Election 2022

Candidates and their surrogates spent Saturday and Sunday rallying supporters

There are ten candidates vying for three open seats on the Grosse Pointe school board. It’s officially non-partisan, like all Michigan school board contests, but partisan politics have very much become part of the picture.

A county clerk explains what happens if your vote is challenged at the polls, and the It's Just Politics panel answers your questions about about election day.

For three and a half decades, Republicans have either run the agenda in Lansing or at least had veto power amid Democrats’ shifting fortunes. At no point since 1983 have Democrats simultaneously held the governor’s office, the state House and the Michigan Senate. But Democrats are cautiously eyeing the 2022 cycle as a tantalizing possibility for a long-awaited trifecta.

Stateside takes you inside a Michigan crisis pregnancy center—an organization that hopes to convince women to not have an abortion and carry their pregnancies to term.

Circuit Court Judge Mark Latchana dismissed the lawsuit over election inspector appointments. The judge found neither the national nor the state Republican party had standing to bring the lawsuit.

Michigan’s new 11th Congressional District is entirely within Oakland County. Congresswoman Haley Stevens won a tough Democratic primary, and is now expected to easily win the general election. That's an indication of how much Oakland County politics have changed in recent years.

Michigan elections bureau spokesperson Jake Rollow said in an online press conference that at this point it’s a good idea for voters to drop off ballots with local clerks instead of using the mail.

Elissa Slotkin’s GOP challenger Tom Barrett and other Republicans blasted Liz Cheney for siding with Slotkin in an election that might determine which party controls Congress.

Abortion and the economy are at the top of voters' minds, but how might environmental policies shape votes? Plus, a look at what we can learn from the nation’s most powerful laser. And, a dramatic rescue attempt in the frigid waters of Lake Superior.