Mostly cloudy High: 30 | Low: 21 | Details, page 2 DAILY GLOBE yourdailyglobe.com Thursday, February 16, 2017 75 cents THE ROAD TO 2018 Whitmer makes campaign stop in Ironwood By RICHARD JENKINS versity of
[email protected] Michigan. IRONWOOD — Democratic “I’m someone gubernatorial candidate who really Gretchen Whitmer visited Iron- cares about the wood Wednesday, part of a swing state of Michi- through the Upper Peninsula as gan,” Whitmer she campaigns for governor in said. “I love this the 2018 election. state, I love the Whitmer visited the Daily people of this Globe, after which she attended a state, and I Gogebic County Democratic Gretchen think we Party event. Whitmer deserve better “I wanted to make sure people from our lead- know I’m very concerned about ers.” the U.P., and I want to be a voice She credits being a life-long for everybody in the state,” Whit- Michigander for inspiring her to mer said. “So it was important to run for Governor. spend some time in the U.P., “I think about the Michigan in Richard Jenkins/Daily Globe early on.” which I grew up in,” Whitmer DEMOCRATIC GUBERNATORIAL candidate Gretchen Whitmer talks to a crowd of local Democrats in Ironwood Wednesday. A Michigan native, Whitmer said. “We used to be leaders in ward if we have so many people skills necessary — and I think that don’t tell the truth,” Whit- ple, that’s why I got into this race was born in Lansing and grew up education, where our K-12 struggling just to get by.” that starts with education.” mer said.