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Whitmer calls for special election to fill 2 vacant Michigan House seats
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is calling for a special election to fill two vacant seats in the Michigan House after the representatives were elected mayors in Metro Detroit.
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DeJanay Booth-Singleton joined CBS News Detroit as a digital producer in October 2021. She covers various topics such as crime, business and politics.
Prior to joining CBS News, she worked as a web producer at WDIV-TV in Detroit in 2020. She also worked as a newspaper reporter in Carlsbad, New Mexico, at the Carlsbad Current-Argus from 2016 to 2018.
DeJanay earned her bachelor's degree in journalism from Ball State University in 2014 and her master's degree in communication from Wayne State University in 2020.
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is calling for a special election to fill two vacant seats in the Michigan House after the representatives were elected mayors in Metro Detroit.
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