Democratic Rep. Elissa Slotkin enters race for Michigan Senate seat

What they're saying: Americans are "living crisis to crisis," Slotkin said in a campaign video released Monday, "but there are certain things that should be really simple, like living a middle-class life in the state that invented the middle class.”

• “We need a new generation of leaders that thinks differently, works harder and never forgets that we are public servants," she said.

State of play: Slotkin, a former CIA analyst, is considered a frontrunner in the race by Democratic strategists. She beat her Republican opponent last year in one of the most competitive and expensive races in the country.

• Republican Nikki Snyder, a State Board of Education member, and Michael Hoover, a small business owner and first-time candidate have also filed paperwork to run for the Senate seat, the Detroit Free Press reported.

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