Senate hopeful Stevens wrongly claims endorsement by county official

U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens, a candidate for Michigan's open U.S. Senate seat, incorrectly claimed in a social media post Monday that she had won the endorsement of Berrien County Commissioner Chokwe Pitchford.

The post was later deleted from online by the campaign. But Pitchford said he felt the need to publicly disassociate himself from Stevens' campaign, posting a message on the website X to clarify that he'd never communicated with Stevens' team about even the possibility of an endorsement.