A two-seat Democratic majority in the Michigan House of Representatives is looking a bit more fragile.
That’s after two Democratic members who are also running for mayor of their home cities advanced in their primary races yesterday [TUES].
State Representative Kevin Coleman is among them.
Coleman says he’s confident priorities will still get done—even if he and his colleague leave for another office.
Coleman said, "We’re not going to lose our majority. We’re going to have a slight delay, a slight vacancy. There might be a little bit of a delay with legislation, but Democrats have hitting, ticking all of the important boxes in Lansing since the beginning of this year."
It would take a special election to fill Coleman and his colleague—Democratic Representative Lori Stone’s seats if they both move on.
But that would take time… potentially leaving the House in an even 54-54 split for a period.