Blog categorized as State Politics

Among the more than 150 contributors to the Heritage Foundation's Project 2025 is Michigan Republican Party Chair Pete Hoekstra, Hillsdale College and the Midland-based free market think tank the Mackinac Center for Public Policy.

With the new term limits law taking effect this year, 21 current House members are running for a fourth term, something that hasn't been possible since the 1990s.

Republican Tom Barrett is leading Democrat Curtis Hertel Jr. in the hotly contested MI-7 congressional district, 48 to 41 percent with 11 percent undecided, according to a July 8-11 survey of 532 constituents by Inside Elections with Nathan L. Gonzales, a non-partisan analysis firm.

House Speaker Joe Tate (D-Detroit) and House Minority Leader Matt Hall (R-Kalamazoo) are among the 35 House members facing primaries this summer of varying severity.

The fundraising prowess of U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-Holly) has struck again.