It's Just Politics

After a contentious battle in Michigan’s Democratic U.S. Senate primary, where does the party go from here? Plus, Tuesday’s election results.

With one week before Michigan’s primary election, a look at where the open races for governor and U.S. Senate stand.

Today, we bring you our conversation with former Wayne County health official Abdul El-Sayed. Yesterday, we heard from U.S. Representative Haley Stevens.

This week on the podcast we're doing something different. We're bringing you interviews with both U.S. Senate candidates. Today, we have U.S. Representative Haley Stevens. Tomorrow, we'll hear from former Wayne County health official Abdul El-Sayed.

Halfway through the year, the It’s Just Politics team takes stock of the first six months of 2026 with a look at the Top Three Michigan politics stories of the year so far.

On the heels of Michigan Senator Mallory McMorrow’s decision to drop out of the U.S. Senate race, leading contenders in the Democratic primary, U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens and Abdul El-Sayed met up in a televised debate last night that was Michiganders’ first look at how the candidates stack up directly against each other.

It looks more and more likely that lawmakers and Governor Gretchen Whitmer will not pass a state budget by the July 1st statutory deadline. What comes next?

Join Michigan Public’s It’s Just Politics co-hosts Zoe Clark (Political Director) and Rick Pluta (Senior Capitol Correspondent), and guest panelists Simon D. Schuster (Capitol Reporter, Bridge Michigan) and Jordyn Hermani (Policy & Politics Reporter, Bridge Michigan), for a preview of the upcoming Michigan Primary, less than a week before the election!

Michigan Senate Democrats propose new data center regulations. What would the bills do and could they actually become law?

Michigan lawmakers are trying to finalize a state budget as the July 1 deadline approaches, with House Speaker Matt Hall pushing new negotiating tactics while Governor Gretchen Whitmer is abroad on a European trade mission.