Justin Amash launches Senate 'Exploratory Committee,' considering running for Michigan office

Former Michigan GOP Rep. Justin Amash said Thursday that he is considering running for Senate in 2024.

"Today I’m launching the Justin Amash for Senate Exploratory Committee as I consider entering the race," Amash wrote on the social media platform, X, on which he cites himself as a libertarian. 

Amash did not immediately respond to a request asking him whether he plans to run as a Libertarian.

Amash left office in 2021 and joined Libertarian Party while he was still in office. But it was unclear Thursday whether he would run this year as a Libertarian, for the seat of retiring Democrat Sen. Debbie Stabenow.  

"We need a principled, consistent constitutional conservative in the Senate – someone with a record of taking on the bipartisan oligarchy, defending sound money and free speech, fighting the surveillance state and military-industrial complex, and protecting all our rights," Amash also said in his X post. "The stakes are high: freedom, social cooperation, and human progress itself."

Other Michigan GOP Senate candidates include former Rep. Mike Rogers and former Detroit police Chief James Craig.

Among the top Democrats vying for the open seat is Michigan Rep. Elissa Slotkin.