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This combination photo of Michigan Senate candidates shows Rep. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., in Detroit, Aug. 6, 2024, left, and former Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich., Aug. 6, 2024, in Lake Orion, Mich.
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Michigan Senate candidates have similar backgrounds, different agendas

Russ McNamara October 23, 2024

Coming into 2024, Democrats already had an uphill climb in their attempt to keep control of the U.S. Senate. A...

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Incumbent Republican Congresswoman Lisa McClain (left) will face Democrat Clint St. Mosley in the race for Michigan's 9th Congressional District seat.
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Democrat Clint St. Mosley challenges GOP Congresswoman Lisa McClain in conservative 9th District

Quinn Klinefelter October 21, 2024

Michigan’s 9th Congressional District is a reliably red area for the GOP. The district includes the thumb region and parts...

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WDET and Gongwer News Service hosted a special live edition of “MichMash” on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024, at Urban Beat in Lansing.
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MichMash: Live from Lansing

Hernz Laguerre October 18, 2024

As the election season comes to an end, both Democrats and Republicans are ramping up their messaging to reach out...

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Voting Vote Election 3
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Dana Nessel issues law enforcement election guidance memo

Rick Pluta October 18, 2024

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has issued guidance for election workers and law enforcement on everything from new voting laws...

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The Grosse Ile Parkway Bridge spans the Detroit River.
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Grosse Ile voters could authorize a plan to buy one of the island’s two bridges

Pat Batcheller October 17, 2024

Voters on Grosse Ile will decide whether to let the local government buy one of the two bridges connecting the...

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(From left) Michigan State Board of Education candidates Tom McMillin (R), Nikki Snyder (R), Adam Zemke (D), Theodore Jones (D), and Scott Boman (L). U.S. Taxpayers Party candidates Ted Gerrard and Christine Schwartz and Working Class Party candidate Mary Anne Hering are not pictured.
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Michigan State Board of Education candidates highlight their priorities 

Karen Brundidge October 15, 2024

Eight candidates are vying for the opportunity to serve on the Michigan State Board of Education. There are two Republican...

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U.S. Representative Elissa Slotkin and former congressman Mike Rogers.
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Slotkin, Rogers debate EVs, abortion in first faceoff

Rick Pluta October 8, 2024

Congresswoman Elissa Slotkin faced off Tuesday night against former Congressman Mike Rogers in their first debate in the race to...

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Michigan U.S. Senate candidate Mike Rogers talks with a potential voter at a roundtable for conservative Black clergy in Detroit on Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024.
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GOP Senate candidate Mike Rogers’ pitch to Black voters: ‘We’re not bad people’

Russ McNamara September 30, 2024

In the race for Michigan’s open U.S. Senate seat, former Congressman and FBI agent Mike Rogers easily won his primary....

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Former Congressman Andy Levin addresses a crowd at a rally in Dearborn on Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024, in support of the campaign to vote "uncommitted" in Michigan's Democratic primary.
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Campaign to vote ‘uncommitted’ exceeds expectations in Michigan Democratic primary

Russ McNamara February 28, 2024

Organizers behind the "Listen to Michigan" campaign to vote "uncommitted" in Michigan's presidential primary wildly exceeded their own expectations, picking...

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Gov. Gretchen Whitmer delivers donuts to election workers accepting early ballots for Michigan’s presidential primary.
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Whitmer visits polling site to tout early in-person voting in presidential primary

Rick Pluta February 23, 2024

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, bearing boxes of pastries, dropped by an early voting center in Lansing on Wednesday to thank election...

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Supporters of former President Donald Trump gather outside a rally in Clinton Township on September 27, 2023.
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Is Donald Trump a fascist? A fascism scholar says he certainly sounds like one

Russ McNamara February 23, 2024

Fascism simmers underground with nationalist rantings, the demonization of minorities and anti-democratic sentiment. That bubbling has been getting closer to...

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President Joe Biden addresses UAW members during a campaign stop at a phone bank in the UAW Region 1 Union Hall, Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024, in Warren, Mich.
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Michigan Democrats talk strategy, goals heading into 2024 presidential election

Quinn Klinefelter February 21, 2024

Democrats in Michigan finally succeeded this year in the party’s long-sought goal to move its presidential primary ahead in the...

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