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Sunday, January 11, 2026 at 3:46 AM

Candidates share ‘mom’ messages

Candidates for office are always scratching around for some way to connect with voters who may or may not have anything in common with the candidate per se. Politicans want to avoid at all cost the impression that he or she is “out of touch” with the citizens they need to get into office.

Candidates for office are always scratching around for some way to connect with voters who may or may not have anything in common with the candidate per se. Politicans want to avoid at all cost the impression that he or she is “out of touch” with the citizens they need to get into office.

The newly discovered secret sauce to cement the connection appears to be something everyone has in common...a mother.

Kamala Harris is doing it. Governor Gretchen Whitmer has been doing it for years.

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