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We’re hearing from reliable folks that former Congressman David Trott (R-Birmingham) is giving serious thought to running again for...

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About 65 women came out to an Oakland County home on an early August evening for the inaugural Michigan Vote Mama event, a national PAC...

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Congresswoman Haley Stevens (D-Birmingham, Bloomfield Township, Bloomfield Hills, most of Oakland County) headed off to Chicago for the...

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A national super PAC, Resolute Republic, threw its weight behind a number of Republican candidates in Michigan this August, including...

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Political observers in both major parties had their fingers crossed prior to the August primary that someone could finally dislodge Matt...

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Both Republicans and Democrats had also hoped that 66th district state Rep. Josh Schriver , first elected in 2022, would also not survive...

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Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick (2002-2008) was scheduled to speak at the Oakland County Republican Party Lincoln Day dinner on...

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Macomb Democrat Carl Marlinga lost by 1,600 votes (48.8 percent v. 48.3 percent) in a race with Republican John James for the 10th...