DUGGAN EFFORT
- Downtown Newsmagazine
- Jul 21
- 1 min read
Another pol looking for a new job, Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan, long a Democrat but running for Michigan governor in 2026 as an independent, was feted at a bipartisan fundraiser in early July, first at a home in Oakland County, and then at another at the Detroit Athletic Club. One host, a long-time Republican, said while some supporters were out of town, “a lot of people wrote checks because of the holiday weekend.” He said there was still a sizable turnout at both. “He’s going to need the money because the parties’ (Democrat and Republican) are going to go after him hard after the primaries. He isn’t known outside southeast Michigan, so his job until the primaries (August 2026) is to get people to know him,” the politico said. “Duggan says, ‘Nobody hates me, nobody likes me – nobody knows me.’”
