SEEKING HIGHER GROUND

Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald, who was reelected to a second term in 2024, has announced she is seeking the Democratic nomination for Michigan attorney general in 2026. McDonald, of Birmingham, joins a growing field of candidates to fill current Attorney General Dana Nessel’s shoes – Nessel is term-limited – along with Washtenaw County Prosecutor Eli Savit and former U.S. Attorney Mark Totten of Kalamazoo. Currently, the only Republican seeking their party’s nomination is defense attorney Kevin Kijewski of Birmingham. GOP and DEM party rules provide that candidates do not run in the August primary but are appointed by the party at their convention. McDonald, who was an Oakland County Circuit judge prior to running for county prosecutor, may have a leg up over her competitors having gotten a load of state – and national – press while successfully prosecuting the Oxford school shooter and, in a first for the country, his parents for involuntary manslaughter. In her video announcement, McDonald said she is a “fighter” for the rights of Michigan residents.

Karen McDonald

Eli Savit

Mark Totten