Scoop: Pete Buttigieg taking "serious look" at Michigan Senate race in 2026

Axios ^ | 1/28/25 | Hans Nichols

[DallasBiff]

Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is "taking a serious look" at running for the Michigan senate seat left open by the surprise retirement of Sen. Gary Peters, Axios has learned.

[DallasBiff]

Well Pete is from Indiana, he would have to get a residence in Michigan..

Looks like the Michigan US Senate seat in 2026 is wide open, on both sides.

[rktman]

Buttplug say wut?

[volare737]

He sure as heck could never be elected a senator in Indiana, and he knows it!

[rod5591]

that prissy little geek wont be elected dogcatcher

[Da Coyote]

I guess that he figures that Michigan needs more potholes in their roads. And Michigan figures that they could use another incompetent, proven loser for a DemocRAT position.

[Captainpaintball]

He wore out his rect-I mean welcome in Indiana, and they can’t cheat like the do in Michigan, so…

[Resolute Conservative]

Can’t Buttiplug just go away like O’Rourke did down here?

[dfwgator]

Another carpetbagger.

[gibsonguy]

Hmm I don’t know how well poofter Pete will sell in Mi. A queer who wants to kill the automobile may not do well but the rats control the election process in Mi.

[Organic Panic]

Is Pete being recruited for some reason? He has one thing going for him. He got more primary votes than Commalamama.

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

Will he appear at public rallies wearing his prosthetic mammary?
We can only hope.

[No name given]

Just like Hitlery.

[Redmen4ever]

go Beautygig!

prolly the easiest of the more probable Ds for us to beat

[madison10]

Nooo...go away, you little pr***.

[CountryClassSF]

Thought he was on maternity leave

[beethovenfan]

From do-nothing transportation secretary to do-nothing senator?

[bray]

Is Affirmative Action still a thing in America?

[madison10]

Yes, sadly.

[Telepathic Intruder]

Great, we need more congressmen making gay porn videos.

[RckyRaCoCo]

Carpetteabagger