Election 2024

Michigan’s importance to the 2024 presidential race came into view this weekend with a stop by Vice President Kamala Harris Saturday in Detroit.

U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-Lansing) spoke mainly about environmental issues in a visit to Traverse City on Friday. The Democrat is running for the open U.S. Senate seat.

Among the results: Republican U.S. Senate candidate Mike Rogers will appear on Michigan’s ballot, despite an effort from Democrats to challenge his nominating petitions.

Michigan’s Supreme Court could take up an appeal in a case over the state’s election challenger guidance.

Michigan voters will not be seeing any ballot initiatives when they head to the polls this November. Wednesday’s 5 p.m. deadline for initiative petitions to submit signatures to the state Bureau of Elections came and went without any filings, according to the Michigan Department of State.

First lady Jill Biden and second gentleman Doug Emhoff visited Marquette Thursday as part of the Women for Biden-Harris campaign to re-elect the president.

Vice President Kamala Harris announced $100 million in funding for small and medium auto-parts manufacturers during a stop in Detroit Monday.

Inside an airplane hangar in Saginaw County on Wednesday, Trump went on the attack, telling his thousands of supporters that Biden’s policies were hurting the economy and leading American cities into decay.

A Republican is seeking to disqualify Democratic candidate Curtis Hertel Jr. from Michigan’s 7th Congressional District, claiming he made errors in his election forms. Hertel's campaign says the former GOP election official ignored comparable technicalities on his own watch.

The House has been evenly divided for five months since two Democratic representatives resigned to take office as the mayors of Warren and Westland.