The Sunrise Movement co-founder trying to flip Lansing's House seat

Will Lawrence helped start the Sunrise Movement, the climate group famous for pressuring Democrats from the outside. He's never held office before, but in August he beat a former ambassador and a former Navy SEAL for the Democratic nomination in Michigan's 7th District.

He's running on a platform of Medicare for All, higher taxes on the very rich, and a pause on new data centers and the most advanced AI — in a Lansing-area seat Republican Tom Barrett won by under four points. Lawrence joins host Robyn Vincent to make his case. Barrett joins The Metro next week. Have thoughts? Email the show at metro@wdet.org

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