Buttigieg expected to announce he won’t run for U.S. Senate in Michigan

Buttigiegexpectedtoannouncehewon’trunforU.S.SenateinMichiganWashington―FormerTransportationSecretaryPeteButtigiegisexpectedtoannounceThursdaythathe’snotrunningforMichigan’sopenU.S.Senateseatnextyear,accordingtoasourcefamiliarwithhisplans. BypassingonbidsfortheSenateandgovernorinMichigan,theTraverseCityDemocratopensapathforhimselftopossiblymountasecondrunfortheWhiteHousein2028ifhesochooses.ThenewswasfirstreportedbyPolitico. Buttigieghasawell-knownnameafterhispriorcampaignforpresidentandfouryearsasheadoftheU.S.DepartmentofTransportationunderPresidentJoeBiden. Hehadbeenfloatedasapotentialcandidateforgovernorin2026whentwo-termDemocraticGov.GretchenWhitmeristermlimitedandcan’trunagain,andalsoforSenateafterSen.GaryPeters,D-BloomfieldTownship,saidthisyearthathewon’tseekathirdterm. Buttigiegandhishusband,Chasten, movedtonorthernMichigan abouttwoyearsago.Chastenis originallyfromTraverseCi