Michigan's Congressional Seats Up for Grabs in 2024 Election
2 months ago

Michigan's Congressional Seats Up for Grabs in 2024 Election

Associated Press  

Michigan's 8th and 7th congressional districts are key battlegrounds in the state's congressional race. Republicans are aiming to flip two open seats, while Democrats are defending two others. The 3rd and 10th congressional districts are also competitive, with Democrats seeking to make gains in suburban areas where Republicans have traditionally held an advantage.

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Michigan's Election Battleground: Key Races to Watch in the 2024 Presidential Election
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Michigan's Election Battleground: Key Races to Watch in the 2024 Presidential Election

Associated Press  

Michigan's 15 electoral votes will be a key battleground in the 2024 presidential election. The state's voters will decide the balance of power between Democrats and Republicans in both the U.S. Senate and the state House of Representatives. Key races include the 7th, 8th, and 11th Congressional Districts, as well as the state Senate race. The outcome of this election …

Michigan voters to choose party candidates for crucial Senate race in battleground state
5 months, 1 week ago

Michigan voters to choose party candidates for crucial Senate race in battleground state

Associated Press  

LANSING, Mich. — Michigan voters could play a major role in choosing who the next president will be — and they could also determine which major party controls Congress in 2025. Democratic U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin has the inside track for her party’s nomination to the Senate against a challenge from a television actor. Former U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers has …

AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Michigan’s state primaries
5 months, 1 week ago

AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Michigan’s state primaries

Associated Press  

Follow live: Updates from AP’s coverage of the presidential election. If she wins the primary as expected, she’ll face another tough contest against the likely Republican nominee, former U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers, who is looking to end his party’s 24-year drought in Michigan U.S. Senate races. The former House Intelligence Committee chairman and former CNN host launched his campaign in …

Election officials in battleground Michigan grapple with sweeping voting changes and a presidential election
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Election officials in battleground Michigan grapple with sweeping voting changes and a presidential election

CNN  

CNN — This year, voting will be far easier for Michigan residents – thanks to new laws that establish early voting, automatically send out absentee ballots to voters who requested them and mandate that every community has least one drop box in which to return those ballots. The scramble to implement Michigan’s new voting rules also comes in a highly …

Federal judges approve redraw of Detroit-area state House seats ahead of 2024 election
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Federal judges approve redraw of Detroit-area state House seats ahead of 2024 election

Associated Press  

LANSING, Mich. — New boundaries for Detroit-area seats in the Legislature were approved Wednesday by a three-judge panel that had previously ordered them redrawn after finding the old map was illegally influenced by race. The three-judge federal appeals court panel had ordered in December that the seven state House districts have their boundaries redrawn for the 2024 election after it …

Michigan mayoral races could affect Democrats’ control of state government
1 year, 2 months ago

Michigan mayoral races could affect Democrats’ control of state government

Associated Press  

LANSING, Mich. — Democrats in Michigan who hold power in the governor’s office and slim majorities in both chambers of the Legislature may be at risk of temporarily losing full control, depending on the results of two mayoral elections Tuesday. Democrats currently hold a two-seat majority in the state House, and two of those representatives, Lori Stone and Kevin Coleman, …

A competitive race for an open House seat is taking shape in a Michigan battleground district
1 year, 6 months ago

A competitive race for an open House seat is taking shape in a Michigan battleground district

Associated Press  

LANSING, Mich. — Former Democratic state Sen. Curtis Hertel Jr. on Monday will announce a campaign for Michigan’s 7th Congressional District, one of the nation’s most competitive House districts. Hertel and another ex-state senator, Republican Tom Barrett, who launched his second run for the seat Sunday night, are the first to announce bids for U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin’s seat. “But …

Michigan Dem Scholten wins US House race over Trump loyalist
2 years, 2 months ago

Michigan Dem Scholten wins US House race over Trump loyalist

Associated Press  

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — Democrat Hillary Scholten on Tuesday won a congressional seat being vacated by a Michigan Republican who voted to impeach Donald Trump. Scholten is an immigration attorney whose prospects improved after an independent panel redrew Michigan’s House district map following the 2020 census. Slotkin drew a high-profile endorsement from U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney, a conservative Republican who …

Michigan GOP Rep. Meijer loses reelection after Trump vote
2 years, 5 months ago

Michigan GOP Rep. Meijer loses reelection after Trump vote

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Michigan Rep. Peter Meijer, who witnessed the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection days after taking office and then cast one of the 10 Republican votes to impeach Donald Trump over it, has lost his reelection bid. “Though this was not the outcome we hoped for, I will continue to do everything possible to move the Republican Party, West …

GOP Rep. Peter Meijer Rules Out Write-In Bid If He Loses Primary
2 years, 5 months ago

GOP Rep. Peter Meijer Rules Out Write-In Bid If He Loses Primary

Huff Post  

U.S. Rep. Peter Meijer speaks with potential voters before an event for the West Michigan Hispanic Chamber of Commerce in Grand Rapids on Monday. Brittany Greeson for HuffPost Thanks to a primary challenge backed by former President Donald Trump, Rep. Peter Meijer, who voted to impeach Trump in 2021, is facing a contentious fight for the GOP nomination in Michigan’s …

Hillary Scholten running for Congress in western Michigan
2 years, 11 months ago

Hillary Scholten running for Congress in western Michigan

Associated Press  

LANSING, Mich. — Democrat Hillary Scholten said Tuesday she will run for a newly drawn U.S. House seat in western Michigan, looking to seize the party’s best shot at representing Grand Rapids in Congress in nearly a half-century. Scholten, an attorney who focuses on immigration law, said the coronavirus pandemic has intensified problems including high medical costs and a strain …

Michigan redistricting panel OKs US House, legislative maps
3 years ago

Michigan redistricting panel OKs US House, legislative maps

Associated Press  

LANSING, Mich. — Michigan’s new redistricting commission approved congressional and legislative maps Tuesday, ones that are fairer to Democrats than when the process was controlled by the Republican-led Legislature the past two decades. Jonathan Kinloch, chair of the 13th Congressional District Democratic Party Organization, issued a statement before the vote calling the proposed maps up for consideration a “serious step …

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