Republican gubernatorial candidate John James skipped most of the earlier annual gathering at Mackinac Island and in October was a ‘no show’ at the Grand Rapids GOP debate, the first of three sponsored by the state Republican Party. Although the second term member of Congress is doing well in polling and campaign contributions, his campaign reportedly has issued a statement that James will not be attending any primary debates until the field is more “set.” His failure to app

Polling for the governor’s race for ‘26 is beginning to reveal the haves-and-have-nots as both money and backers coalesce behind certain candidates – and are leaving others out in the winter cold. What is coming into clearer focus is that outgoing Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan , long a Democrat but running as an independent for governor, could play the spoiler for Democrats – and potentially win the contest, if you believe the bucketful of endorsements he is carting around, from

Former Michigan GOP Party co-chairman Jeff Sakwa has been feeling the heat from both political parties over a fundraiser he hosted for independent gubernatorial candidate Mike Duggan . “I’ve been getting shit from both sides – from people who are not in my inner circle – but I’m getting money from people on both sides who are excited about his candidacy and I’ve never had an easier time raising money,” Sakwa said. “The excitement is through the roof. I’ve even gotten call f

Speaking of Haley Stevens and Mallory McMorrow , those following closely the race for the U.S. Senate seat now held by Gary Peters (D-Michigan)), who is retiring next year, may have been given in mid-October a sneak peak of one issue likely to be tossed around once the two candidates have cleared phase one of their campaigns. NBC News did an interview with both candidates and picked up on McMorrow’s campaign theme for diversifying business in Michigan, in which she touts th

Here’s a question we are hearing on a regular basis nowadays. Michigan U.S. Senator Elissa Slotkin (D) seems to be everywhere lately, or as writers from Politico Playbook said, she grabbed the spotlight as the Democrat’s person to give the party response to Donald Trump after the joint session of Congress early this year and she never left the limelight. She has been active legislatively of late but is also traversing the country attempting to figure out how to rebuild the

He’s an Army captain and a paratrooper. His dad was a state senator, has been the revered Oakland County Sheriff since 1999, and was a candidate who had two failed statewide campaigns, one for senator (2006), losing to Senator Debbie Stabenow , the other for governor (2010), losing in the primary to Rick Snyder , so Michael Bouchard , the son, presumably understands the gamble. His latest move is one that definitely carries a lot of risk – announcing a run for Congress, 10th

The invisible step-child of 2026’s election fundraising are for the open secretary of state and attorney general posts. Wildly less glamorous than senator, governor and numerous congressional races, which are decided by primary voters on August 4, 2026, both the Republican and Democratic candidates for secretary of state and attorney general are chosen by delegates at their state conventions: March 28, for the GOP, and April 19 for Dems. That is not stopping candidates runnin

Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald looks to be heading up all Democrat hopefuls seeking the party nomination for Michigan Attorney General at the party convention next year if campaign funding is any indication. From the campaign report filings at the end of October we learn that McDonald raised some $840,000 and transferred $100,000 from her county prosecutor committee, while Democrat Eli Savit , the Washtenaw County Prosecutor who early on had clerked for Supreme Co

We called it back in October, and can now confirm that state Rep. Jason Hoskins (D-Southfield, Lathrup Village, Farmington, Farmington Hills) has announced his run for the state senate seat that Jeremy Moss (D) is vacating to run for Congress in the 11th District, pledging to bring experienced, results-driven leadership to Lansing at a time when Michigan faces major economic and social challenges. “I’m running for state Senate because our district deserves an experienced le

New York Magazin e set out – with the help of over 30 media and campaign strategists, polling experts and other political insiders from around the country – to identify nationally the 25 “most promising” young people to rebuild the Democratic Party, and three of those included U.S. Senate candidates from Michigan – Abdul El-Sayed , state Senator Mallory MicMorrow and U.S. Representative Haley Stevens . In fact, they billed the race involving the trio as the “Millennial Smac