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Two Michigan pollsters have vastly different takes on Vice President Kamala Harris' odds in the 2024 election as the presumed Democratic nominee.

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.

Within five minutes of President Joe Biden's remarks in Detroit last Friday, the audience began chanting "lock him up," referring to former President Donald Trump. Lon Johnson, a past Michigan Democratic Party chair, said such activity shouldn't be engaged in.

House Democratic Campaign Committee Chair Regina Weiss (D-Oak Park) has resigned from her campaign leadership post, along with Finance Chair Rep. Samantha Steckloff (D-Farmington Hills).