Kids in high poverty are much more expensive to educate and need much more support... When they're packed into a classroom of 40 people, they don't have the support they need, they're lost. Schools are supposed to be the thing that levels the playing field.

Gretchen Whitmer

In an era when so many women are stepping up to lead, I'm hoping people will focus on our ideas and accomplishments instead of our appearance.

Gretchen Whitmer

One of the weirdest questions I've gotten on the campaign trail is, 'Are you going to run as a woman?' I'm like, 'Do I have an option?' Like, what does this mean?

Gretchen Whitmer

I make more meals than most men do in a week.

Gretchen Whitmer

For the longest time we looked at the career as a ladder, right, that there was one way up. I want to make sure that in Michigan we think of skills as rock climbing, that there's a different path for everyone. And each has dignity and each has the ability to make a good living here.

Gretchen Whitmer

At a time when too many people want to separate us by building walls, we here in Michigan are going to get back to building bridges together.

Gretchen Whitmer

And for government and a bunch of men in government, frankly, to get between a woman and her provider is downright dangerous, especially when most of them can't even spell endometriosis, much less tell you what it means.

Gretchen Whitmer

People in Michigan don't care about the president's Twitter feed. We care about feeding our families.

Gretchen Whitmer

I'm not married to a 45-cent gas tax.

Gretchen Whitmer

The goal is to make sure everyone has got their lead pipes replaced, and I know that's moving forward in the city of Flint. My job is to make sure that we have accountability and ensure we are getting the job done.

Gretchen Whitmer

You can get a lot done when you don't care about credit. My name was not on Medicaid expansion, but it never would have happened without the work that I did. The best leaders are the ones that want results, not credit.

Gretchen Whitmer

One way or another, we're going to fix the roads in Michigan.

Gretchen Whitmer

Nobody should get fired because of who they are, or who they love.

Gretchen Whitmer

I ran on fixing the roads... I ran on cleaning up drinking water.

Gretchen Whitmer

So many of these decisions are made in a vacuum with a bunch of men sitting around a table deciding what a woman's rights should be, what our access to health care, trying to control women by controlling our bodies.

Gretchen Whitmer

What any candidate should do in any race, frankly, is to show up. There's no special, secret sauce there. It's about having real conversations with real people, and when you do that you stay tethered to the things that matter. And that's what people want.

Gretchen Whitmer

Together we can build the Michigan we believe in, because we still have what we need most - the strength, the talent, the vision and the grit of the incredible people of this state.

Gretchen Whitmer

People want leaders they can look up to, who can solve problems and actually deliver results for our people.

Gretchen Whitmer

There's not one path for everyone, but everyone deserves a path that's right for them.

Gretchen Whitmer

I grew up going to football games with my dad and we were just sports fanatics.

Gretchen Whitmer

But ultimately, at the end of the day, people want leaders who they respect and who they believe in and who can get things done.

Gretchen Whitmer