Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson gathered supporters at a Royal Oak sports bar to celebrate recent Democratic electoral successes across the U.S. as she tries to cement her status as the frontrunner to win a competition of her own in the 2026 race to serve as Michigan's next governor.

"I mean what a week has it been so far?" she said at her Nov. 6 campaign event with dozens of supporters on the upper level of Fifth Avenue, where Chappell Roan and Beyoncé tracks blared. Benson said voters made "herstory" in Detroit in electing City Council President Mary Sheffield as the city's first woman mayor . She went on to applaud two other Democratic women — former U.S. Rep. Abigail Spanberger of Virginia and U.S. Rep. Mikie Sherrill of New Jersey — for winning their respective races to serve as

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