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Two former Republican members of Congress held a press conference Thursday ahead of a visit by U.S. Sen. JD Vance to throw their support behind Vice President Kamala Harris.

Both the Republican and Democratic tickets have already visited Michigan more times in 2024 than they did in both 2020 and 2016, based on calculations from MIRS.news.

A total of 50% of Michigan voters were put off enough by former President Donald Trump’s comparison of Detroit to a developing country that they are less likely to vote for him this fall, according to a new Mitchell Research & Communications survey commissioned by MIRS and Michigan News Source.

After this November's election, Michigan State University's governing board may be without a Republican member for the first time since the board was first publicly elected 115 years ago, based on research conducted by MIRS

Former U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers worked hard to associate U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-Holly)'s voting record with the Biden-Harris administration, while Slotkin hammered Rogers for his record on drug prices in the second and final U.S. Senate debate Tuesday night.