MichMash: Michigan might be key to control of US Senate and House
In this episode, we discuss Michigan’s power as a swing state with Pluribus News Founder and Editor Reid Wilson.
Reid Wilson joins Cheyna Roth and Zach Gorchow on MichMash.
As we get closer to the midterm elections, races for the Michigan U.S. Senate and House seats prove that Michigan is stepping closer into the national spotlight. In this episode of MichMash, WDET’s Cheyna Roth and Gongwer News Service’s Zach Gorchow discuss Michigan’s power as a swing state with Pluribus News Founder and Editor Reid Wilson.
Plus, the state budget drama continues as cancellations in funding disrupts multiple work projects. Cheyna and Zach debrief on the latest in Lansing.
In this episode:
- How did $645 million in work projects get cancelled?
- What role does Michigan play in the U.S. Senate and House majorities?
- What’s ahead for the 2028 presidential race?
Cancelled work projects
State law empowers the Michigan House Appropriation Committee and the Michigan Senate Appropriation Committee to cancel some types of work projects. This is what happened that caused $645 million to be cancelled in work projects. Gorchow says that this sent shockwaves across the capital, and that nothing like this has ever happened.
The Republican majority committee says they did this to cut spending, but Democrats and even some Republicans disapprove of these actions. There might be a supplemental appropriation bill which would include negotiations and discussion to possibly restore some of this funding.
2028 presidential race
A lot of focus is on the US Senate and House seats in Michigan. But Reid also brought up how the 2028 Presidential Race might feature one of Michigan’s own.
“Just because Governor Whitmer will says she is not running for president, she’s not saying I will not run for president,” he points out.
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