august primary

Proposal C — first championed by former city council members who lost their seats during primaries — would eliminate primaries and make Ann Arbor's elections non-partisan.

Members of a group called the Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association are running for sheriff in Barry, Branch, Hillsdale, Berrien, and Allegan counties.

A slew of Democrats voiced interest in Michigan’s open U.S. Senate seat when incumbent Sen. Debbie Stabenow announced last year that she would not seek a fifth term. But for a variety of reasons, the final field in the Democratic primary has boiled down to just two.

U.S. Senate candidate Hill Harper, along with 8th Congressional District candidate Pamela Pugh and 13th Congressional District candidate Mary Waters face uphill fights in the August Democratic Primary.

Incumbent Rep. Dan Kildee's decision not to seek re-election in 2024 could possibly put at risk a half century of Democratic control of the seat representing Flint.

“I’ll look forward to campaigning with the winner of the August 6th election. Until then, there’s a robust campaign going on," U.S. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) told reporters in Flint on Monday.

Without a Kildee on the November ballot, Republicans have high hopes of winning a seat Democrats have held for more than half a century.

We talk with politics reporter Simon Schuster about divides within the Michigan GOP going into the August primary. Then, we met with a University of Michigan professor to hear about drag as performance art in American culture. And, one photographer's artistic journey after her mom's cancer diagnosis.

The Democratic and Republican candidates for the open U.S. Senate seat are finalized, a concert where the attendees are the band, and after 20 plus year absence, Detroit has a food co-op.

Michigan Radio’s Zoe Clark took the host chair today for a comprehensive wrap-up to a tumultuous week in Michigan politics.