Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, one of a few public officials involved in the Harris campaign, spoke after Donald Trump was projected to win the 2024 presidential election.

Trump has won Michigan, according to The Associated Press, defeating Vice President Kamala Harris in a closely divided Midwestern state. Mr. Trump, who won Michigan in 2016, wrested it back this year,

A sudden era of good feeling often follows a presidential campaign. But would it, could it, in 2024? The candidates and their surrogates didn’t merely spend the last three months calling each other terrible names: They also repeatedly told the American people that a victory by the other would permanently ruin the country.