A prominent Democratic fundraiser, with significant ties to several local candidates running for state office in 2026, has been revealed to have had a grandfather who served in the Nazi regime’s Army in World War II. According to numerous publications, Kelly Neumann , a trial attorney from Traverse City and principal of Neumann Law Group who is serving as co-chair of the finance committees of Senate candidate Mallory McMorrow and gubernatorial candidate Jocelyn Benson , post

One day you’re friends, the next, foes. So it seems for Democratic U.S. Senate candidates Abdul El-Sayed and Mallory McMorrow . Currently the three-way race – Oakland Congresswoman Haley Stevens is the third, and most moderate leg of the stool – has seen the most acrimonious action between El-Sayed, a staunch progressive who counts Senator Bernie Sanders as his backer and mentor, and McMorrow, who straddles the center some days and further left others. El-Sayed has been acc

The heat now being generated by the U.S. Senate contest in Michigan has a great deal to do with the early voting dates for the August 4 primary election in Michigan. Technically, absentee ballots, the main way many voters participate, have to be available 40 days ahead of an election. With March just around the corner, there are about four months remaining before the electorate starts casting ballots, which is why campaigns are buckling down, worrying not just about candidate

Mike Rogers , the assumed GOP standard bearer in the November election, raised $1.96 million in the last quarter and has $3.45 million cash on hand. But former U.S. House member Rogers, a Livingston County native who now claims residency in White Lake of Oakland County, just can’t seem to catch a break when it comes to his image. Part of his problem is that he was considered years ago to be more of a reasoned and traditional conservative who has transitioned into a Trump part

As Democrats coalesce around Secretary of State Jocelyn Benso n as their clear gubernatorial choice, as former Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan has staked out the independent lane, Republicans appear to be in a turmoil, despite Macomb/Oakland Congressman John James leading current polls. According to a prominent Republican with his ear to the ground, the MAGA crowd does not like James – and they likely won’t vote for him in the primary, despite what pollsters tell us. “He’s very r

Even we were having a tough time keeping track of what office former Michigan State Senator Adam Hollier is gunning for nowadays. Democrat Hollier, who served in the Senate for one four-year term starting in 2018, had set his sites on a U.S. House seat in 2020 but came in second in a large field of contenders in the party primary behind Shri Thanedar (D-Detroit). Hollier tried a second time in 2022 but his nominating petitions were ruled as fraudulent and he never made the

As new polling by Glengariff Group shows that Democrat Congresswoman Haley Stevens (Birmingham, Oakland County) is currently in a dead heat with Republican former Congressman Mike Rogers (White Lake), with Stevens polling at 43.7 percent to Rogers’ 44.1 percent, state Senator Mallory McMorrow (D-Royal Oak, Birmingham, Clawson, Huntington Woods, Berkley, Beverly Hills and Detroit) has apparently set her sights directly at Stevens. A recent email accused both Stevens and Rog

Former Congressman Andy Levin (D-Bloomfield Township, Royal Oak, most of Macomb County) and infamous union organizer, has done a 180-degree turn now that he has hit his Medicare years. As 2025 closed out, Levin posted on LinkedIn that he and his wife Mary, longtime Bloomfield Township residents, had purchased “Stokely Creek Lodge, an iconic and stunning cross country ski and snowshoe resort in the hills above Lake Superior, just north of Sault Saint Marie, Ontario.” Levin, a

Wayne State University trustee Dr. Anil Kuma r of Bloomfield Township, who had announced his candidacy for Oakland County’s 11th District congressional seat, currently held by Democratic Congresswoman Haley Stevens who is running for Senate, announced he is dropping out, “citing personal reasons and a commitment to lead with integrity in this moment,” he said in a release. Democrats running for the open seat are Michigan state Senator Jeremy Moss , Don Ufford , Aisha Farooqi

After weeks of whispers, Michigan Lt. Governor Garlin Gilchrist II made it official in mid-January – he gave up his failing attempt at a gubernatorial campaign to try his hand at a run for the Democratic nod for secretary of state. Gilchrist’s departure from the governor’s race gives Democratic front-runner (and prolific marathon racer) and current Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson an apparent straight shot to the August primary anointment. Gilchrist’s as secretary