Past and present Governor candidates from Michigan: on Civil Rights


Abdul El-Sayed: Equal pay, more opportunity, for women

To close the wage gap, I support policies that value-rather than punish-the choice to care for our families, including universal paid sick leave, parental leave, and robust financial support for childcare. I will invest in programs that connect women to well-paying careers in nontraditional fields and pursue wage increases in sectors dominated by women, whenever and wherever possible.
Source: 2018 Michigan Gubernatorial website AbdulForMichigan.com Nov 1, 2017

Gretchen Whitmer: Guarantee equal pay for equal work

When women thrive, we all thrive. Women in Michigan earn 74 cents for every dollar their male counterparts make for the same work. As Governor, I will demand equal pay for equal work to support women and their families in an economy that increasingly requires two paychecks to pay the bills and where a growing number of women are the sole income earners.
Source: 2018 Michigan Gubernatorial website GretchenWhitmer.com Nov 1, 2017

Gretchen Whitmer: Expand civil rights laws

Year after year, in the Senate and as a private citizen, I pushed to expand our civil rights laws to include people of all genders, identities, and sexual orientations. We drew the line when lawmakers tried to exclude transgender people from our civil rights laws. And I fought for same-sex adoptions and domestic partner benefits.
Source: 2018 Michigan Gubernatorial website GretchenWhitmer.com Nov 1, 2017

Abdul El-Sayed: Sensitive to women's rights and transgender people's rights

Though El-Sayed recognized his identity as a cisgender, straight man, he said his ethnic and religious background has made him more sensitive to issues of those of all identities, including women's rights and transgender people's rights.

"We have to believe that government is for the people by the people and that it hasn't been sold out to corporations or to money," El-Sayed said. "I'm not running for governor to be governor."

Source: MI Daily Staff on 2018 Michigan Gubernatorial race Mar 13, 2017

  • The above quotations are from Winners and Losers
    Gubernatorial candidates from Michigan.
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Candidates and political leaders on Civil Rights:

Retired Senate as of Jan. 2015:
GA:Chambliss(R)
IA:Harkin(D)
MI:Levin(D)
MT:Baucus(D)
NE:Johanns(R)
OK:Coburn(R)
SD:Johnson(D)
WV:Rockefeller(D)

Resigned from 113th House:
AL-1:Jo Bonner(R)
FL-19:Trey Radel(R)
LA-5:Rod Alexander(R)
MA-5:Ed Markey(D)
MO-9:Jo Ann Emerson(R)
NC-12:Melvin Watt(D)
SC-1:Tim Scott(R) 		Retired House to run for Senate or Governor:
AR-4:Tom Cotton(R)
GA-1:Jack Kingston(R)
GA-10:Paul Broun(R)
GA-11:Phil Gingrey(R)
HI-1:Colleen Hanabusa(D)
IA-1:Bruce Braley(D)
LA-6:Bill Cassidy(R)
ME-2:Mike Michaud(D)
MI-14:Gary Peters(D)
MT-0:Steve Daines(R)
OK-5:James Lankford(R)
PA-13:Allyson Schwartz(D)
TX-36:Steve Stockman(R)
WV-2:Shelley Capito(R) 		Retired House as of Jan. 2015:
AL-6:Spencer Bachus(R)
AR-2:Tim Griffin(R)
CA-11:George Miller(D)
CA-25:Howard McKeon(R)
CA-33:Henry Waxman(D)
CA-45:John Campbell(R)
IA-3:Tom Latham(R)
MN-6:Michele Bachmann(R)
NC-6:Howard Coble(R)
NC-7:Mike McIntyre(D)
NJ-3:Jon Runyan(R)
NY-4:Carolyn McCarthy(D)
NY-21:Bill Owens(D)
PA-6:Jim Gerlach(R)
UT-4:Jim Matheson(D)
VA-8:Jim Moran(D)
VA-10:Frank Wolf(R)
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