Government and Higher Education Michigan's constitution, adopted in 1963, provides for a governor serving a term of four years, who may be reelected. The state legislature is made up of a senate with 38 members and a house of representatives with 110 members. Michigan sends 14 representatives...
Michigan’slegislatureconsists of the Senate, made up of 38 elected members who serve four-year terms, and the House of Representatives, made up of 110 elected members who serve two-year terms. The legislative districts are redefined by a special commission after each federal census.Amendmentsto...
Democrats lost six districts in Northern Michigan, two in West Michigan, eight seats in the downriver/rural eastern Michigan, two seats in the Thumb, and two in Macomb County. The loss of seats on a regional basis is significant to explaining the GOP’s success in 2010. The Upper Peninsula...
Rogers initially considered a long-shot run for President, but the knowledge that he was willing to jump back in to the arena caught the eye of GOP Senate recruiters, and he was successfully recruited into this race instead. Seeing Rogers as one of the strongest possible candidates on Michiga...
To pass into law, Senate Bill 190 would need to pass the Michigan House and Senate in identical forms, then be signed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.Michigan Capitol Confidential is the news source produced by the Mackinac Center for Public Policy. Michigan Capitol Confidential reports with a free-ma...
House districts, 38 Michigan Senate districts and 110 Michigan House districts. •Links to candidates’ campaign finance information. •Candidate photos. •A button that allows users to view only those races for the August primary and November general election that Gongwer considers legitimately ...
While it leans Republican — former President Donald Trump would have won it by around 7 points in 2020 — it is the more competitive of the state’s two congressional districts. If Tester hopes to secure his reelection, he’s going to need a strong showing in ...
that Democrats had not expected would be hard to defend in the narrowly divided chamber. A powerhouse fundraiser who had won in one of the nation's most contested House districts, Slotkin quicklyemerged as the Democratic Party establishment's top choiceand began to set a torrid fundraising pace...
While the state’s U.S. Senate seat may be a harder win, Republicans are trying to at least capture a few of Michigan’s U.S. House districts. In the 7th District, the GOP is hoping to capitalize on Slotkin’s departure from the House by boosting former s...
"The path to take back the majority now runs through too close to call pick-up opportunities in Arizona, Oregon and Iowa — along with several Democratic-leaning districts in Southern California and the Central Valley. The party that will hold the majority in t...