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● MI-08: Michigan politicos were taken aback when veteran Rep. Dan Kildee unexpectedly announced his retirement late last year, but Democrats just landed a replacement that one local newspaper called a "top recruit": state Sen. Kristen McDonald Rivet.
As Jeff Singer explains in a new piece, McDonald Rivet has experience winning on difficult, swingy turf that's much like the congressional district Kildee is leaving behind. First, though, she'll have to get through a primary, and if she does, an expensive campaign awaits for a seat that the GOP is eager to flip. But Republicans have their own nomination contest to deal with, and their leading contender is the same guy who lost to Kildee last year by a surprisingly wide double-digit margin.
Read more about this top-tier race at Daily Kos Elections.
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