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Dixon faces tough road going into general election

Conservative commentator Tudor Dixon rode into the Republican gubernatorial nomination this week on the backs of the influential DeVos family in West Michigan and former President Donald Trump's late …

Suddenly, Democrats are raising more money than Republicans

Here's something I've never written before this past Monday.  Democratic Senate candidates in Michigan's most competitive seats went 7-0 in raising more money for their respective campaigns …

RINO hunting in Michigan threatens traditional conservative Republicans

The primary is in two weeks, and the most nervous political demographic is the traditional, conservative Republicans with experience.  It's hard to believe. Ronald Reagan-loving, John …

Biden’s poor numbers may help Whitmer down the road 

President Joe Biden in 2024? I saw the headline, too, and it's hard to believe.  A first-term incumbent, with popularity numbers literary through the floor? A 33% job approval rating, …

She’s running for the House — and hates every minute of it

Why is Emily Dievendorf running for the state House?   It’s a valid question as she makes herself a cup of coffee shortly after 10:30 a.m. on a Wednesday morning in …

Can we stop with comments on physical appearance?

Emily Stivers had had enough.   After taking comments for months about her toothy smile, the state House candidate in the new 75th House District went to Facebook to vent about those who have …

Is anyone paying attention?

Ingham County voters can start voting absentee this week for the Aug. 2 primary election …  if you remember that there's a primary.

Introducing the man Democrats, Whitmer want to face in November

Had you ever heard of Ryan D. Kelley before last week?   He's not a former attorney general. He's not a former Michigan Supreme Court justice. He's not a former judge. He's not even an …

Michigan’s ‘damn roads’ remain political landmine for governor

It was almost four years ago when Garlin Gilchrist stood on a stage built up on downtown Lansing's bombed-out Seymour Avenue and Shiawassee Street intersection and accepted then-Democratic …

Another Republican nothing burger after Uvalde, Texas, mass shooting

A day after an 18-year-old fatally shot 19 students and two teachers and wounded 17 others at an Uvalde, Texas, school, Michigan Senate Democrats wanted to talk about it.