Obama, Gabbard, coming to Metro Detroit to stump for Michigan candidates

Each gubernatorial candidates are internet hosting nationwide figures this weekend to drive momentum amongst their bases.

Driving the information: Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is internet hosting former President Barack Obama at Detroit’s Renaissance Excessive College Saturday.

• Republican nominee Tudor Dixon and lieutenant governor nominee Shane Hernandez have an occasion on Saturday with Tulsi Gabbard — who ran for president as a Democrat in 2020 — at an Albanian-American Catholic church in Southfield.

What they’re saying: “We’re actually excited the president is coming in right here to ensure that everybody in Detroit is aware of what’s at stake on this election and can prove in report numbers,” Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist tells Axios. “The power you are going to see — I believe it will ship report voter turnout.”

• “I’m honored to have her endorsement and can’t wait to welcome her to the state of Michigan subsequent week!” Dixon mentioned in a press release. Dixon says Gabbard, who just lately left the Democratic Get together, “has been a voice of purpose and customary sense throughout get together traces. She is courageously talking her thoughts and displaying us all what it means to be a number one impartial thinker.”