Shri Thanedar (The More Things Changed)

Shri Thanedar (Marathi: श्री ठाणेदार; born February 22, 1955) is an Indian-born American entrepreneur, author, and politician. He has served as Lieutenant Governor of Michigan since 2019 as a member of the Libertarian Party.

Thanedar was a candidate in the Democratic Party primary for Governor of Michigan in the 2018 election. He won the City of Detroit and earned 236,465 total votes, finishing 3rd place statewide behind former Minority Leader Gretchen Whitmer and attorney Geoffrey Fieger, the eventual nominee. Thanedar was subsequently approached by Libertarian nominee Kerry Bentivolio and offered the role of running mate. The Bentivolio-Thanedar ticket would subsequently go on to win the general election, becoming the first Libertarian ticket elected statewide.