Michigan Primary

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.

The owner of a trucking company is looking to represent Michigan's 8th district in the House of Representative. This comes after Hudson's attempted independent Presidential campaign run.

Pugh says her background in public health and education in Saginaw and Flint makes her qualified to represent Michigan's 8th congressional district.

Collier is one of three Democratic candidates running for the nomination on August 6. Michigan's 8th congressional district is considered a toss-up by the Cook Political Report.

We could learn this week whether Michigan will host an early presidential primary on February 27 of next year. It has to get done by Wednesday to comply with a national Democratic Party deadline. The problem is Republican National Committee rules would penalize the state Republican Party for moving up its primary date.

A Democratic National Committee panel recently agreed to move Michigan’s 2024 primary to the end of February.

Two candidates are advancing to a special election for a partial City Council term representing northeast Lansing.

It’s the stretch run for candidates courting voters in Tuesday’s primary elections.

Michigan’s re-designed political boundaries left many voters without an incumbent U-S representative. Several members of Congress switched to new districts adjacent to their old ones.That’s the case in the new 12th Congressional District. It includes portions of west Detroit, western Wayne County, Oakland County, Dearborn and Southfield.Democratic candidates in the new 12th are making incumbent Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib their primary target.

Primaries for a number of important Michigan political races are coming up on August second. In some cases, those primaries are likely to be decisive. That’s true of Oakland County’s new eleventh Congressional district, which leans heavily toward Democrats.