“CSI” Actor Hill Harper Readying a Senate Run

Hill Harper, the multihyphenate who starred on CSI: NY and Good Doctor, plans to challenge Elissa Slotkin for outgoing Senator Debbie Stabenow’s Senate seat in Michigan, according to a senior advisor.
Hill Harper, the multihyphenate who starred on ‘CSI: NY’ and ‘Good Doctor,’ plans to challenge Elissa Slotkin for outgoing Senator Debbie Stabenow’s Senate seat in Michigan, according to a senior advisor. Photo: Noam Galai/Getty Images for Global Citizen
Tara Palmeri
March 3, 2023

As I wrote earlier this week, there’s a potential Senate battle royale brewing in Michigan. Rep. Elissa Slotkin announced her candidacy on Monday with the behind-the-scenes support of outgoing Senator Debbie Stabenow, who has been trying to coalesce support around her potential successor while persuading some competitors to clear the field and instead focus on the 2026 gubernatorial race. Whether it works for Slotkin, a fundraising powerhouse, is an open question. One person who hasn’t gotten the memo, I’m hearing, is Hill Harper, the multihyphenate who starred on CSI: NY and Good Doctor, graduated from Brown (with Latin honors) and Harvard Law, and used to shoot hoops with Barack Obama. A senior advisor to Hill said that he plans to make his official announcement in April.