Elections

Michigan Republicans have suffered bigger legislative losses than they did last Tuesday.

Gov.-elect Jocelyn Benson won Michigan by roughly the same margin Gov. Gretchen Whitmer did four years ago. Democrats, however, emerged from Tuesday’s election with considerably more congressional and legislative seats.

Khristian Silvis, who won the 84th House District this election, and her campaign manager were involved in a crash last week that left a mother and her 7-year-old daughter seriously injured and hospitalized.

The Mackinac Center for Public Policy filed a federal lawsuit challenging Proposal 2, which voters approved Tuesday to impose new restrictions on political contributions.

Mike Rogers stood in front of about 50 people, mostly older adults, to deliver his final message here last week.

Michigan's population has grown less than 2% since 2000, but participation in its gubernatorial elections has jumped nearly 40% since 2002 — and political analyst Mark Grebner expects another turnout record Tuesday.

Detroit Pastor Charles Williams II had a breakfast meeting with Republican U.S. Senate nominee Mike Rogers Saturday morning despite already endorsing and voting for Democrat Abdul El-Sayed.

United Auto Workers (UAW) Region 1 Director LaShawn English called U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Birmingham) a code-switcher today, saying "it's going to take a lot" before she can return to union events and halls in the future after endorsing Republican Mike Rogers for the U.S. Senate.

Jalal Abdallah, the Dearborn attorney expected to win the 15th House District seat next week, acknowledged today that he failed to pay clients the full amount of their settlements.

Seven of the last eight U.S. Senate polls have shown the race between Democrat Abdul El-Sayed and Mike Rogers to be within the margin of error. If this holds up, the four third-party candidates (Green Party, Libertarian, Natural Law and U.S. Taxpayers Party) may have an impact on who ultimately wins.

Republican John James is receiving a significant final-week advertising boost, narrowing what had been a substantial television-spending advantage for Democratic gubernatorial nominee Jocelyn Benson. However, Democrats are sounding the alarm that Republicans are not following the rules.

A conservative-backed super PAC is promoting a Green Party alternative to Democrat Sean McCann (D-Kalamazoo) in Michigan's 4th Congressional District, as McCann attempts to unseat U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga (R-Zeeland) in one of the state's most competitive seats.

Two months after the Michigan Democrats’ state nominating convention left questions about party unity when the top-ticket candidates did not all share a stage, the nominees for governor, U.S. Senate, attorney general and Secretary of State stood hand-in-hand with former President Barack Obama Saturday as the campaign entered its final 10 days.

President Donald Trump brought the father of one of the passengers of United Airlines Flight 93, a flight hijacked during the 9/11 terrorism attacks, on stage with him today to criticize Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed.

Fresh off the tour bus in East Lansing to begin a week-long sojourn across the state to drum up votes, you have to wonder how many questions Jocelyn Benson has tackled since getting into this race for governor?

A political action committee (PAC) that openly promotes itself as attempting to cost Republicans control of the U.S. Senate by promoting Libertarian and other conservative third-party candidates has produced 20 advertisements, commercials and songs for Michigan’s race, including an AI-crafted music video promoting U.S. Taxpayers Party candidate Tim Long.

Less than two weeks left until the General Election and the negative ads are running full blast in the last remaining competitive state Senate races that will determine whether Republicans can manage a 19-19 split or if Democrats can grow their majority to 22-16.

An outfit calling itself “Wedgewood Polls” admitted today that its results were mostly fabricated, prompting former Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Mallory McMorrow to describe how a June release from Wedgewood placing her at 9% damaged fundraising, devastated volunteers and intensified pressure to leave the race.

Former gubernatorial candidate Mike Duggan advised residents against putting him down as a write-in candidate, saying, "People ought not to waste their vote voting for me." He also doesn't feel like he needs to make any endorsements ahead of Nov. 3.

U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Dearborn) and three state Democratic lawmakers warned that rhetoric from Washington and plans to send Justice Department election watchers are fueling fears among Michigan voters about whether their ballots will count or be challenged Nov. 3.