‘We’ve always known this will be a close election and we have too much at stake to take anything for granted,’ the Michigan governor said on Oct. 29.

Matt DePerno stated he agreed with the definition of marriage as “a God-ordained, sacred and legal union of one man and one woman” that the government does not have the “authority to alter.”

Incumbent Michigan Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is drawing support from Republicans in the state as Tudor Dixon’s campaign lags far behind in fundraising.

More than 730,000 Michigan residents signed a petition to put abortion rights on the ballot in November.

Michigan Democratic Attorney General Dana Nessel said that enshrining abortion rights in the state Constitution would mean ‘that no Michigan Supreme Court decision can later impact reproductive rights, no matter who sits on the court.’

Michigan Republican congressional candidate John Gibbs’ website calls a ‘peaceful, heavily armed population’ a ‘God-given guaranteed human right.’