Despite disavowing big money in politics (or at least corporate money), the reality of political politics – i.e., to win – it takes big money. Which means political action committees – PACs – supporting dueling candidates. The latest to jump into the U.S. Senate race are U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY). Democrat Abdul El-Sayed met quietly with Schumer and other Senate Democrats in D.C. in mid-September, and while El-Sayed had previously criticized Schumer dur

West Michigan Congresswoman Hillary Scholten (D-Grand Rapids) came to the defense of Jeremy Moss (D-Bloomfield) in late August when the state Senator, who is running for the seat in Congress now held by Haley Stevens, was the target of antisemitic social media influencer Hasan Piker – he of the famed quote that the USA “deserved” the September 11 terrorist attack. Piker posted to a platform a picture of Moss and what has been labeled a questionable audio clip, first posted by

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has added two candidates competing for US House seats that include parts of Oakland County to the DCCC election assistance program with the approaching November 3 balloting. Both Democrats Christina Hines, competing for the 10th District that encompasses most of southern Macomb County, as well as the Rochester-Rochester Hills area, and Will Lawrence who seeks the 7th District which includes part of Milford and Milford Township,

After a bruising primary campaign where his opponent Congresswoman Haley Stevens (D-Oakland County) was verbally harassed and humiliated at the party convention and received nasty and shameful comments on social media, Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed has said “enough.” On September 19 – over six weeks after the August 4 primary – after an anti-Israel protester followed Stevens to her car in Washington D.C., verbally haranguing her by calling her a “war criminal” an

Outgoing U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-Bloomfield Township) is heading west on his infamous motorcycle when he retires from the Senate in January. He announced he will be trading politics for education as he becomes an endowed chair in practical politics and co-lead the University of Southern California’s Center for the Political Future with longtime Republican strategist Mike Murphy. USC said Peters will teach courses at both the Los Angeles and Washington campuses. “I look at