LANSING, Mich. (Michigan News Source) – Gov. Gretchen Whitmer left the National Governors Association (NGA) earlier this year, according to reporting from The Detroit News.

Her office told the media outlet that Whitmer believed the organization did not participate in enough bipartisan activities, without specifying specifically what activities.

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“Governor Whitmer, along with other governors, stepped away from the NGA earlier this year,” Stacey LaRouche, press secretary for Whitmer, told The Detroit News. “The NGA does not engage in as many bipartisan initiatives as we would hope. Bipartisanship is more important than ever before and Governor Whitmer will continue working across the aisle to get things done for her state.”

Whitmer’s office divulged the information after the media out to Whitmer concerning her husband, Marc Mallory, who did not sign a document released by NGA in the name of governors’ spouses. The release urged national unity and condemned political violence  after Charlie Kirk’s assasination.

Whitmer made no public statement about the announcement.

The Atlantic reported in July that two other Democrat governors, Tim Walz of Minnesota and Laura Kelly of Kansas, planned to stop paying dues to the NGA because of doubts in the organization’s usefulness.

Founded in 1908, the NGA was designed to create a forum among the nation’s governors to advance bipartisan policies. Although every governor is a member, governors can choose their own level of involvement.

“Governor Whitmer has chosen to step away from engagement this year. Each governor sets their own level of participation,” said Eric Wohlschlegel, a spokesman for the NGA, to the News.

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Whitmer was elected to serve on the NGA executive committee between 2019 and 2021.