This week, MIRS Editor Kyle Melinn received in the mail at his Lansing address a campaign flier for Mike Bouchard, who is running for a congressional district 100 miles away in Macomb County.

Republican Secretary of State nominee Anthony Forlini today said third-party groups collecting and transporting voter registration forms open up folks' private details to harvesters with bad intentions. The drives also produced repeat applications from already-registered voters, he said, adding to clerks’ workload.

Michigan voters overwhelmingly trust elections conducted in their own communities, but that confidence falls sharply when they are asked about elections elsewhere in the state, according to new polling that found a significant partisan divide over election integrity.

Black voters across Michigan, Ohio and Wisconsin differ sharply by age and gender in how they view the Democratic Party, what issues they prioritize and what they want from candidates, according to new polling that researchers say should caution campaigns against treating the “Black vote” as a single political bloc.

The Libertarian Party of Michigan's nominee for lieutenant governor was arraigned Thursday on a felony larceny charge, adding another complication to an election cycle in which one longtime party official says Michigan Libertarians have struggled with shrinking participation, ideological extremes and candidates who don't reflect traditional libertarian principles.

Michigan's August primary electorate may be getting steadily grayer, but 2026 brought a noticeable exception: Voters under 40 showed up in their largest share in nearly three decades.

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.