Insider: Here's how Mike Duggan's exit changes the governor's race

Craig MaugerBeth LeBlancMelissa Nann Burke

The Detroit News

May 23, 2026 Updated May 24, 2026, 11:20 a.m. ET

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President Donald Trump's approval rating became the elephant in the room, with independent candidate Mike Dugganleaving the race for governor, said Richard Czuba, a Michigan pollster whose surveys documented the former mayor's rise and fall in recent months.

In an interview Friday, Czuba, founder of the firm Glengariff Group, said he expected voters who were backing Duggan to retreat to their normal political corners.

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