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Question 1): Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has proposed two debates with her Republican opponent, Tudor Dixon, on Oct. 13 at WOOD-TV in Grand Rapids and Oct. 25 at WXYZ in Detroit. Dixon has countered with a demand for four debates — the WOOD debate on 10/13 but three others earlier, preferably in September or the first […]

That headline quote is from the famous Casey Stengel, then managing the hapless New York Mets in 1962, when he talked with reporters while the expansion franchise struggled through an abysmal season. It seems that’s the same query that might be asked in Michigan after the Board of State Canvassers (BOSC) deadlocked on whether two […]

Question 1): Former state Rep. Shane Hernandez (R-Port Huron) prevailed Saturday (Aug. 27) at a raucous Michigan Republican Party convention at the  Lansing Center, where delegates voted to make him the party’s nominee for Lieutenant Governor. The paper ballot vote capped a wild conclave and whirlwind two weeks for Hernandez, who lost a Congressional bid […]

Question 1): Tudor Dixon, the Republicans’ gubernatorial nominee, last Friday announced her pick to be her running mate in this fall’s campaign leading up to the Nov. 8 general election. He’s Shane Hernandez (R-Port Huron), a former state Representative who chaired the House Appropriations Committee in only his second (and last) of two terms. during […]

Question 1): MIRS newsletter reported last week that “quiet conversations” are beginning in Republican circles about the possibility of the GOP-controlled state House and Senate in the next few weeks fashioning a “modest” abortion rights bill to defuse the expansive “Reproductive Freedom For All” proposal likely to appear on the Nov. 8 general election ballot. […]

Trump-aligned challengers ousting GOP legislative incumbents By TODD RICHMOND and DAVID A. LIEB AP TODAY Aug. 6, 2022 Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos talks to the media after Gov. Tony Evers addressed a joint session of the Legislature in the Assembly chambers during the Governor’s State of the State speech at the state Capitol, Feb. […]

Subject: Spotlight on The News (WXYZ TV/Channel 7 in Metro Detroit) & Off the Record (Michigan Public Television) Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2022 15:18:39 -0400 Bill Ballenger, Tim Skubick, Chuck Stokes, Zoe Clark, Emily Lawler, Kyle Melinn & Ed Sarpolus Spotlight on the News: Inside the MI Primary with Bill Ballenger & Ed Sarpolus https://www.wxyz.com/news/political/spotlight-on-the-news/spotlight-on-the-news-inside-the-mi-primary-election-with-bill-ballenger-ed-sarpolus […]

Question 1): The five Republican candidates campaigning this year to be Michigan’s next governor have failed to disclose any information about their income, tax payments and charitable contributions over the last year, much less anything in the past, despite transparency pledges they have made on the campaign trail. As Craig Mauger of The Detroit News […]

Fringe GOP nominees give Democrats hope for the midterms by Douglas E. Schoen, Opinion Contributor The Hill July 21, 2022 Republicans have every reason to be optimistic about their party’s political prospects in this year’s midterm elections. Democrats are widely blamed for soaring inflation, President Biden’s approval rating just hit a record low and the GOP has approximately a […]

The great realignment Josh Kraushaar AXIOS/ Politics & Policy July 18. 2022 Illustration: Gabriella Turrisi/Axios Shifts in the demographics of the two parties’ supporters — taking place before our eyes — are arguably the biggest political story of our time. The big picture: Republicans are becoming more working class and a little more multiracial. Democrats […]