Michigan Democrat Elissa Slotkin was elected to the Senate in 2024. She will give the response President Donald Trump's speech to Congress.

Freshly-elected Senator from Michigan Elissa Slotkin has been tapped to give the Democratic Party’s official rebuttal to President Trump’s State of the Union Address. Slotkin will deliver the national address within just two months in the Senate.

Freshman Sen. Elissa Slotkin, a Michigan Democrat, will deliver the rebuttal to President Trump’s State of the Union-style speech on Tuesday night. Slotkin served in the House of Representatives from 2019 to 2025 and served three tours in Iraq as a Central Intelligence Agency analyst.

President Donald Trump will address a Joint Session of Congress Tuesday. Democrats have chosen Michigan Sen. Elissa Slotkin to deliver the rebuttal.

The newly elected Michigan senator accused the president of bringing chaos while failing to tackle the high prices Americans care about.

Mich., on Sunday said that she would "withhold" her decision on how to vote to fund the government until Congress gets assurances from the Trump administration that money will be spent the way lawmakers intend.

The Democrat is seen as a "rising star" after she won the Senate seat in Michigan, a state the party lost in the 2024 presidential race.

In an exclusive interview with Meet the Press, Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.), who delivered the Democratic response to President Trump’s joint address, says Democrats are still “finding our footing” as the party in opposition.

Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) is being eyed as a new leader in the Democratic Party since giving her response to President Donald Trump’s speech to a joint session of Congress last week. Trump’s 2024 presidential election victory,