Election 2014

In a wide-ranging interview on Friday, Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate Gary Peters said he does not support sending ground troops to Iraq.The…

We know the most important job in state government is that of governor, but the next two top jobs are far more important than we tend to…

The Michigan Public Radio Network's Rick Pluta sat down with the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate Gary Peters this morning, to take questions from our…

It's a big weekend for Michigan's Democrats and Republicans: Both parties hold their state conventions – the Democrats in Lansing, the Republicans in…

We're about two and a half months away from the November general election and two big statewide races – the race for Governor and U.S. Senate.We're seeing…

Both major political parties have their state conventions this week. Republicans are meeting in Novi; Democrats in Lansing.There’s always an element of…

LANSING – Michigan voters have viewed at least $20 million worth of political ads in competitive gubernatorial and U.S. Senate campaigns.But whether they…

Natural disasters, like the rain and floods that pounded metro Detroit this week, present a unique challenge for chief executives like Governor Rick…

Nobody can say Governor Rick Snyder vacillated, when it was learned last week that Scott Woosley, his appointed head of the Michigan State Housing…

Several political campaigns during the primaries got very nasty. Things haven’t been quite so nasty in the governor’s race … yet.Most of the ads we’ve…