SAGINAW TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Lillian Bandy is the kind of voter both parties would love to have in their corner. And they each still might.
Bandy, 60, is a truant officer for the city of Saginaw’s public school system in a Democratic stronghold that’s the seat of outgoing Rep. Dan Kildee’s power base. She’s likely to vote for the Democrat vying to succeed Kildee in the 8th Congressional District, state Sen. Kristen McDonald Rivet, citing commercials she’s seen about Rivet’s “millionaire” GOP opponent, Paul Junge.
The problem for Democrats: Bandy, who is Black, is no straight-ticket voter.
