview
- Delegates at Michigan’s party convention, which selects nominees for these offices rather than a primary, chose Gilchrist on the first ballot in Detroit on Sunday over Suzanna Shkreli and Barb Byrum.
- Gilchrist will face Republican Anthony Forlini, the Macomb County clerk who secured the GOP nomination in March.
- The secretary of state runs Michigan’s elections and DMV-style services, so the race will shape rules for voter access and data privacy.
- Gilchrist says he will defend mail voting and resist Trump orders he argues could curb voting, while modernizing licensing and registration.
- Forlini answered the endorsement with a jab citing a Detroit News report that Gilchrist “showed up for work in his current role only 6% of the time.”