Less than two months after she was sworn into office, U.S. Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Holly, will deliver the Democratic Party response to President Donald Trump’s joint address to Congress. The Republican president’s joint address is scheduled for 9 p.

It's a sign of Democratic leadership's confidence in Slotkin — who won a competitive race to succeed Democrat Debbie Stabenow in November.

The first-term senator from Michigan will represent Democrats following President Trump's first joint address of his second term.

The newly elected Democratic senator from Michigan will deliver her party's response to Trump's speech Tuesday to a joint session of Congress.

Elissa Slotkin will deliver the Democratic response to President Donald Trump's State of the Union address next week ― propelling the state's junior senator into the national spotlight after she's spent just two months in the Senate.