Democrat Elissa Slotkin to seek Michigan’s open Senate seat


              FILE - President Joe Biden hands one of the pens he used for singing the Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022 to Rep. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., left, during a ceremony in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, May 9, 2022, in Washington, as Vice President Kamala Harris looks on. Slotkin will seek an open U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Democrat Debbie Stabenow in 2024, becoming the first high-profile candidate to jump into the battleground state race. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)
            
              FILE - Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., left, talks with Rep. Elissa Slotkin, Monday, Jan. 16, 2023, in Lansing, Mich. Slotkin will seek an open U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Stabenow in 2024, becoming the first high-profile candidate to jump into the battleground state race. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)
            
              FILE - Rep. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., holds a constituent community conversation at Oakland University in Rochester, Mich., Dec. 16, 2019. Slotkin will seek an open U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Democrat Debbie Stabenow in 2024, becoming the first high-profile candidate to jump into the battleground state race. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)
            
              FILE - House Homeland Security Committee member Rep. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., asks a question during a House Homeland Security Committee hearing on "Worldwide Threats to the Homeland", at the Capitol in Washington, Nov. 15, 2022. Slotkin will seek an open U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Democrat Debbie Stabenow in 2024, becoming the first high-profile candidate to jump into the battleground state race. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, File)
Democrat Elissa Slotkin to seek Michigan’s open Senate seat