Among the Democratic lawmakers backing Gilchrist's campaign for governor are two state senators from Macomb County.

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's office would have preferred a competitive grant program championed by donor Fay Beydoun to the $20 ...

Marching through the streets of Detroit in the 2025 Motor City Pride Parade on June 8, Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist marked his 10th consecutive year at the festival — not just showing up for a photo ...

FLINT, Mich. (WNEM) - Lt. Governor Garlin Gilchrist toured the new YMCA of Greater Flint today, July 10. In addition to the Y ...

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Garlin Gilchrist II, a Democrat from Detroit who is Michigan's first Black lieutenant governor, announced he's jumping into the crowded 2026 race for governor on Tuesday.

Michigan Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist II formed a candidate committee to run for governor; He hasn't made a formal announcement to launch a gubernatorial bid to replace Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer ...

Garlin Gilchrist has gotten used to the jokes, the stares, the craned necks necessary to talk to him. Standing at 6-foot-8, the 36-year-old Detroit resident and Democratic candidate for lieutenant ...

Democratic candidate for governor Gretchen Whitmer, right, announces her choice for lieutenant governor, Garlin Gilchrist II, on Aug. 20, 2018. (Cory Morse | MLive.com) Democratic candidate for ...

Garlin Gilchrist toured with LiveWell on Harrison/Flint YMCA facility, and even got the chance to play a game with a couple ...

LANSING, Mich. — Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist touted the top issues Democrats ran on pushing through the Michigan Legislature during a 100-day interview Wednesday. However, some Republicans ...

Michigan's first Black-owned cemetery and oldest African American corporation is celebrating 100 years of service to the ...

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Garlin Gilchrist II, a Democrat from Detroit who is Michigan’s first Black lieutenant governor, announced he’s jumping into the crowded 2026 race for governor on Tuesday.