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Gretchen Whitmer
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American politician and attorney (born 1971)
Film & TV
Lansing, Michigan, USA
Gretchen Esther Whitmer (born August 23, 1971) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the 49th governor of Michigan since 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, she served in the Michigan House of Representatives from 2001 to 2006 and in the Michigan Senate from 2006 to 2015. Whitmer was born and raised in Michigan. She is a graduate of Forest Hills Central High School, Michigan State…
Known for
- Live from the LBJ Library with Mark Updegrove — Self2024
- Inside with Jen Psaki — Self - Governor of Michigan2023
- Who's Talking to Chris Wallace? — Self2022
- The Sherri Shepherd Show — Self - Guest2022
- Firing Line with Margaret Hoover — Self2018
- Axios — Self - Michigan Governor2018
- The Circus — Self2016
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — Self - Guest2015
- Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self2014
- Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self - Guest2014
via TMDB
Key facts
- Lieutenant
- Garlin Gilchrist
- Preceded by
- Rick Snyder
- Chair
- Jaime Harrison
- Succeeded by
- Various
- Deputy
- Steve Bieda
- Constituency
- 69th district
- Born
- Gretchen Esther Whitmer , ( 1971-08-23 ) August 23, 1971 (age 54) , Lansing, Michigan , U.S.
- Party
- Democratic
- Spouses
- Gary Shrewsbury ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2001 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 2008 ) Marc Mallory ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2011 )
- Education
- Michigan State University ( BA , JD )
- Website
- Office website , Campaign website
- Nickname
- Big Gretch
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Esther
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Lansing
- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- Governor of Michigan
- Political party
- Democratic Party (United States)
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Religion
- Christianity
- Academic degree
- Juris Doctor
- Official website
- gretchenwhitmer.com
- Image
- 2025 Gretchen Whitmer (cropped).jpg
- Number of children
- 2
- Work location
- Lansing
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- date of birth
- 1971-08-23
- name in native language
- Gretchen Whitmer
- Commons category
- Gretchen Whitmer
- birth name
- Gretchen Esther Whitmer
- social media followers
- 447015
- writing language
- American English
- handedness
- right-handedness
- Commons Creator page
- Gretchen Whitmer
- P10632
- Gretchen Whitmer
- National Governors Association biography URL
- www.nga.org/governor/gretchen-whitmer
- number of viewers/listeners
- 837467
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Encyclopedic overview
Gretchen Esther Whitmer (/ˈhwɪtmər/; born August 23, 1971) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the 49th governor of Michigan since 2019. A Democrat, she served in the Michigan House of Representatives from 2001 to 2006 and in the Michigan Senate from 2006 to 2015.
Whitmer was born and raised in Michigan. She graduated from Michigan State University with a bachelor's degree in communication in 1993 and a Juris Doctor degree in 1998. Her political career began in 2000 when she was elected to the Michigan House of Representatives. In 2006, she won a special election to the state senate, serving in that chamber until 2015, and became its first female Democratic leader from 2011 to 2015. In 2013, Whitmer gained national attention for a floor speech during a debate on abortion in which she shared her experience of being sexually assaulted. For six months in 2016, she was the prosecutor for Ingham County. Whitmer was elected governor in 2018, defeating Republican nominee Bill Schuette, the state attorney general.
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