Gretchen Whitmer

ABOUT GRETCHEN WHITMER

American politician and prosecutor who is best recognized for having been the governor of Michigan. She is a Democrat who also serves as a Michigan State Representative and State Senator. She has been outspoken about abortion and her beliefs in it as a right.

She attended Michigan State University where she earned her BA in Communications and later her JD from Detroit College of Law. She was first elected to the Michigan House of Representatives in 2000 and later to the State Senate in March 2016.

In August of 2018, she became the first Democrat to win all 83 counties in the state of Michigan during the primary elections. Her political fame has gained her more than 320,000 followers on Instagram.

She married Marc Mallory in 2011 and has two children and three stepchildren. Her parents were lawyers as well.

She succeeded Rick Snyder as Governor of Michigan in January 2019.