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Congresswoman Haley Stevens (D-Birmingham, Bloomfield Township, Bloomfield Hills, most of Oakland County) headed off to Chicago for the Democratic National Convention feeling the Democratic Party was a reunified party following Vice President Kamala Harris’ elevation to presidential candidate earlier in July. “We have prepared for the mission at hand,” Stevens said, excited to attend her first convention as a congresswoman in person as 2020’s was remote due to Covid. “I see young people getting involved at a newfound rate. Campaigns give people a purpose. President Biden made it easy for me – he said ‘Support her.’” Stevens said that coming out of the convention she is very mission-focused, although she acknowledged that any campaign, especially any presidential election, is up and down, “I would much rather be us than them.” Without a notable primary challenger, she is now seriously getting going on the November election, both for her campaign, which will focus on housing, automotive and transportation, and for fellow Democrats, noting there are a handful of seats in Oakland County she believes can be flipped. “It is such a pleasure to have great local partners to work with, to grow our economy,” she said, calling out in particular Oakland County Executive David Coulter and county board chair Dave Woodward, along with township supervisors in Waterford and Independence Township. “It’s why Oakland County is doing so well. I love going to the nation’s capital to talk about the place I call home.”
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