MIRS Articles Of Note

U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-Holly) narrowly defeated former U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers in Michigan's U.S. Senate race, lining herself up to be Michigan's second-ever female U.S. senator and preventing Republicans from grabbing a seat they haven't touched in more than 20 years.

Former President Donald Trump won Michigan on Tuesday night for the second time in his political career after taking all but nine of the state's 83 counties, including the bellwether counties of Saginaw and Muskegon, which Trump lost in his lone Michigan defeat of 2020.

Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson announced Monday that more than 3.2 million Michigan citizens cast ballots in the General Election, which is slightly down from the 3.3 million who voted early in 2020.

Between Tuesday of last week and Saturday, pollster Steve Mitchell of Mitchell Research said ongoing interviews found surging voter sentiment toward Vice President Kamala Harris – with the biggest surge seen in completed surveys from Saturday.

In 2022, more than 94,000 registered Michigan voters faced an unprecedented attack on their right to vote, according to a new report.