On Jan. 28, current Michigan U.S. Senator Gary Peters announced that he will not be running for reelection in 2026.  Currently, Peters serves as the Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee in the U.

U.S. Senator Gary Peters of Michigan is applauding a decision by the U.S. Postal Service to keep local mail processing at the Iron Mountain Processing and Distribution Center. Last year, the USPS said it intended to transfer outgoing mail processing operations to Green Bay to save money.

At the exact moment that Democrats and the anti-Trump resistance are crying, “All hands on deck!” a pair of Midwestern Democratic senators answered, “Nah, we’re out.” Michigan’s Gary Peters, 66, recently announced he won’t seek reelection in 2026 because,