PUTTING ON THE GLOVES
We’re disappointed to see two popular Democratic congresspersons – Haley Stevens and Andy Levin – getting ready to rumble in the August...

TURNING TIDES
With all the talk of a projected 2022 Republican Congressional sweep, it has local political wonks wondering what can potentially happen...

COURTING OVERSEAS DONORS
Democrat Gary Peters, one of Michigan’s two U.S. Senators, took to the international skies in mid-October to raise party funds in Europe...

NO GO
Republican sources confirm to Oakland Confidential that always-a-bridesmaid-never-a-bride candidate John James of Farmington Hills, won’t...
CONGRESSIONAL RANKINGS
Michigan’s U.S. Senator Gary Peters has been ranked as the most effective Democrat in the Senate for the 116th Congress (2019-2020) by...

JAMES VS. SLOTKIN
While John James could run for governor in 2022, he could also pivot and run for the U.S. House, based on polling he has been doing of...

GAME FACE
Re-elected U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-Bloomfield Township) has been tasked with a big assignment: for the 2022 election cycle – he’s...

ANOTHER ROUND
Michigan Democratic Party Chair Lavora Barnes announced she’s going for another two-year term, which outgoing Oakland County party chair...
BEHIND THE CURTAIN
We gained further insight into one general election candidate as a boisterous gaggle of Republicans tried to bum-rush the TCF Center in...

OBAMA SAYS
Several local state and congressional candidates have friends in high places. As in, former President Barack Obama, who announced his...
