MI-SEN: Senate hopeful Stevens wrongly claims endorsement by Berrien Co. official
U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens, a candidate for Michigan's open U.S. Senate seat, incorrectly claimed in a social media post Monday that she had won the endorsement of Berrien County Commissioner Chokwe Pitchford.
The post was later deleted from online by the campaign. But Pitchford said he felt the need to publicly disassociate himself from Stevens' campaign, posting a message on the website X to clarify that he'd never communicated with Stevens' team about even the possibility of an endorsement.
"I've never insinuated I would endorse her. I didn't give them a headshot, a quote, nothing," Pitchford told The Detroit News. "It is the most strange thing that has ever happened to me in politics. Because I take my endorsements very seriously. And this just came out of left field completely."
"I have not endorsed a candidate in the U.S. Senate race, and I am not endorsing Haley Stevens," he added.
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2025/09/02/senate-hopeful-stevens-wrongly-claims-endorsement-by-county-official/85946119007/