With the August primary now in the rear view mirror, Democratic Congresswoman Haley Stevens has to recalibrate her future route. While committing to help Democrats win in November, including her primary opponent Abdul El-Sayed, telling CBS News she was moving on and “their differences were aired out...It’s a big tent party.” After catching her breath after the bruising less-than one point loss, Stevens told Oakland Confidential, “Right now I’m focused on finishing off my cong

As the post-mortem analysis continues following the Senate primary election, both Democrats wonks and regular voters are looking at all aspects of Abdul El-Sayed’s win and Haley Stevens’ loss, and whether it is a major progressive win, as much of the media is alleging, or if it was a case of Stevens running a poor campaign, and El-Sayed having the wind at his back. Probably a mixture of all of the factors. Republican strategist Dennis Darnoi noted that El-Sayed’s win, coupled

We talked to a number of party insiders and professional prognosticators and no one seems to have a definitive answer as to whether Republican voters cast ballots in the U.S. Senate Democratic race to vote for Abdul Al-Sayed. That’s always a concern in states like Michigan that conduct an “open” primary in which voters do not have to declare a party before casting ballots. And there’s general agreement that Republican voters were less thrilled about their primary choices so i

Based on the questionable reliability of polling in the August primary election, especially in the race for the U.S. Senate contest in Michigan, we just had to circle back and see how the prediction markets did compared to the pollsters. We have been following a few races on polymarket.com, so for the sake of consistency that is where we returned. Just prior to the August primary, Abdul El-Sayed was the overwhelming favorite over Haley Stevens in the Senate race, and by subst

The man Congresswoman Haley Stevens (D-Oakland County), former health department chair Abdul El-Sayed (D) and former Congressman Mike Rogers (R-White Lake) want to replace, Senator Gary Peters (D-Bloomfield Township), has disclosed what could be his possible next gig. Per Senate ethics rules, Peters notified the Senate Ethics Committee June 3 that he has entered talks to with the University of Southern California in Los Angeles for potential employment. The form does not stat

State Senator Jeremy Moss (D-Bloomfield Township) won the hotly contested race for the Democratic nomination for the 11th district congressional seat to replace Congresswoman Haley Stevens in the August primary, all but assuring him of becoming the next congressman from Oakland County. Moss, 40, has worked his way up the old fashioned way – he originally was a Southfield city councilman, then a state House Representative before running for the state Senate in 2018. In 2022, h

The transformation is complete. Former Congressman David Trott of Birmingham, once a staunch and lifelong Republican, announced in a text message that “I have officially given up on the Republican Party!” Trott, who held the 11th District seat before Haley Stevens turned the long-time Republican congressional district blue, left Congress in 2018 frustrated with MAGA and Republicans’ obsequiousness towards President Donald Trump. The former tax and foreclosure attorney, who sp

If you think the Michigan Republican Party is just one Kumbaya moment after another, better think again. Yes, you no longer hear about the fist fights and rumbles at party get-togethers like there were a couple of years ago. But there is still behind the curtain tension as evidenced of late when the state party, chaired by Milford area state Senator Jim Runestad, who is commandeering the GOP through the 2026 election cycle, crossed the line, some say, in not consulting with t

Former U.S. House member Pete Hoekstra (R-Western Michigan) has not made many friends in neighboring Canada for his unwavering backing of president Donald Trump’s unhinged attacks on what was once considered our closest trading partner. Hoekstra spent 1993-2011 in Congress and was named ambassador to the Netherlands during Trump’s first term in office, and he had complaints about incidents in that country also. Now some Canadians have said: enough. A petition with 200,000 sig