A2: Rebekah Warren
Dome magazine profiles Rebekah Warren, an Ann Arbor Democrat who represents District 18 in the Michigan Senate. Among other things, the article quotes Warren in describing her efforts to build relationships with Republicans in the legislature: “Term limits have increased partisanship. People from different parties don’t even know people’s names on the other side.…So in my first week, I went to the GOP side and started making friends. I ran into trouble, in a way, from my caucus.” [Source]