Blog tagged as Elections

(Source: MIRS.news, Published 01/20/2023) Assuming everything goes as planned and U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Lansing) retires after 24 years in the U.S. Senate at the end of 2024, she will go down in history as Michigan's second-longest tenured U.S. Senator, following former U.S. Sen. Carl Levin.

With current Democratic Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson and state Sen. Ruth Johnson (R-Holly) taking serious looks at running for U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Lansing)'s seat, it's natural to see how past Secretaries have done when running for Governor or the U.S. Senate.

(Source: MIRS.news, Published 01/04/2023) You may recall that the Capitol Press Corps and Gov. Gretchen Whitmer played cat and mouse for months about the chance she might run for vice president if selected by then-nominee Joe Biden.

The voting expansion ballot question, Proposal 2, netted six additional "no" votes and the abortion access question, Proposal 3, netted 109 additional "yes" votes as the Board of State Canvassers wrapped up Wednesday's recount by rejecting more than 100 appealed challenges.

(Source: MIRS.news, Published 12/09/2022) The Michigan Supreme Court Friday denied former attorney general candidate Matt DePerno's appeal in a lawsuit challenging the 2020 election results in Antrim County.