Gretchen Whitmer

For the longest time we looked at the career as a ladder, right, that there was one way up. I want to make sure that in Michigan we think of skills as rock climbing, that there's a different path for everyone. And each has dignity and each has the ability to make a good living here. ”

Governor Granholm had all the right values but didn't have the right background. ”

Detroit's really important to the success of our state. You know, you can't have a successful Michigan if the biggest city isn't a success as well. ”

Let's fix our roads, and be the state that's not paralyzed by partisanship, but works together. And create the blueprint for rebuilding America's crumbling infrastructure. ”

Community colleges are in every district in this state, they serve Republican and Democratic families and non-partisan and non-political families as well. ”

People in Michigan don't care about the president's Twitter feed. We care about feeding our families. ”

A child who can't read isn't going to get better because you told him he was bad. ”

We are all better off when we raise skills in our state, and I know that Republicans and Democrats are going to hear from their communities, hear from their constituents, hear from the businesses in their areas about really making sure that we've got the workforce to make us competitive and raise wages in Michigan. ”

In my campaign I hardly ever talked about what's happening in Washington D.C. I talked about how we're going to fix the damn roads, how we clean up drinking water, and ensure people get access to the skills they need to get good paying jobs. ”

We have to make it easier to afford to go into education in the first place, so you don't leave with crippling debt that you never have a chance to pay back because you're not making enough money. ”