Advance Notice: Briefs

Biden heading to Macomb County

By: Susan J. Demas - September 8, 2020 3:15 pm

Joe Biden at the NAACP forum | Andrew Roth

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden announced Tuesday that he will be in Warren Wednesday and talk about his plan to “ensure the future is Made in America by all of America’s workers.”

Biden’s campaign announced the stop last week but did not release details or a location. Macomb County is hotly contested territory for he and President Donald Trump, who won the metro Detroit county big in 2016 and helped him carry the state. However, Democratic now-Gov. Gretchen Whitmer took Macomb County in 2018.

“[Biden’s] decision to make Macomb County one of the first stops as he resumes in-person campaigning, to hear directly from UAW workers, shows that Biden understands the importance of this crucial county and the needs of our voters,” said U.S. Rep. Andy Levin (D-Bloomfield Twp.).

Trump is slated to stump in Saginaw County Thursday.

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Susan J. Demas

Susan J. Demas is a 23-year journalism veteran and one of the state’s foremost experts on Michigan politics, appearing on C-SPAN, MSNBC, CNN, NPR and WKAR-TV’s “Off the Record.” In addition to serving as Editor-in-Chief, she is the Advance’s chief columnist, writing on women, LGBTQ people, the state budget, the economy and more. For almost five years, Susan was the Editor and Publisher of Inside Michigan Politics, the most-cited political newsletter in the state. Susan’s award-winning political analysis has run in more than 100 national, international and regional media outlets, including the Guardian U.K., NBC News, the New York Times, the Detroit News and MLive.