This image provided by Simon & Schuster shows the cover of Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's book "True Gretch." The book, out Tuesday, July 9, 2024, chronicles Whitmer's rapid rise to fame within the Democratic party and events that unfolded on a national stage including a public spar with former President Donald Trump and a foiled plot to kidnap and kill her. (Simon & Schuster via AP)
FILE - Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer speaks at the SelectUSA Investment Summit, May 4, 2023, in Oxon Hill, Md. Democrats are circulating several high profile names as potential presidential alternatives including Whitmer, the co-chair of the Biden-Harris campaign who is releasing a memoir titled "True Gretch," that hints at her political future this week. However, Whitmer shut down any possibility of stepping into the race this year in an interview with the Associated Press ahead of the book's launch. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)