Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is interviewed by The Associated Press in her office, Nov. 17, 2022, in Lansing, Mich. Democrats will be in charge of Michigan's state government for the first time in nearly 40 years come January, raising progressive hopes of undoing decades of Republican-backed measures and advancing an agenda that includes restrictions on guns and help for the working poor. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)
