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NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT
We noted months ago that the name of Genesee County Sheriff Chris Swanson was being kicked around in spitball sessions about who might...
THERE GOES THE JUDGE?
In Oakland County political and judicial circles there seems to be a split court of opinion on the fate of Oakland Probate Judge Kathleen...


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


NO CAT LADIES
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...


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


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


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


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


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


2022 NOVEMBER REDUX
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...


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