Ren Stimpson
994 posts


Today, I'm announcing that I am suspending my campaign for United States Senate.
And I'm doing it with a deep, deep sense of gratitude. For our thousands of volunteers, for everyone who donated what you could — building a campaign with zero corporate PAC dollars. For my staff, who built this team up from nothing. I thank you.
For my family. For Ray, who believed in me long before I ever believed in myself. And for Noa. Our five-year-old, who presses her hands up against the window to wave goodbye every morning when I leave for work.
"Remember, Mom," she reminded me recently. "It's not about if you win. It's about trying hard and having fun."
She's right. So I want to be very clear about what this announcement is not. I may be suspending this campaign, but I am not leaving the fight.
I never planned on politics. After the 2016 election, I felt lost. I picked up my phone and typed five words into the search bar: "How to run for office."
And here's what I learned: when regular people get in the fight, things can change. In my very first election, we flipped a district against the incumbent. Four years later — with so many of you — we flipped the Michigan Senate for the first time in nearly forty years.
And we didn’t stop at winning. We repealed Michigan's abortion ban. We raised wages. We made sure every child gets breakfast and lunch at school. We made it easier to go to college. We expanded civil rights and voting rights. And so, so much more.
These wins took thousands of us — showing up every single day, refusing to give up when there were setbacks. That's why I'm staying in this fight. And why I need you to stay in it with me.
Now, I haven’t been shy about calling for new leadership and a better Democratic Party. I mean it. The energy is there. People are crying out for change. And we owe it to them to listen.
Then we need to build it up, together, from the ground up.
So here's what we do next. Every day through November 3rd. We win this Senate seat and send Mike Rogers back to Florida for good. Whoever wins this primary on August 4th will have my full support.
Then, let’s elect Jocelyn Benson as our next Governor. Let’s flip the State House, and expand our majority in the State Senate. Let’s elect Democrats up and down the ticket and show the rest of this country what it means to fight like Michigan.
Ten years ago, I started this work heartbroken, typing five words into a search bar. And I learned the only thing that has ever really changed this country: ordinary people who love something enough to fight for it.
I love this country. I love Michigan. And I love the little girl who waves at me from the window every morning, trusting the grown-ups to leave her a state and a country worth inheriting.
That's who I'm fighting for.
And I'm not going anywhere. I hope you'll join me.
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@brightpathD @Scott_Wiener It’s the story of a much more glorious and advanced culture conquering the inferior cultures. This is the way of history.
The losers of these wars should be grateful for the mercy we have shown them and stop complaining.
Our generosity to the losers is unmatched in history.
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@Scott_Wiener The story of this country is Murder and Genocide and Theft & Exploitation- from Indigenous and Theft, Murder & Enslavement from Black Africans. Call it whatever dreamy bullshit you want - it's the story of murder and genocide.
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@Scott_Wiener Let’s get a petition together to ban HIV and AIDS medication in the United States!!!!!!!!
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!
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@PramilaJayapal All you do is complain about this country and show how much you hate it.
Have you ever considered that India might need your help more?
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@PoliticalStacy They’ve gone rabid. The Democrats defend this behavior and would never dream of condemning it.
President Trump needs to realize good citizens in these cities and their surrounding areas are under attack from vicious beasts on a regular basis.
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@EdKrassen What a potty mouth trashbag piece of shriveled shit.
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Before a July 4th performance of "Party in the USA" Miley Cyrus stood up for equality, healthcare, and more.
"It's not a party in the USA if we don't have equality, unity, justice, compassion, kindness, opportunity, health care, education, non-violence. So f--k yeah, it will be a party in the USA, we'll see it, and if we all fu--ing come together, we'll fu--ing make sure that it is."
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@kevinblue345 We’re all getting sick of this bullshit with these out of control hoodrats.
President Trump needs to put these rabid animals in their place once and for all and SEND TROOPS TO RETAKE THE CITIES AND CRIME ZONES!!!
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@cwebbonline All of them kept whispering the same thing to her…
“Can I borrow five dollars?”
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@Socialist_Wins You look at how the hoodrats acted in NYC over the Fourth of July?
Don’t count your chickens before the eggs hatch…
Me thinks New York will eventually be a place people need to escape from!
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Under a Socialist mayor, New York City has reported its fewest shootings and murders in its recorded history.

NewsWire@NewsWire_US
Trump: Socialism will turn American cities into “ghettos and slums.”
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@Essence @iamcardib Her natural hair must be a fried crispy frizzball.
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Everybody wants to party with Cardi!
@iamcardib makes her #ESSENCEFEST debut and it was well worth the wait.
P.S. Cardi looks like MONEY Everybody wants to party with Cardi!
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@iamcardib what the clap would look like if it took human form
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@GovernorVA Oh yea, your family can enjoy themselves in peace.
Meanwhile, the rest or us are forced to deal with brutish hordes of illegals and ghetto barbarism.
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@Freefall_6 @sarrah_bellus I can confirm!
there are a lot of bedrooms that stink right now…
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@sarrah_bellus Meanwhile, all their wives are home banging Trump supporters
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