"Zooming Past Her Biggest Rivals” McMorrow’s Go-Everywhere Strategy Makes Her MI-Sen Frontrunner

MICHIGAN — Yesterday, Michigan Advance published a dispatch from Senate Majority Whip and U.S. Senate candidate Mallory McMorrow’s 17th McMorrow On Tap Brewery Tour stop, highlighting the growing momentum behind Mallory McMorrow’s U.S. Senate campaign.

The piece praised McMorrow’s “road-tripping campaign style” and acknowledged that her go-everywhere campaign strategy has launched her from third place to the frontrunner position in the Michigan Senate primary.

Key Excerpts:

On McMorrow’s Campaign Style

“Mallory McMorrow is feeling the weight of being in the driver’s seat; her hands clasped to the steering wheel of a swiftly accelerating campaign that’s zooming past her biggest rivals in the U.S. Senate race.

“On a Tuesday evening in Lansing, an energetic McMorrow packed the small but cozy Kelly’s Downtown Irish Pub for her 17th stop on a wide-ranging brewery tour.

“The visit was short: McMorrow spoke for about 15 minutes, reintroducing herself to potential new and old supporters alike, who crammed into Kelly’s with fistfulls of beer and other beverages. Then she took questions, gave a few shoutouts and lined up for photos with some of her biggest Lansing-based fans.

“This is about building relationships, and people want to know and trust the person that they’re sending to Washington,” McMorrow said. “I want to serve with you as your next senator, not for you. I’m not going to come in and lecture you about 30 different ideas that I think are best for you. I want you to tell me. And every policy proposal we’ve rolled out so far has come out of these events with people sharing an idea or conversation.”

On McMorrow and her Opponents 

[...] “For McMorrow’s rivals, their collective campaign stops have focused heavily on policy, community building, and the same type of photo opportunities McMorrow took at Kelly’s on Tuesday. 

“But the state senator from Royal Oak appears to be more focused on meeting people face-to-face, in low key settings where they feel most comfortable.

“Speaking to the Michigan Advance and other reporters, McMorrow said it was important for her, at this stage in the race, to show likely voters that she’s a real person, someone who understands their frustrations and not just another politician looking for a promotion in Congress.

“McMorrow, ever a gearhead and car aficionado, said she rejects the idea of lanes in a race like this.

“There’s been a lot of national punditry about this is the progressive candidate and this is the centrist candidate, and you’re somewhere in the middle. Michiganders don’t think like that,” McMorrow said, adding that her campaign has supporters who voted for Bernie Sanders and others who have voted for Trump.  “Just talk to people, and if they like you and they trust you, they’re going to surprise you,” she said.

On Opponent Mike Rogers

[...] “Her argument for why she’d be the best to go up against Rogers in November? Her political blueprint for work in Washington, D.C. is ready to go. She also thinks the primary between El-Sayed, Stevens and her is sharpening their collective steel for the inevitable battle against Rogers, who she said is out of touch with Michigan voters.

“Mike Rogers went on a podcast a couple of weeks ago and he laid out his strategy. He said the only thing Mike Rogers has to do is get 85% of people who voted for Mike Rogers to vote for Mike Rogers again next time,” McMorrow said. “First of all, it is very weird when people talk about themselves in the third person, but it also means he’s not trying to engage anybody new. … So for us, a robust primary means all of us are engaging supporters right now.”

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