The 38-year-old Lincoln Park resident is a political newcomer and is the first openly transgender woman to be elected.

Sixty percent. That’s how many Michigan Jews early exit polling reveals voted for a candidate who not only couldn’t passively condemn Jew-hate from peers, but actively campaigned on sinister rhetoric himself. That’s how many Jews willingly, even enthusiastically, participated in sending the first explicitly anti-zionist Senate candidate to Washington. In a word: oy. This is […]

The 'Money out of Politics' ballot initiative won approval from voters easily, according to preliminary election results and was one of the first pieces of Michigan's ballot to be called. On Tuesday night, the Mackinac Center for Public Policy filed in the U.S. District Court in west Michigan.

William Lawrence, a progressive Democrat and climate activist, defeated incumbent Republican Rep. Tom Barrett to represent Michigan’s Seventh District, which was seen as a swing seat. With 97% of the vote reported,

A downriver state house candidate declared victory last night following a campaign that turned so vicious, she says her personal phone number, the landline belonging to her parents, was doxxed and posted on tons of campaign messaging against her.

While Democrats have secured control of the U.S. House, three competitive Michigan congressional races remain undecided.