With time running out until Election Day, Republican gubernatorial candidate John James has lost national funding support and has been focusing on building “word of mouth” support at campaign stops and social media to get his message out. Along with that messaging comes numerous reports that James, who currently represents the U.S. House district for southern Macomb County, along with Rochester and Rochester Hills, but chose not to run again to aim for the governor’s mansion,

In her latest Federal Election Commission (FEC) filing on September 30 following her Senate primary loss, it was revealed that Congresswoman Haley Stevens (D-Birmingham, Oakland County) refunded $75,885 to donors, of which $39,385 was returned to individual contributors, while $36,500 went back to PACs. Is Stevens done with politics or does she just have a particularly generous heart? The actual reason comes down to federal law. Many donors preemptively donate the maximum am

The national media has had some fun at the expense of U.S. Representative Haley Stevens’ (D-Birmingham, Oakland County). The congresswoman, who lost the Democratic Senate nomination in the August primary to Abdul El-Sayed, endured ridicule and parody during the campaign for previously out-of-bounds things like her appearance, purported weight gain, her Midwest accent as well as her wholehearted support of Israel. Since losing to El-Sayed by less than one percent, she revealed

Arizona Senator Mark Kelly (D) and his wife, former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords, who suffered a severe brain injury in January 2011 when a gunman shot her and others at a constituent event and has since formed Giffords PAC, a national gun violence prevention organization, have put $1 million behind two notable Democratic Michigan candidates, gubernatorial hopeful Jocelyn Benson and congressional candidate Christina Hines who is running against Republican Michael Bouchard, so

If only they had realized sooner. Turns out the Michigan Libertarian Party, which champions itself as the third-largest political party in the U.S. (in a primarily two-party nation), founded in 1971 and champions personal autonomy, advocates for free market capitalism, slashing or eliminating income taxes and abolishing the IRS, as well as promoting a foreign policy of peace and free trade, doesn’t like the guy, Anthony Hudson, they chose as their candidate for governor. In l

We detailed in past months the complaints from the Oakland County Republican Party about the failings of the state party organization. Among them, the state Republican Party issued endorsements in Oakland judicial contests (including at least one Democrat-backed contender) without consulting with the GOP folks in this county. In early October, Oakland Republican Party Chair Vance Patrick sent out an email blast with additional sniping about the state organization which is run

Kristi Rogers, second wife of former U.S. House member and now-candidate (once again) for Senate Mike Rogers, got her fair share of media attention in the last couple of weeks passing out $10 gas gift cards at a local gas station in Detroit. One can only assume that is part of the campaign’s efforts to increase votes in Detroit. No word on how much was given away of what was said to drivers who pulled up where Kristi was greeting customers. The unusual antic was taking place

At least two Michigan members of Congress are known to have been targets in a wave of threatening letters sent nation-wide to government and election officials in recent weeks. West Michigan Democrat Congresswoman Hillary Scholten’s received a letter threatening a “civil war” after the November 3 election, supposedly sent by Democratic Socialists of America, with a return address from a long-vacant West Coast office of the group, which has denied any connection to the letters

Bloomfield Township Treasurer Michael Schostak, a Republican who is seeking a spot on the University of Michigan Board of Regents, got a good dose of coverage from The Detroit News a couple of Sundays ago in a piece by assistant editorial page editor Kaitlyn Buss. Schostak and perennial candidate/Republican Party gadfly Lena Epstein are running against Democrats Paul Brown (an incumbent) and questionable-nominee Amir Makled. Schostak also received the endorsement of the The D