Could MAGA-fever finally be breaking in Michigan? A post-election observation is that just about anyone associated with former President Donald Trump got torched, among them his anointed candidates Tudor Dixon, Matt DePerno, Kristina Karamo, John Gibbs, and others who were straight-up whupped by Democrats, even turning both houses of the state legislature blue for the first time since 1984. A leaked memo to seemingly all the media from chief of staff to the GOP party chairs,

Rumors are running rampant over who will get to play kingmaker in the Grand Old Party, or what is left of it in Michigan, come the February convention, when delegates elect their new chairs for a two-year cycle. According to sources, a chair can be chosen among any candidate – they don’t have to be a convention delegate. Word is that current chair Ron Weiser has no interest in continuing in the role, and co-chair Meshawn Maddock is on the outs with Trump, who will not give he

One bright spot on the Republican Bingo card was twice-failed Senate candidate John James of Farmington Hills who is the newly-elected congressman for Macomb County’s ( and part of Oakland’s) 10th District. James barely squeaked in a win – as in only 1,600 votes – against Macomb-institution Democrat Carl Malinga, who word is took off his judicial robes for the party when the newly drawn seat was originally left vacant. James raised and had cash on hand of over $6 million to M

Congratulations to Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Birmingham) on her very successful third run for Congress in the newly-minted 11th District. How solid and influential is her position viewed amongst her congressional peers? According to Politico, it seems in the waning days of the election, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), as of this writing the fifth-ranking Democrat in the House of Representatives, but who is seeking to coalesce a contingent to make him Speaker of the House if/when Spe

Another local Democratic woman clearly on the rise is state Senator Mallory McMorrow (D-Royal Oak, Birmingham, Clawson, Berkley, Huntington Woods, Ferndale, Pleasant Ridge, Oak Park, northwest Detroit), who won re-election by almost 70,000 votes while barely breaking a sweat – at least for herself. Her biggest lift was in raising around $2.35 million this campaign cycle with supporters from all 50 states – an unheard of amount for a state Senate campaign, especially one that

Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard, the only Republican still holding a top spot in the county government,  found himself the subject of criticism for his endorsement of a far right (think Moms For Liberty type) candidate for the Bloomfield Hills school district board of education.  The sheriff lent his name to candidate Lauren Wilson, who proudly strutted the endorsement during her unsuccessful run for a seat at the local board of ed table. Bouchard’s backing became the

Democrat state Representative Kyra Bolden of Southfield may get another shot at the Michigan Supreme Court after landing in third place in the recent general election balloting. Bolden was nominated to the court position on the ballot by state Democrats, along with incumbent (blind) justice Richard Bernstein, who won reelection, as did Republican nominated incumbent justice Brian Zahra. For the two court seats on the ballot, Bernstein led the field with 34 percent of the vote

Speaking of Michigan Supreme Court Justice Brian Zahra, in the final days of  the general election he – or better yet, his ex-wife – made headlines when his recent vote on the bench not to place on the ballot the Reproductive Freedom For All proposal, which passed handily on November 8, came crashing into his history of having supported an abortion for his ex when she was still his girlfriend during college.  As his ex-wife told NBC News, the two were dating in their 20’s and