State Senator Mallory McMorrow (D-Royal Oak, Birmingham, Detroit), who is running for the Democratic nod for U.S. Senator, is the darling of Instagram and MSNBC, where she asserts she is “closer to the ground” and Michigan constituents than her fellow candidates, Congresswoman Haley Stevens (D-Oakland County) and former Wayne County Health Director Abdul El-Sayed . “We have to meet people where they are, not expect them to come to us,” McMorrow said to political commentator

In the “don’t believe what your eyes tell you” category, as AI becomes more prevalent, political candidates are turning to artificial intelligence to craft their own narratives, even if they are blatantly false. Birmingham attorney Kevin Kijewski , who is running for the GOP nomination for attorney general, must have thought he’d gain an upper hand with the MAGA base when he posted a very false video of Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed on social media, allegin

The open 11th District congressional seat, created when current Congresswoman Haley Stevens (D-Oakland County) announced she was running for the open U.S. Senate seat that developed when Senator Gary Peters (D-Bloomfield Township) announced his retirement, is getting busier. While rumors have swirled for months (often self-generated) that Oakland County Board of Commissioners Chair Dave Woodward would jump into the Democratic primary for the seat, it’s looking less and les

While the 11th District is considered a Democratic stronghold, Republicans Anthony Paesano of Bloomfield Township and Mike Steger of Berkley have announced they are running to replace Haley Stevens in Congress. A corporate and real estate attorney, Paesano previously unsuccessfully ran for the 19th District of the Michigan House in 2022, losing to Democrat Samantha Steckloff to represent Bloomfield Township, part of Birmingham, Farmington and Farmington Hills. On his cam

Oakland County Board of Commissioners Chair Dave Woodward (D) is facing strong headwinds thanks to a scandal of his own making, after fellow commissioners and some state lawmakers questioned his paid consulting work for the Sheetz gas station chain, which is locating in several Oakland County communities. In early October, clearly in response to Woodward’s ethical debacle and some other ethical questions at the county level, highlighted by the two Detroit dailies, , Oakland

Bill Pulte , of the Pulte Homes family who is now the Trump-appointed director of the federal Housing and Finance Agency, recently created some waves when he accused Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook , from Michigan, of claiming a homestead tax exemption on both a residence in this and another state, which would result in lower property tax rates. Pulte turned his allegation, which is questionable, over to the attorney general who has the Justice Department investigating. T

The September Michigan Republicans 36th Biennial Leadership Conference on Mackinac is usually fertile ground for a number of gossip items from the get-together, starting with the observation from several of those in attendance who said that unlike other gatherings in the past couple of years, the GOP seems to be more united, much like “the old days,” as one observer’s assessment put it. As is standard practice at this confab, there was the straw poll of how Republicans viewed

A long-time Trump acolyte, Republican Aric Nesbitt has an established history in the House and Senate as a member of the anti-abortion faction and a lawmaker who has not voted in support of adding discrimination protection for members of the LGBTQ+ community. He was among five Republicans voting against the most recent state budget. And, to call into question the supposed kumbaya of the “united” party, Nesbitt is now pushing to rename the state government Elliott-Larsen buil

With Congressman John James giving up his 10th district seat (Rochester, Rochester Hills and most of southern Macomb County) to make a run governor, the rumor mill keeps spinning out possible contenders for 2026. Occasionally we hear mention of former Oakland County Republican chair Rocky Raczkowski as one still looking at getting into this contest, depending on what Bloomfield-area Republican Kevin Rinke , of Rinke Automotive fame, decides on either to run for governor o

Considerable energy was expended behind the scenes locally and in D.C. earlier this year to make sure that Mike Rogers (R-White Lake) had no primary opposition in the U.S. Senate race next year. That effort included basically strong-arming west Michigan Republican congressman Bill Huizenga not to enter the race, and potential donors not to lend any support, to the disappointment of some party members. Now comes Genevieve Peters Scott of Royal Oak who has announced, once agai