Josh Cowen is launching a congressional bid in a swing Michigan district
By Nicholas Wu
07/10/2025 04:45 AM EDT
Democrat Josh Cowen is launching a bid by highlighting education and affordability issues in what is already becoming a crowded primary in a tossup Michigan district.
Cowen, an education policy professor at Michigan State University, singled out the school choice and voucher programs pushed by Michigan Republicans like former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos as part of what inspired him to run for Michigan's 7th Congressional District in the central part of the state.
'I'm a teacher, and I have been fighting Betsy DeVos across the country on a specific issue, and that's privatizing public schools,' Cowen said in an interview. 'She's been trying to disinvest, defund commitments to kids and families all over the place, and that's actually the same fight as everything that's going on right now — trying to protect investing in health care through Medicaid and other systems — protect jobs.'
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