HOLLIER SCORECARD

Even we were having a tough time keeping track of what office former Michigan State Senator Adam Hollier is gunning for nowadays. Democrat Hollier, who served in the Senate for one four-year term starting in 2018, had set his sites on a U.S. House seat in 2020 but came in second in a large field of contenders in the party primary behind Shri Thanedar (D-Detroit). Hollier tried a second time in 2022 but his nominating petitions were ruled as fraudulent and he never made the ballot. Then last year he said he was giving another try for a seat in Congress but dropped that effort and announced last September that he would try for the party nomination this year for Michigan Secretary of State. The endorsements poured in from a number of local elected officials, among them, Oakland County Executive Dave Coulter. Then along comes lieutenant governor Garlin Gilchrist II who recently abandoned his campaign for governor in 2026 and jumped into the SOS contest. So Hollier in early February saw the writing on the wall. He dropped from the SOS race and announced that he would run once again for the Michigan Senate. This time for the third senate district which includes a portion of Detroit, Royal Oak, Clawson, Sterling Heights, Warren and Troy. Democrat Stephanie Chang now holds that Senate seat but she is facing term limits. It’s a Democrat-leaning district so the primary winner will likely be the next state Senator. Other Democrats have already announced for this Senate seat – Korey Hall, Eboni Taylor, Theodore Jones and Bobby Christian. If Hollier survives the primary, current term limitation rules say he could serve two more four-year terms in the Michigan Senate.

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