{"id":9834,"date":"2026-05-16T09:03:57","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T09:03:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=9834"},"modified":"2026-05-16T09:03:57","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T09:03:57","slug":"michigan-senate-hopeful-mallory-mcmorrow-racked-up-unpaid-bills-on-1-28m-home-despite-affordability-agenda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=9834","title":{"rendered":"Michigan Senate hopeful Mallory McMorrow racked up unpaid bills on $1.28M home despite affordability agenda"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 300px 160px; gap: 2px; width: 460px; background: #eee; padding: 2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u6574\u884c\u5bbd\u5e7f\u544a -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876674\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; 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She also reported just over $106,000 in royalties.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>President Trump shakes hands with former Senate candidate Mike Rogers, Republican of Michigan, October 26, 2024 <span class=\"credit\">AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>While McMorrow and her husband were falling behind on payments, she championed \u201caffordability\u201d legislation that would end water shutoffs for not paying city bills.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>McMorrow\u00a0cosponsored\u00a0a measure last year that would cap water bills for qualifying low-income residents and offer debt forgiveness for overdue balances. The program would be funded through a regular surcharge on most Michigan water customers.<\/p>\n<p>She has also backed the Human Right to Water Act, which would recognize access to affordable drinking water as a right and direct the state government to develop \u201caffordability criteria.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>McMorrow at the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois, August 19, 2024 <span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In a March 2021 Facebook post, she advocated for legislation that would \u201cend water shutoffs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet\u2019s be clear, access to water is a human right, even when there\u2019s not a pandemic,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n<p>The late utility payments come as McMorrow is running in a combative three-way\u00a0Democratic primary\u00a0to succeed Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., who is retiring.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The swing seat is a must-win race for Democrats hoping to retake Senate control, but Republicans also view the contest as a top flip opportunity.<\/p>\n<p>Former Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich., cleared the field last year with President Trump\u2019s backing while the Democratic candidates continue to duke it out ahead of the August primary.<\/p>\n<p>McMorrow is campaigning on a progressive platform that includes calling on the wealthy to pay their \u201cfair share\u201d in taxes.<\/p>\n<p>Democrat Sen. Bernie Sanders-backed Abdul El-Sayed is running to her left, and Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Mich., a candidate with support from the party\u2019s establishment swing, has espoused more centrist views.<\/p>\n<p>Progressive Sens. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Chris Murphy, D-Conn., have endorsed McMorrow\u2019s campaign.<\/p>\n<p>She recently faced scrutiny for deleting thousands of old social media posts prior to her Senate campaign launch that denigrated \u201cMiddle America\u201d and associated Trump and his base with Nazi Germany.\u00a0CNN first reported\u00a0on the trove of since-deleted posts.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Senate hopeful largely defended her posts in an interview with the network, arguing she \u201ctweeted normal things like a normal person.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- \u603b\u5bb9\u5668\uff1a\u6700\u5927\u5bbd908px Grid\u7d27\u51d1\u5e03\u5c40 -->\r\n<div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 728px 160px; gap:2px; width:908px; background:#eee; padding:2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u901a\u680f\u9876\u90e8\uff1a\u6700\u5927\u6a2a\u5e45 908x258 \u8de8\u6574\u884c -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column:1\/-1; height:258px; background:#ff6b6b; display:grid; place-items:center;\">\r\n    <!-- JuicyAds v3.0 -->\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" data-cfasync=\"false\" async src=\"https:\/\/poweredby.jads.co\/js\/jads.js\"><\/script>\r\n<ins id=\"1114307\" data-width=\"908\" data-height=\"258\"><\/ins>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" data-cfasync=\"false\" async>(adsbyjuicy = window.adsbyjuicy || []).push({'adzone':1114307});<\/script>\r\n<!--JuicyAds END-->\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u7b2c\u4e8c\u901a\u680f\uff1a728\u00d790 \u901a\u680f -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column:1\/-1; 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