Abdul El-Sayed, the progressive U.S. Senate candidate, has apologized to opponent and U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Birmingham) who was booed at during Sunday's Michigan Democratic Party (MDP) endorsement convention.

For years, he’s been a fixture outside Lansing City Hall and the Capitol, serving up hot dogs to lawmakers, lobbyists and reporters alike.

Former Detroit public health official Abdul El-Sayed and state Sen. Mallory McMorrow (D-Royal Oak) are in a statistical dead heat in the Democratic U.S. Senate primary based on the results of a new public opinion poll released Thursday morning by Emerson College that has El-Sayed at 24% and McMorrow at 23.6%

April 15 was more than just Tax Day, it was also the federal campaign finance quarterly deadline and the numbers show what’s going on behind the scenes in the U.S. Senate and U.S. House races across the state.

With U.S. Rep. John James (R-Shelby Township) announcing plans to eliminate Michigan's 6% income tax, the entire six-person Republican field is now on record supporting getting rid of a major state-levied tax.

If lawmakers were expecting a slow return from spring break, they didn’t get it. The Republican-led House opened its first session back by advancing one of its most polarizing proposals — the bill requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote.

U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Birmingham) submitted her petition signatures necessary to appear on the ballot for the upcoming Democratic primary for U.S. Senate.

A Royal Oak woman and self-described as the grassroots Republican candidate for U.S. Senate filed a lawsuit seeking ballot access without meeting the signature requirements.

Wayne State University Gov. Dr. Anil Kumar dropped out of the 10th Congressional race in December as a Democratic candidate. In February, he decided to run in the district next door, the 11th, and as an independent.

Sara Cambensy – a former Democratic House member from Marquette who often broke away from her party on energy topics like the Line 5 oil pipeline – is running in the 38th Senate district as an independent.

Thursday's shooting at a West Bloomfield Township synagogue, which became national news, slammed the brakes on the kickoff party for a Republican state senate candidate, whose wife taught school at the Temple Israel.

Organizers of a ballot initiative requiring voters to prove their U.S. citizenship before they're able to vote after Nov. 2, 2027, announced on Wednesday that they turned in 750,000 petition signatures to the Bureau of Elections.

The popular “I Voted” sticker contest will return for the November election. The Department of State opened entries from Michiganders and students enrolled in Michigan schools.

Independent gubernatorial candidate Mike Duggan, Democrat Jocelyn Benson and Republican John James (R-Shelby Township) are locked in a hypothetically competitive race that is statistically too close to call, based on a Jan. 27-Feb. 2 Detroit Regional Chamber survey released on Monday.

Secretary of State candidate Amanda Love's sister urged Republican delegates in a Facebook video not to support her sister for the nomination, saying she's not qualified for the job, among other things.

Musician Robert Ritchie, known by his stage name Kid Rock, endorsed John James (R-Shelby Township)' Republican bid to run for governor hours before his performance at a Turning Point USA event for the Super Bowl halftime show.

Artificial intelligence is being used by campaigns in the 2026 election cycle. It is new territory and its usage is plowing new ground.

Republican gubernatorial candidate Perry Johnson will urge viewers as part of a $3 million advertising buy to change the channel during halftime of Sunday's Super Bowl to the “Turning Point All American Halftime Show” instead of the NFL's official Bad Bunny halftime show.

President Donald Trump's suggestion in the Oval Office Wednesday that federal officials should step in to administer elections in Detroit drew swift, same-day condemnations from top Democratic leaders in Michigan.

Democrat Chedrick Greene, a Saginaw fire captain, and Republican Saginaw attorney Jason Tunney won their respective primaries Tuesday night in the 35th Senate District covering Michigan's competitive tri-cities and advance to the May 5 special General Election.