Democratic Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson and Republican candidate Kristina Karamo have half of their campaign donations coming from outside of Michigan.

The Republican Party's county conventions across Michigan last month reported record turnout from people the regulars had never seen before.

Present-day Gov. Gretchen Whitmer obtaining the Michigan Manufacturers Association's (MMA) endorsement marks the first time the association has formally backed a Democrat since MMA's president supported then-Gov. James Blanchard in 1990.

After the Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission did its work, the popular analysis in town was the Democrats made significant gains in the Senate map, but the Republicans made out well enough in the state House map to keep majority.

Gubernatorial candidate Tudor Dixon Friday doubled down on her claim that the plot to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer was created by the FBI, which was echoed by Donald Trump Jr. at a rally in Muskegon.