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Amy Tikkanen
Encyclopædia Britannica Editor
Amy Tikkanen is Managing Editor at Encyclopaedia Britannica. She has worked at Britannica for more than two decades, handling a wide range of topics that include Hollywood, politics, books, and anything related to the Titanic.
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Gretchen Whitmer is an American Democratic politician and lawyer who serves as governor of Michigan (2019– ). She previously was a member of the state’s House of Representatives (2001–06) and Senate (2006–15). In 2020 Whitmer was the target of a foiled kidnapping plot. Whitmer is the eldest of…
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