Like theConstitution of the United States, Michigan’s constitution provides for executive, legislative, and judicial branches of government. Executive power is vested in the governor, who serves for four years. The governor is nominated by aprimary election, but the lieutenant governor is nominated...
State election staff said Johnson, Craig, Markey and Brandenburg didn't meet the 15,000-signature threshold because of fraudulent signatures. In Johnson's case, about 7,000 were put in the scam column. Election staff found dead voters on his petitions, misspelled names and some signatures with...
The Michigan Supreme Court, which is the highest court in the state and issues rulings that interpret and determine what the law is for everyone in Michigan, has only seven Justices. Two of those “Justice” positions are in contention for the November 5th, 2024 election. Similarly, the Mich...
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Democratic Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer won a second four-year term in Tuesday’s election, defeating Republican challenger Tudor Dixon in the battleground state where abortion had become a key issue.
- The Republican leader of the Michigan Senate Aric Nesbitt recently announced his campaign for Michigan's Governor. Current Governor Gretchen Whitmer (D) will be unable to run for re-election due to term limits. Mid-Michigan NOW Digital Anchor Kyle Makin had a chance to talk to Nesbitt on...
–Today, Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced two economic development projects in Southwest Michigan, building on the county’s continued growth and prosperity. In Portage, TST Portage is redeveloping an existing manufacturing facility and building a new facility, and in the Township of Schoolcraft, Fo...
governor running mate, but they lost in the general election. In 1996 she won a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, and she took office the following year. In 2000 she ran for the U.S. Senate and narrowly defeated theRepublicanincumbentSpencer Abraham. She entered the Senate in ...
Community leaders want voters to choose "uncommitted" in Michigan primary to show unhappiness with Biden's stance on Israel-Hamas conflict.
That could be a big warning sign for Biden from the state’s progressives as the race revs toward the general election. “If we can demonstrate our political power and discontent through thousands [of] ‘Uncommitted’ votes in the Michigan Democratic primaries, then Biden would feel more at...