Washtenaw County prosecutor (D) announces campaign for Michigan attorney general
Washtenaw County Prosecutor Eli Savit announced Tuesday that he is seeking the Democratic nomination for attorney general.
Savit said his role as attorney general would be to “stand between Michiganders and those trying to take their rights away—whether it’s extremist politicians in Washington, corporate polluters contaminating our environment, or shady businesses ripping off workers and consumers.”
As prosecutor, Savit created Michigan’s only Economic Justice Unit, focused on wage theft, price gouging and consumer abuse, as well as new units focused on domestic violence and sexual assault.
He was elected as Washtenaw County prosecutor in 2020 and re-elected in 2024.
Prior to that, he served as a law clerk to Supreme Court Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sandra Day O’Connor. He was also senior legal counsel for the city of Detroit, where he oversaw the city’s lawsuits against the opioid industry and led the litigation in a right-to-literacy lawsuit that netted nearly $100 million for the city’s public schools.
https://michiganadvance.com/briefs/washtenaw-county-prosecutor-announces-campaign-for-michigan-attorney-general/