Actor Hill Harper has entered the race for Michigan's 2024 Senate seat, a primary expected to be one of the most closely watched next campaign season.
Harper's announcement Monday makes him the sixth Democratic candidate vying to replace Democratic Sen. Debbie Stabenow, who is not seeking a fifth term in the battleground state. He'll be running to the left of fellow candidate Michigan Rep. Elissa Slotkin, a moderate Democrat who has been considered a top contender since launching her candidacy in February.
"There's a high degree of frustration by a lot of Democrats ― not just African-American Democrats in Michigan ― that for the first time in 57 years Michigan does not have a Black Democratic representative in Congress. And that is going backwards," he told The Detroit News.SEE MORE: How Midterm Elections Could Influence The 2024 Presidential Election
Though he says he's not a career politician, this isn't Harper's first bout near the realm. He served on former President Barack Obama's cancer panel in 2012 as a survivor himself.
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