Andy Levin: "Working people do not feel they have a champion in Lansing and Washington."(Facebook photo)
Democrat Andy Levin, a former state official and son of Congressman Sandy Levin, is considering a run for governor next year.
"I'm just trying to figure out what our best shot is", he tells Jonathan Oosting of The Detroit News.
"A number of great people [are] in the race," Levin says of Gretchen Whitmer and other Democrats. "Politics is about who the right candidate is at the right time."
Levin’s father, 86, is the subject of speculation that he might retire.
The younger Levin, a Harvard-educated attorney, lives in Bloomfield Township.
"The real message of 2016 I think is not about this or that detail of that campaign, or the particular candidates, it’s about a long trajectory of American politics that has led to this moment when working people do not feel they have a champion in Lansing and Washington," he says. "And whatever I do, I’m going to change that. I have to work to change that."
Levin is president and founder of Levin Energy Partners, which develops private-public partnerships for clean energy initiatives. He previously worked for the Michigan Department of Energy, Labor and Economic Growth.
