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.

Nearly 2,000 demonstrators, counter-protesters and spectators descended on a Dearborn City Council meeting Tuesday as an anti-Islamic march organized by far-right activists drew white supremacists and Christian nationalists — and condemnation from Michigan political leaders.

The building where Michigan Republicans once plotted campaign strategy, made voter calls and watched election returns is serving a very different purpose these days.

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.

Thomas Smith, a Flint Republican who ended his 8th Congressional District campaign and endorsed another candidate, nevertheless won the primary overwhelmingly Tuesday, taking 50.3% of the vote in a three-way contest.

While reducing property taxes remains top of his "to-do" list, House Speaker Matt Hall (R-Richland Township) is wading into the debate over the total elimination of the state income tax with a resulting $13 billion hit to the state budget.

Kicking off the second day of the Mackinac Policy Conference, speakers from across the political spectrum repeatedly returned to the conference’s central theme: “the quest for common ground.”

U.S. Rep. John James (R-Shelby Township) fired back at gubernatorial candidate Perry Johnson’s claims he violated election law for implying he’s the incumbent governor and not a candidate on his campaign material.

One of the Republicans' two likely state Supreme Court nominees, Oscoda Judge Cassandra L. Morse-Bills, is being accused in a whistleblower suit of improperly exchanging text messages with a juror in a sex assault case.

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.

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.

Oakland County GOP Chair Vance Patrick posted Wednesday night that U.S. Rep. John James (R-Shelby Township) won't agree to participate in their April 30 gubernatorial debate. James' photo was displayed on the flier promoting the event, which his campaign said they never committed to.

The Senate Leadership Fund on Monday announced its largest ever advertising reservation — including $45 million in Michigan to support U.S. Senate candidate Mike Rogers.

A text message was circulating on social media from Michigan Republican Party Chair Jim Runestad (R-White Lake) saying, "We will have nothing to do" with strategist Brian Szmytke and 8th Congressional District Chair Anne DeLisle because they spoke with reporters about the endorsement convention's $50 cost and its impacts on attendance.

Moral issues have defined the political divide between Democrats and Republicans for as long as the donkey and elephant have graced political cartoons, but the fault lines continue to shift as new debates emerge and old ones fade.

Eaton County Prosecutor Doug Lloyd and Macomb County Clerk Anthony Forlini won the Michigan Republican Party's endorsements for Attorney General and Secretary of State, respectively, after running on bids centered on experience.

The Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) is looking into who is sending orange Kool-Aid packets and possibly other powders to the headquarters of the Michigan Republican Party (MRP), the Maine Republican Party and several county parties.

A second Republican has filed a campaign committee to run in the 1st Congressional District Republican primary against U.S. Rep. Jack Bergman (R-Watersmeet). It's a candidate with whom the retired Lieutenant General is familiar with.

Michigan's last four governors called for folks to dial back the vitriol in today's politics, with each taking a unique twist on the subject of civility during a special lunchtime panel put on by the Ford Presidential Foundation and Michiganders for Civic Resilience.

The race to be the next Senate Republican leader is, by all accounts, an amicable contest among the group's returning members that, if history is any guide, will be decided among the group before the November election.