{"id":82336,"date":"2025-07-10T01:45:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-10T08:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/marinresists.com\/?p=82336"},"modified":"2025-07-10T01:50:20","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T08:50:20","slug":"josh-cowen-is-launching-a-congressional-bid-in-a-swing-michigan-district","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marinresists.com\/?p=82336","title":{"rendered":"Josh Cowen is launching a congressional bid in a swing Michigan district"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Democrat Josh Cowen is launching a bid by highlighting education and affordability issues in what is already becoming a crowded primary in a tossup Michigan district.<\/p>\n<p>Cowen, an education policy professor at Michigan State University, singled out the school choice and voucher programs pushed by Michigan Republicans like former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos as part of what inspired him to run for Michigan&#8217;s 7th Congressional District in the central part of the state.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI&#8217;m a teacher, and I have been fighting Betsy DeVos across the country on a specific issue, and that&#8217;s privatizing public schools,\u201d Cowen said in an interview. \u201cShe&#8217;s been trying to disinvest, defund commitments to kids and families all over the place, and that&#8217;s actually the same fight as everything that&#8217;s going on right now \u2014 trying to protect investing in health care through Medicaid and other systems \u2014 protect jobs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static.politico.com\/ce\/4a\/99f6d85943fc921b0f927d359271\/dsc-2126-1.jpg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\" Josh Cowen is running for Michigan&#039;s 7th Congressional District.\" data-portal-copyright=\"Cowen campaign\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"0\" data-license-id=\"\" data-licensor-name=\"\" data-title=\" Josh Cowen is running for Michigan&#039;s 7th Congressional District.\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Several Democrats have already announced bids against Rep. Tom Barrett (R-Mich.), who flipped the seat last cycle after Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) vacated it to run for Senate. He could be a tough incumbent for Democrats to dislodge and reported raising over $1 million last quarter.<\/p>\n<p>Still, Democrats see the narrowly divided seat as a top pickup opportunity next year, with former Ukraine Ambassador Bridget Brink and retired Navy SEAL Matt Maasdam among the field of candidates running. Cowen brushed off concerns about a contested primary, saying, \u201cThey&#8217;re going to run their campaigns. I&#8217;m going to run mine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am going to be running really hard on the fact that I am in this community. I&#8217;ve been here for 12 years. My kids went to public schools here. 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