Joining U.S. Rep. Tom Barrett in downtown Lansing, U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) called on residents of one of the nation’s most competitive House districts to send the Charlotte Republican back to Washington for a second term. “We came in to support Tom because this race is critically important,” Johnson told reporters Tuesday. “We […]
Following a hard-fought primary, former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink and former Navy SEAL Matt Maasdam came together to support Democratic nominee for U.S. House in Michigan’s 7th Congressional District William Lawrence. Brink and Maasdam split the moderate vote in the Aug. 4 primary nearly evenly, with 28.8% and 27.6% respectively, allowing Lawrence to […]
More than 2.5 million voters in Michigan turned out to cast ballots in the Aug. 4 primary election, about half of whom voted in the U.S. Senate primary contest that carried Abdul El-Sayed to victory as the Democratic nominee over U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens of Birmingham. The high voter turnout, the highest for a Michigan […]
Just over 12 hours after declaring victory in the Democratic primary, political organizer William Lawrence was back on the campaign trail, gathering outside of the University of Michigan Health – Sparrow Hospital in Lansing with healthcare providers and residents slated to feel the impact from changes to Medicaid through the federal One Big Beautiful Bill […]
Several of Michigan’s incumbent representatives have identified their opponent for the coming months, as Democrats and Republicans solidified their nominees across the state’s 13 congressional districts. When polls closed at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, results began pouring in from clerks’ offices across the state. While most races have since been called, the Democratic challenger slated […]
U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) has been talking about a progressive political revolution for more than 10 years. On Wednesday, Sanders told reporters on a post-Aug. 4 election press call that his revolution has finally come to Michigan. Each of Sanders’ endorsed candidates — Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed, Congressional District 13 nominee Donavan […]
Hotly contested primaries across Michigan on Tuesday will shape the future of both major parties in the state. Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. across most of Michigan. The exception is the four western Upper Peninsula counties bordering Wisconsin, where polls are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Central time. For […]
Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink and former Navy SEAL Matt Maasdam show no signs of backing down in the race to take on U.S. Rep. Tom Barrett in November, even as some strategists fear moderates splitting between the two could create an opening for progressive challenger William Lawrence to win the Democratic nomination. […]
