Michigan Gov. Whitmer says she won't run for president in 2028 then backtracks hours later05/29/2026MACKINAC ISLAND, Mich. (AP) — Democrat Gretchen Whitmer has backtracked on an earlier comment about running for president in 2028, saying she has “nothing to announce.” The Michigan governor is term-limited and will be leaving office at the end of this year. For months, she has offered only cautious answers about her political future. But on Thursday she told Fox 2 Detroit that she “will not be” one of the people running for president in 2028. Speaking later at Michigan’s annual Mackinac policy conference, Whitmer said she should know better than to say she won't run for an office. She added, “Never say never.”