A state official who helped pass and implement sweeping changes in Michigan election law and voting rules will speak to Livingston Dems at their March meeting.
Aghogho Edevbie is the Deputy Secretary of State for Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson and is a candidate for Secretary of State in 2026.
From volunteering as an election protection lawyer, leading as MI State Director at All Voting is Local, and serving as MI’s Deputy Secretary of State, Aghogho has spent his career protecting our democratic process.
As MI State Director of All Voting Is Local, he was critical in leading the fight to pass Proposal 2—giving every Michigan voter access to early voting, a drop box in every community, the right to return their absentee ballot free of charge, and guaranteeing their votes would be certified in a free and fair election.
After being appointed Deputy Secretary of State, he helped implement the promises of Proposal 2. He has continued to make voting easier so that casting a ballot isn’t a chore but a moment of empowerment. Michigan was once ranked 31st for election administration. Now, it’s ranked 2nd in the country.
Aghogho will speak at the March 27 meeting of Livingston Dems. The meeting will begin promptly at 7 p.m. and will be on Zoom. Please sign up here to receive the Zoom link. The Zoom link will be mailed out the afternoon of March 27. The party's regular business meeting will follow.
Born and raised in Detroit, Deputy Secretary of State Aghogho Edevbie is the son of Nigerian immigrants who taught him when there’s work to do, we get going.
Aghogho’s parents came to Michigan in search of a better life and Aghogho grew up hearing the story of his mother and grandfather, waiting in an endless line to vote in Nigeria’s first presidential election.
When his mother wanted to give up and go home, his grandfather told her that voting was their civic duty. They were going to stay, and they were going to vote. This lesson has stayed with Aghogho—that voting is our collective duty, and our democracy is something each of us must protect.
Aghogho is running to replace Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, who is term-limited and cannot run for re-election.
More information about Aghogho is here.
The Michigan Democratic Party will pick its 2026 nominee for secretary of state at its August 2026 nominating convention.