LANSING, MI (MPRN)-- Millionaire businessman Shri Thanedar has filed petition signatures with the state to appear on the August primary ballot as a Democratic candidate for governor. Read More ▶︎
Detroit — Four Democratic candidates for Michigan governor laid out plans to protect Michigan’s economy before a lively crowd of mostly union members Monday at Wayne County Community College District. Read More ▶︎
Democrat Shri Thanedar is planning to spend $1 million to air 10 new TV ads in the governor's race over the next two months. Read More ▶︎
The latest poll on the race for the Democratic nomination for governor puts Gretchen Whitmer ahead of Shri Thanedar by two points, 17 percent to 15 percent. Abdul El-Sayed and Bill Cobbs each polled at 2 percent. Read More ▶︎
Democratic Party governor candidate Shri Thanedar grew up in poverty in India, before immigrating to the United States in 1979 and earning his doctorate. After running small businesses for the majority of his adult life, Thanedar explained his decision to seek public office for the first time. Read More ▶︎
Some new statewide polling data is out and the surprise winner is "undecided" in the race for governor. Read More ▶︎
Democratic gubernatorial candidates Gretchen Whitmer, Shri Thanedar, Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, and Bill Cobbs have all blasted the move. Read More ▶︎
Democrat Shri Thanedar said Tuesday he will spend $1 million to air 10 new TV ads in the governor's race over the next two months, with an emphasis on giving positions on issues such as roads, education and the economy. Read More ▶︎
The bank was selling the business Shri Thanedar had built from the ground up, forcing him to give up his leased cars and preparing to foreclose on the Missouri mansion he’d helped design when he and his wife packed a rental truck in late 2010 and started out for a new life in Michigan. Read Read more ▶︎
With about 50 percent of voters still undecided, a new poll by Marketing Resource Group (MRG) for the first time shows Thanedar leading Democrat Gretchen Whitmer by three percentage points (21% to 18%) in the 2018 race for governor. Read More ▶︎
