FILE - Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer speaks at the SelectUSA Investment Summit, May 4, 2023, in Oxon Hill, Md. Democrats are circulating several high profile names as potential presidential alternatives including Whitmer, the co-chair of the Biden-Harris campaign who is releasing a memoir titled "True Gretch," that hints at her political future this week. However, Whitmer shut down any possibility of stepping into the race this year in an interview with the Associated Press ahead of the book's launch. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File) FILE PHOTO
