Blog tagged as Elections

Incumbents Losing In Primaries? It Doesn't Happen Often

08/02/22 02:26 PM - By Team MIRS - Comment(s)
Incumbents Losing In Primaries? It Doesn't Happen Often
(Source: MIRS.news, Published 08/01/2022) In state legislative races over the last 25 years, incumbents don't typically lose.

Trump Endorses Dixon; 'Game, Set, Match'

08/01/22 12:51 PM - By Team MIRS - Comment(s)
Trump Endorses Dixon; 'Game, Set, Match'
(Source: MIRS.news, Published 07/29/2022) Former President Donald Trump ended nearly a year of speculation this evening and endorsed Tudor Dixon for Michigan governor, giving the former conservative commentator a potentially insurmountable lift going into Tuesday's primary election.

Final Pro-Dixon Ad Promotes Her With Trump

07/29/22 02:05 PM - By Team MIRS - Comment(s)
Final Pro-Dixon Ad Promotes Her With Trump
(Source: MIRS.news, Published 07/28/2022) Whether former President Donald Trump endorses anyone in the Republican presidential primary is anyone's guess, but a political action committee supporting Tudor Dixon is using Trump's prior statements in its likely final ad of this stage of the campaign.

DeVos-Aligned Groups Spent $416K On Key Legislative Race; Trump's PAC $35K

07/26/22 09:50 AM - By Team MIRS - Comment(s)
DeVos-Aligned Groups Spent $416K On Key Legislative Race; Trump's PAC $35K
The Michigan Freedom Fund and the Great Lakes Education Project -- two groups that have significant backing of the DeVos family -- spent $416,000 on 25 Republican legislative candidates on top of the more than $200,000 seven DeVos family members gave to legislators personally.

Senate Dems Outraise All Four Caucuses, First Time In Recent Memory

07/26/22 09:34 AM - By Team MIRS - Comment(s)
Senate Dems Outraise All Four Caucuses, First Time In Recent Memory
(Source: MIRS.news, Published 07/25/2022) The Michigan Senate Democratic Fund outraised the Senate Republican Campaign Committee this period by nearly $400,000, adding more than $1.1 million to their war chest from April 21 to July 20.