Several of her Democratic caucus members erupted in whistles and applause as Sen. Winnie Brings (D-Grand Rapids) approached the media after a closed meeting Thursday – this time, as Michigan's first-ever female Senate majority leader starting in 2023. In the last 63 years, there have been three Democratic majority leaders of the Michigan Senate. The most recent one was Westland Democratic Sen. William Faust, who was the chamber's majority leader until Republicans took the Senate in 1984. Conservative lawmakers have steadily held a Senate majority until voters provoked a new shift on Tuesday, with Democrats securing 20 out of 38
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