Overview
- Duggan suspended his campaign on Thursday after internal and public polls, including a Detroit Chamber of Commerce survey, showed him roughly 11 points behind the Democratic candidate.
- He told supporters his decision reflected an increasingly toxic partisan climate driven by President Trump’s war with Iran and a sharp rise in gas prices that boosted Democratic turnout.
- The campaign cited a critical fundraising shortfall, noting 94% of donors were from Michigan and that national party networks will outspend an independent in the general election.
- Michigan Democrats publicly thanked Duggan and invited his backers into their coalition, while the Republican field remains unsettled ahead of the Aug. 4 primary.
- Duggan urged candidates to heed the 23% of voters his campaign said want a nonpartisan option and highlighted that no independent has ever won the governor’s office in Michigan as a barrier to his bid.