Elections

Newcomer Todd Britton and incumbent Travis Konarzewski have been chosen as the Republican nominees for Alpena County Board of Commissioners seats, according to unofficial results from Tuesday’s primary election.

State Sen. Kristen McDonald Rivet (D-Bay City), who is in her first term in the statehouse, won the Democratic primary in Michigan's 8th Congressional District.

Paul Junge, who previously served in Trump administration and worked as a TV news anchor, won the Republican nomination for Michigan's 8th Congressional District Tuesday evening.

Former U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers, who represented Michigan's 8th Congressional District from 2001 to 2015, won the Republican primary election for an open U.S. Senate seat Tuesday.

U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-Lansing), who represents Michigan's 7th Congressional District, won the Michigan Democratic Party's nomination for U.S. Senate Tuesday evening.

Over 10,000 ballots were cast Saturday and Sunday at early voting sites across the state, according to Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson. This will be the second election statewide that includes new early voting laws. The rules stem from a state constitutional amendment passed in 2022.

Most voters have probably made up their minds, with a small group of undecideds who could still make a difference in close races.

Michigan’s re-drawn legislative boundaries created a political vacuum in some areas.

A new law in Michigan allowing certain municipalities to begin processing absentee ballots early could give some clerks a helping hand. That’s as the state reports over 1.8 million Michigan voters have requested absentee ballots for the midterms.The law gives clerks’ offices in municipalities with more than 10,000 residents permission to start processing absentee ballots the Sunday and Monday before the general election. They can open all absentee envelopes and verify ballot numbers to eliminate tasks for Election Day.

Proposal 3 would protect abortion rights but leave details unsettled