Governor Gretchen Whitmer to headline annual Bailey dinner for Democrats.

Rising star Gretchen Whitmer will be the draw for state Democrats’ annual fundraising dinner. The annual Bailey dinner will take place on September 22nd at a venue to be announced.

Whitmer won a second term as governor last November by a decisive margin against a Republican, Tudor Dixon who raised little money. The former horror movie actress was a favorite of Donald Trump. Whitmer’s margin of victory over Dixon, fueled by the Democrat’s support for women’s right to access to abortion services, helped Michigan Democrats win control of both houses of the state legislature.

A September trip to Connecticut will give Whitmer time to assist her sister, Liz Gereghty, a candidate for the Democratic nomination for the House of Representatives in New York’s 17th congressional district. That Hudson Valley seat was snagged from Democrats by Republican Mike Lawler last November as New York Governor Kathy Hochul’s campaign collapsed in large swathes of the state. Lawler defeated incumbent Democrat Sean Patrick Maloney, the head of the DCCC. Gereghty is expected to face former Representative Mondaire Jones, who Maloney big-footed out of the 2022 race in the reapportioned district.

Whitmer is co-chair of President Joe Biden’s re-election campaign.

Published July 14, 2023.