MIRS Monday, April 6, 2026

About this episode

The episode features an interview with Suzanna Shkreli, a candidate for Secretary of State, discussing her career transition and vision for the Department of State, along with a conversation with Roger Victory about his campaign for Michigan State University's trustee board.

Ahead of Michigan Democrats' April 19 endorsement convention, MIRS sits down with Suzanna Shkreli, the former state lottery commissioner running for Secretary of State. Suzanna talks about her "night-and-day" career switch of going from prosecuting crimes against children in Macomb County to handing over checks to Powerball winners. She has a vision of a Department of State with more self-serving kiosks, mobile units and digital driver's licenses. She also says that Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist, her opponent, told her "point blank that he didn't want this job" ahead of her getting in last December (1:26). Also, MIRS catches up with term-limited state Sen. Roger Victory (R-Hudsonville), who's introducing himself as "Farmer Rog" as he runs for Michigan State University's trustee board (29:47).

People in this episode

Guests: Suzanna Shkreli, Roger Victory

Topics covered

• Michigan Democrats
• Secretary of State
• politics
• elections

Keywords

• Department of State
• mobile units
• digital driver's licenses
• Powerball winners

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Michigan, Macomb County, Hudsonville

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