I think the most important issue for all of us is our economy and jobs and creating opportunities for young people to be able to get the education that you need to be able to afford to go to college.

Stabenow and Athans divorced on May 28 2010 approximately two years after Athans was detained in Troy Michigan as part of a prostitution sting. She challenged incumbent Republican U. The news came about after police investigations into an internet-based prostitution ring operating in the hotel questioned Athans.

She previously served as a member of the Ingham County Board of Commissioners Michigan House of Representatives and Michigan Senate. Stabenow currently serves as Chairwoman of the Senate Agriculture Committee. Deborah Ann "Debbie" Greer Stabenow (born April 29 1950) is the junior United States Senator from Michigan and a member of the Democratic Party.