Quotes from Gretchen Whitmer

You can get a lot done when you don't care about credit. My name was not on Medicaid expansion, but it never would have happened without the work that I did. The best leaders are the ones that want results, not credit.

The voices of the residents of Flint did not get heard by people that were making decisions and I think that's the most important thing. I want to make sure those voices are answered in the future.

We need to ensure that everyone's got a path to getting a license, so they've got identification.

People don't cut through Michigan the way they cut through Ohio and Pennsylvania and Illinois. So tolls are more complicated for us because we're a destination state.

I was considered the most progressive person the whole time I was in the legislature. I negotiated health care, I negotiated a minimum wage increase.

At a time when too many people want to separate us by building walls, we here in Michigan are going to get back to building bridges together.

If you don't ask for money, people don't think you are a serious candidate.

In my campaign I hardly ever talked about what's happening in Washington D.C. I talked about how we're going to fix the damn roads, how we clean up drinking water, and ensure people get access to the skills they need to get good paying jobs.

Kids in high poverty are much more expensive to educate and need much more support... When they're packed into a classroom of 40 people, they don't have the support they need, they're lost. Schools are supposed to be the thing that levels the playing field.

I make more meals than most men do in a week.

Lots of women candidates get compared to one another because there's so few women in office and positions in corporate America.

Michigan's problems are not partisan problems. Potholes are not political. There is no such thing as Republican or Democratic school kids or drinking water. These challenges affect us all. They make Michigan a harder place to get ahead. A harder place to raise a family. A harder place to run a business.

There was nothing that amazed me more than parents that could channel the loss of their child into a crusade to protect other people's kids.

One of the weirdest questions I've gotten on the campaign trail is, 'Are you going to run as a woman?' I'm like, 'Do I have an option?' Like, what does this mean?

I know that when we deprive communities of their voice, it can be dangerous.

There's not one path for everyone, but everyone deserves a path that's right for them.

Our students are not broken. Our teachers are not broken. It's our system that has been broken.

I am proud to be a progressive.

You can be both progressive and want to get things done - they're not mutually exclusive and that's what I bring.

Flint's got so many hardworking, good people who just want a fair shake and it starts with making sure their government is responsive and protecting them and making sure everyone's got access to clean water.

My number one priority is keeping our kids safe and protecting the health of the people of Michigan.

Nobody should get fired because of who they are, or who they love.

We have to make it easier to afford to go into education in the first place, so you don't leave with crippling debt that you never have a chance to pay back because you're not making enough money.

The people of Michigan deserve leadership in Lansing that will work to continue providing them with services they depend on every day.