Elections

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said she won't endorse candidates in the Democrats' U.S. Senate primary or in the Secretary of State race. The latter race involves her current lieutenant governor, Garlin Gilchrist II, as well as her former deputy legal counsel and lottery commissioner Suzanna Shkreli.

Oakland County GOP Chair Vance Patrick posted Wednesday night that U.S. Rep. John James (R-Shelby Township) won't agree to participate in their April 30 gubernatorial debate. James' photo was displayed on the flier promoting the event, which his campaign said they never committed to.

U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-Holly) said on Tuesday that she’d consider running for president in 2028 to help the Democratic Party chart a new path built around the generation of leaders, according to a story published Tuesday evening in the Des Moines Register.

Former State Lottery Commissioner Suzanna Shkreli, who's running to be Democrats' Secretary of State nominee, says her opponent, Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist II "told me point-blank that he didn't want this job" ahead of her entering the race last December.

The Senate Leadership Fund on Monday announced its largest ever advertising reservation — including $45 million in Michigan to support U.S. Senate candidate Mike Rogers.

Wayne State University Gov. Dr. Anil Kumar dropped out of the 10th Congressional race in December as a Democratic candidate. In February, he decided to run in the district next door, the 11th, and as an independent.

Volunteers manning a Rank MI Vote booth at the Michigan Republican Party's endorsement convention this past weekend were asked to leave by party leaders and security after Rep. Matt Maddock (R-Milford) confronted them and made it clear their presence wasn't welcome.

A text message was circulating on social media from Michigan Republican Party Chair Jim Runestad (R-White Lake) saying, "We will have nothing to do" with strategist Brian Szmytke and 8th Congressional District Chair Anne DeLisle because they spoke with reporters about the endorsement convention's $50 cost and its impacts on attendance.

Eaton County Prosecutor Doug Lloyd and Macomb County Clerk Anthony Forlini won the Michigan Republican Party's endorsements for Attorney General and Secretary of State, respectively, after running on bids centered on experience.

Sara Cambensy – a former Democratic House member from Marquette who often broke away from her party on energy topics like the Line 5 oil pipeline – is running in the 38th Senate district as an independent.

On Friday night, former House Speaker and Republican gubernatorial candidate, Tom Leonard, posted photos on Facebook of himself smiling alongside Detroit sports legends for "313 Day," including Detroit Lions quarterback Jared Goff, wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown and Hall of Famer Barry Sanders.

Thursday's shooting at a West Bloomfield Township synagogue, which became national news, slammed the brakes on the kickoff party for a Republican state senate candidate, whose wife taught school at the Temple Israel.

Organizers of a ballot initiative requiring voters to prove their U.S. citizenship before they're able to vote after Nov. 2, 2027, announced on Wednesday that they turned in 750,000 petition signatures to the Bureau of Elections.

A House subcommittee gave former Republican Attorney General candidate Matt DePerno an opportunity Wednesday morning to argue that Attorney General Dana Nessel is using her office to seek political retribution against him for openly pursuing four felony charges against him for challenging the results of the 2020 presidential election in Antrim County.

The popular “I Voted” sticker contest will return for the November election. The Department of State opened entries from Michiganders and students enrolled in Michigan schools.

Rep. Karen Whitsett (D-Detroit) announced in a press release that she will not seek reelection and will not run for public office "ever again," describing the decision as a "spiritual" one rooted in her Christian faith.

A second Republican has filed a campaign committee to run in the 1st Congressional District Republican primary against U.S. Rep. Jack Bergman (R-Watersmeet). It's a candidate with whom the retired Lieutenant General is familiar with.

Independent gubernatorial candidate Mike Duggan, Democrat Jocelyn Benson and Republican John James (R-Shelby Township) are locked in a hypothetically competitive race that is statistically too close to call, based on a Jan. 27-Feb. 2 Detroit Regional Chamber survey released on Monday.

Three Republican legislators on Tuesday withdrew their endorsement of U.S. Rep. Jack Bergman (R-Watersmeet) after the five-term incumbent endorsed former Rep. Beau LaFave for the state Senate as opposed to their preferred candidate.

Secretary of State candidate Amanda Love's sister urged Republican delegates in a Facebook video not to support her sister for the nomination, saying she's not qualified for the job, among other things.