The Michigan Democratic Party has endorsed Dana Nessel for Attorney General.
In a unprecedented blow to organized labor, Plymouth attorney Dana Nessel won the endorsement for her bid for state attorney general from Democrats at a day-long convention Sunday. She overcame a nearly unified group of organized labor, led by the United Auto Workers, that had endorsed former U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan Pat Miles of Grand Rapids.
But Nessel had forged a coalition of progressive activists, marijuana supporters and Democrats energized to join the party after the election of Donald Trump as President of the United States in 2016.
I found it puzzling that organized labor supported Pat Miles, who worked as a lawyer for Barnes & Thornburg. These guys maintain an active practice in countering labor organizing.
The key takeaway from this year’s Michigan Democratic Convention is that 6,700 people showed up, versus 700 in 2010. And it looks like Cannabis legalization will be on the ballot in Michigan this fall.