Michigan Dem vying for senate seat tells donors Biden trailing Trump in key battleground state

Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) attends a House Armed Services Subcommittee on Cyber, Information Technologies and Innovation hearing about artificial intelligence on Capitol Hill July 18, 2023 in Washington, D.C. (Getty Images)

Rep. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., who is running for an open senate seat in Michigan, reportedly told donors that President Biden is trailing former President Trump in the key battleground state.

“President Biden is behind Trump in all of our polling and this Senate race is in a dead heat,” Slotkin told donors, according to a clip obtained by The New York Times.

She also reportedly took a jab and Biden, noting that the seat she was running for was open, only because Senator Debbie Stabenow, 74, was “doing a radical thing and passing the torch.”