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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...
STEADY & STABLE
Politicians are notorious for saying one thing in public and another in private. Not Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Oakland County). The...
2026 DREAMING
We’ve all heard the familiar Democratic names being kicked around as possible contenders for governor in 2026 – SOS Jocelyn Benson, state...
RIGHT TRUMPS WRONG
Former Rochester Hills Clerk Tina Barton is finally getting justice, almost four years later, for upholding the integrity of the 2020...
CHANGING PLACES
If approved by a federal court, come 2026, many local residents will have new state senators. The Michigan Independent Redistricting...
LOOK WHO’S BACK, BACK AGAIN
New election cycle, some same old names. Republican Matt DePerno, who unsuccessfully ran for attorney general in 2022 against incumbent...
SENATE MONEY GAME
Congresswoman Elissa Slotkin continues to set records in campaign contributions heading into the August primary election. Her campaign...
PROSECUTOR JOE BTFSPIK
Older Oakland Confidential readers will likely remember the Li’l Abner cartoon character who had a dark rain cloud over his head in most...
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