Warren, Gabbard heading to Michigan, even before Super Tuesday results are tallied

Even before the presidential primary votes are tallied from the 14 Super Tuesday states that vote on Tuesday, Democratic candidates for president will head to Michigan to court voters ahead of the state's March 10 primary.

Former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg had scheduled a rally at Macomb Community college's Sports and Expo Center in Warren for 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, but he dropped out of the race on Sunday evening and the event was cancelled.

U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren is heading to Eastern Market in Detroit for 7:15 p.m. event Tuesday.

And U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, a Hawaii Democrat, will make a campaign stop in Detroit, holding a town hall at 7 p.m. Tuesday, at the Eastern, a banquet facility on Russell Street in Eastern Market.

Buttigieg finished first in the Iowa caucuses, second in New Hampshire, third in the Nevada caucuses and fourth in South Carolina. Warren finished third in Iowa and fourth in both New Hampshire and Nevada and fifth in South Carolina. Gabbard has not gotten enough votes in any of the first three voting states to win any delegates.

On Super Tuesday, voters in Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, American Samoa and Democrats abroad will cast ballots.

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That leaves a week for the candidates to campaign in the six states that will vote on March 10: Michigan, Idaho, Mississippi, Missouri, North Dakota and Washington.

And while it appears that Warren and Gabbard may be the first candidates to hit Michigan after Super Tuesday voting, they aren't the first presidential hopefuls to target the Great Lakes state.

New York businessman Mike Bloomberg, who skipped the first four states in the presidential primary calendar, campaigned in Michigan on Feb. 4, holding a rally in Detroit, in addition to pumping millions in television advertising dollars into the state, while also opening up 10 campaign offices across the state and hiring more than 100 organizers.

All of the other candidates have been in Michigan several times, including a Democratic debate held last July in Detroit.

Contact Kathleen Gray: 313-223-4430, kgray99@freepress.com or on Twitter @michpoligal.