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Control Of House Hinges On These 8 Races

10/21/22 12:35 PM - By Team MIRS - Comment(s)
Control Of House Hinges On These 8 Races
The pieces remaining on the state House chess board are slowly declining.

RGA Ad Cites Job Losses, Education Lag; Dems Outspend GOP $45.6M To $6M

10/21/22 12:22 PM - By Team MIRS - Comment(s)
RGA Ad Cites Job Losses, Education Lag; Dems Outspend GOP $45.6M To $6M
Get Michigan Working Again, a Republican Governors Association Affiliate, launched its second general election ad against Gov. Gretchen Whitmer as part of a $3.64 million running gubernatorial total ad buy.

Outside Group Puts $2M Behind DePerno; Benson On-Air Spending Dwarfs Karamo

10/19/22 11:13 AM - By Team MIRS - Comment(s)
Outside Group Puts $2M Behind DePerno; Benson On-Air Spending Dwarfs Karamo
It appears at least one outside group is seeing possibilities with Attorney General nominee Matt DePerno, but maybe not for Secretary of State candidate Kristina Karamo.

Under New Senate Maps, GOP Still Would Have Won 20 Seats In 2018

10/19/22 11:03 AM - By Team MIRS - Comment(s)
Under New Senate Maps, GOP Still Would Have Won 20 Seats In 2018
If the Senate maps drawn last year had been in place in 2018, the year Gov. Gretchen Whitmer won her first term by 9.56 percentage points, the Republicans still would have won 20 seats, presuming that every voter continued to vote for a Republican or Democratic candidate.

Ingham County Clerk Expects 1-In-10 Clerks Will Use Not-Quite 'Preprocessing' Reform

10/19/22 10:56 AM - By Team MIRS - Comment(s)
Ingham County Clerk Expects 1-In-10 Clerks Will Use Not-Quite 'Preprocessing' Reform
Ingham County Clerk Barb Byrum says she's projecting only one in 10 election officials will use Michigan's reformed law allowing them to begin preprocessing absentee ballots the Sunday and Monday before Election Day.