Serving with Tammy Duckworth, Ken Martin and Henry R. Muñoz III
Chair
Jaime Harrison
Preceded by
Grace Meng
Prosecuting Attorney of Ingham County
In office July 21, 2016 – December 31, 2016
Preceded by
Stuart Dunnings III
Succeeded by
Carol Siemon
Minority Leader of the Michigan Senate
In office January 1, 2011 – January 1, 2015
Deputy
Steve Bieda
Preceded by
Mike Prusi
Succeeded by
Jim Ananich
Member of the Michigan Senate from the 23rd district
In office March 21, 2006 – January 1, 2015
Preceded by
Virgil Bernero
Succeeded by
Curtis Hertel Jr.
Member of the Michigan House of Representatives
In office January 1, 2003 – March 21, 2006
Preceded by
Michael C. Murphy
Succeeded by
Mark Meadows
Constituency
69th district
In office January 1, 2001 – January 1, 2003
Preceded by
Laura Baird
Succeeded by
Judy Emmons
Constituency
70th district
Chair of the East Lansing Transportation Commission
In office 1999–2000
Personal details
Born
Gretchen Esther Whitmer
(1971-08-23) August 23, 1971 (age 52) Lansing, Michigan, U.S.
Political party
Democratic
Spouses
Gary Shrewsbury
(divorced)
Marc Mallory
(m. 2011)
Children
2
Residence
Governor's Mansion
Education
Michigan State University (BA, JD)
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Gretchen Esther Whitmer (born August 23, 1971) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the 49th governor of Michigan since 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, she served in the Michigan House of Representatives from 2001 to 2006 and in the Michigan Senate from 2006 to 2015.
Whitmer was born and raised in Michigan. She is a graduate of Forest Hills Central High School, Michigan State University, and the Detroit College of Law. Her political career began in 2000 when she was elected to the Michigan House of Representatives. In 2006, she became a state senator, a position she kept until 2015. She was the Senate's first female Democratic leader from 2011 to 2015. In 2013, Whitmer gained national attention for a floor speech during a debate on abortion in which she shared her experience of being sexually assaulted. For six months in 2016, she was the prosecutor for Ingham County. Whitmer was elected governor in 2018, defeating Republican nominee and state attorney general Bill Schuette.
As governor, Whitmer has focused on healthcare and infrastructure legislation. In February 2020, she was selected to give the Democratic response to then President Donald Trump's 2020 State of the Union Address. On October 8,[1] the Federal Bureau of Investigation thwarted a militia group's kidnapping plot against Whitmer.[2] Since January 2021, Whitmer has served as one of the vice chairs of the Democratic National Committee. She was reelected governor in 2022, defeating Republican nominee Tudor Dixon.
^"Feds search Livingston County property late Wednesday". The Detroit News. October 8, 2020. Retrieved October 8, 2020.
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