3/1/19 GOP state convention, gerrymandering, and a court case + interview with Princeton University’s Guide on how to cure MI gerrymandering. Sponsored by Vanguard and Deadline Detroit.
3/1/19 GOP state convention, gerrymandering, and a court case + interview with Princeton University’s Guide on how to cure MI gerrymandering. Sponsored by Vanguard and Deadline Detroit.
Thank you for visiting! You have let us know that what we produce about Michigan politics and government matters to you. More people than ever are reading and listening to what we put on our news site, and this year’s election activity will be especially momentous. Your support makes all the difference.
As you know, unlike many news websites, we haven’t put up a paywall. We want to keep our journalism as open as we can, but we need to ask for your help. We are editorially independent, meaning we set our own agenda. Our journalism remains truly free from commercial influence or bias. We are not subsidized. We don’t put up paid advertisements. No one edits our Editor. No one steers our opinion.
But The Ballenger Report (TBR) takes time, money and hard work to produce. If everyone who reads or listens to our material — and likes it! — helps to support it, our future would be much more secure.
Whatever you might want to contribute will help TBR continue. Thank you.
John James completely eclipsed the establishment candidates during the August convention. He would have done the same last weekend, too.
Gina Barr got 43% of the vote to Cox’s 57%. I don’t think Barr is ready for prime time but it shows that the conservative wing is growing in influence and the establishment wing better start to engage them regarding their priorities.
Yes, most of the speeches were uninspiring but Ron Weiser got a standing O for his retirement speech. Even people who disagreed with the way he ran the party gave him his due respect.
Redistricting: Arab-American district? African-American district? Asian-American community? Really?! Where is the American-American district? Hyphenating Americans will never inspire unity. I have my doubts about this new redistricting commission.