Gretchen Whitmer comes to a head Tuesday as Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson faces Genesee County Sheriff Chris Swanson. Whitmer didn’t weigh in during the Democratic gubernatorial primary, but did endorse US Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Birmingham, ahead of Tuesday’s US Senate primary election. “None of my family is profiting from data centers,” she told Bridge Michigan at a campaign stop in Suttons Bay, a village in Leelanau County. When construction completes in 2027, the project – valued today at $43 billion – is expected to yield the largest hyperscale data center in Michigan. When news of Friedrichs’ role became public in November 2025, critics alleged Benson’s family could profit from data centers.