Blog categorized as State Politics

Push For A Ranked-Choice Voting '26 Ballot Question Hits The Road

09/17/24 10:20 AM - By Team MIRS - Comment(s)
Push For A Ranked-Choice Voting '26 Ballot Question Hits The Road
Advocates of ranked-choice voting – where winning candidates are determined through voters ranking them from most to least preferred – are going on a town hall tour to figure out if the public support is there for a constitutional amendment ballot proposal.

Arraf Sues Barnes, MDP Over State Nominating Convention Results 

09/06/24 12:33 PM - By Team MIRS - Comment(s)
Arraf Sues Barnes, MDP Over State Nominating Convention Results 
Did anyone have Democrats accusing one another of election fraud on their 2024 bingo card?

Whitmer PAC Spreads Funds In U.S. Senate, House Races

09/05/24 11:12 AM - By Team MIRS - Comment(s)
Whitmer PAC Spreads Funds In U.S. Senate, House Races
The Gov. Gretchen Whitmer Fight Like Hell political action committee endorsed in five more congressional races Wednesday, raising the number of seats she's playing in to 11 U.S. Senate and 23 U.S. House races, each with one candidate from Michigan.

Dems Reserve $2.4M+ On Supreme Court; GOP At $0 For Now

09/03/24 04:29 PM - By Team MIRS - Comment(s)
Dems Reserve $2.4M+ On Supreme Court; GOP At $0 For Now
Rolling into the Labor Day weekend, the Democratic-nominated Supreme Court candidates and their allies have reserved at least $2.4 million in paid media while the Republican nominees & friends have yet to pull the trigger.

Slotkin Accepts WOOD-TV, WXYZ Debates

08/28/24 01:29 PM - By Team MIRS - Comment(s)
Slotkin Accepts WOOD-TV, WXYZ Debates
U.S. Senate candidate Elissa Slotkin (D-Holly)'s campaign announced that it has agreed to two televised debates in October against Republican opponent Mike Rogers, neither of which were the debates proposed by the Michigan Debate Task Force.