Vice President JD Vance said during a Macomb County campaign event today that there was "something about Abdul El-Sayed that is very, very evil," in addition to the event touting federal efforts to prevent non-English speakers from becoming commercial truckers.

Vice President JD Vance is coming to Sterling Heights on Monday to campaign alongside three Michigan Republican candidates as the party looks to keep President Donald Trump's coalition together going into the midterms.

House Republicans voted 57-41 today to create a select committee investigating how the state reviewed petitions for the Americans for Citizen Voting ballot proposal.

A larger-than-normal number of Green Party and Working Class Party candidates are running in November, including in several competitive congressional and legislative races where even 1% or 2% of the vote could prove consequential.

The Michigan Libertarian Party this year nominated at least two candidates with criminal records – one convicted of fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct and another who served a year in federal prison for firearms offenses.

Abdul El-Sayed has an old problem.

Barry County Sheriff Dar Leaf, who maintains there was voter fraud in the 2020 election, has new allegations, claiming in a video that a confidential informant provided him with “evidence” of non-citizens voting.

Former House Speaker Pro Tem Pamela Hornberger said Tuesday she wants to replace Rep. Jay DeBoyer (R-Clay) as the Republican nominee in the 63rd House District after he was tapped as gubernatorial nominee John James’ running mate. At least one GOP source told MIRS she may have already locked it up.

Rep. Penelope Tsernoglou (D-East Lansing) wasted little time turning Jay DeBoyer (R-Clay)'s selection as the Republican lieutenant governor nominee into another front in their months-long fight over allegations of sexual abuse at the Interlochen Center for the Arts.

A proposed constitutional amendment requiring Michigan voters to prove their U.S. citizenship before voting appears headed for rejection after Bureau of Elections staff Monday concluded the petition drive fell an estimated 11,775 valid signatures short of qualifying for the November ballot.

The playing field isn't exactly large in the Senate. Realistically, the best Democrats can hope for is to hold their two vulnerable seats and win four more to move them from 20 to 24.

William Lawrence, the new Democrats' 7th Congressional nominee, has a felony on this record stemming from a 2013 protest at an Enbridge Energy pipeline work site. And he hasn't shied away from talking about it.

The first MIRS Pundit Monday after the primary election has four Michigan pundits answering the questions front of mind now about who makes the most sense as picks for gubernatorial running mates, among other questions.

Thomas Smith, who defeated the Trump-endorsed candidate in the 8th U.S. House district after suspending his campaign on July 16, participated in Wednesday’s "Unity Luncheon" as the Republican nominee for the seat. However, he did not want to talk to MIRS about his surprise victory.

More than 61% of Michigan voters who cast partisan ballots in Tuesday’s August primary chose the Democratic ballot, an enthusiasm advantage that appeared from the top of the ticket down to legislative races.

The U.S. Department of Justice kept its promise Tuesday to monitor polling sites in four Michigan cities “to ensure transparency, ballot security and compliance with federal law.”

More than 1.2 million Michigan voters have already cast ballots in Tuesday's primary, prompting longtime elections analyst Mark Grebner to raise his projected turnout to between 2.2 million and 2.3 million voters.

Michigan's two largest utility political action committees (PAC) spent less ahead of this year's August primary than they did during the same period in any of the previous three midterm election cycles, according to a MIRS review of campaign finance records.

Election day is five days away.

Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Haley Stevens (D-Birmingham) is leaning into her self-described “geek” persona in the final week of a primary in which she trails Abdul El-Sayed by double digits.