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Michigan Democrats nominate Eli Savit, progressive Jewish prosecutor, for state attorney general

JL;DR SUMMARY Eli Savit, a progressive Jewish county prosecutor, has been nominated by the Michigan Democratic Party as their candidate for state attorney general. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish IdentityProgressive PoliticsDemocratic PartyUniversity Of MichiganProsecutorDana NesselMichigan PoliticsEli Savit

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Michigan, United States
"Eli Savit beat out another county prosecutor for the chance to succeed Dana Nessel, the states current AG, who is also a Jewish Democrat."
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
"The 41-year-old Savit has since 2021 been the prosecutor of Washtenaw County, which includes Ann Arbor and the university."
San Francisco, California, United States
"A former clerk for Jewish Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, he was endorsed by Sen. Bernie Sanders and elected in a mini-wave of progressive prosecutors that also included Chesa Boudin in San Francisco."
Iowa, United States
"He has said his fathers family came from shtetls in Russia, Poland, and the Ukraine, and that his mother, originally from Iowa, converted to Orthodox Judaism."

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