Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Mich.) launched her candidacy Tuesday for Michigan’s Senate seat next year, becoming the third prominent Democrat to throw their hat in the ring to succeed retiring Sen. Gary Peters (D).

Stevens joins a quickly busy race for the seat after state Sen. Mallory McMorrow (D) and former health director Abdul El-Sayed entered earlier this month. The four-term House member who was first elected in 2018 emphasized her background growing up in Michigan and experience advocating for the state’s workforce in her announcement video.

“Growing up in Michigan meant being surrounded by innovation, ingenuity, and pride in hard work,” she said in the video. “And from our farmers to our nurses to our manufacturers, Michigan has the best workers in the world.”

Stevens pointed to her time as chief of staff to then-President Obama’s auto rescue task force as helping to........

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