special elections

Voters in Michigan’s 35th state Senate district head to the polls Tuesday for a primary election that’s been a year in the making. It’s a special election that could shape power in Lansing for the rest of the year and, perhaps, beyond.

A look at USA Today’s acquisition of the Detroit News and why Michigan’s open 35th Senate District special election on Tuesday matters.

Since being elected to Congress in November 2024, Rep. Kristen McDonald Rivet's Michigan state Senate seat has remained open. In one month, voters in Midland, Bay City, and Saginaw will cast ballots in primaries to decide which of 10 candidates will be winnowed down to two for a May general election.

The state senate seat representing more than a quarter million Michiganders has been empty since January. Governor Whitmer has said she plans to call a special election, but to date she hasn’t.

A lawsuit has been filed to pressure Governor Gretchen Whitmer to call a special election for an open state Senate seat.

The House has been evenly divided for five months since two Democratic representatives resigned to take office as the mayors of Warren and Westland.

Two special elections in Michigan Tuesday could break the tie between Democrats and Republicans in the state’s House of Representatives.

Democrats won two seats and Republicans won two seats in a special election for the state House of Representatives Tuesday.

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has set special elections to fill a pair of vacant state senate seats.The former holders of the 8th and 28th state senate seats won…

A large field of candidates will be on the ballot this week as Flint voters decide who they want to represent them in Lansing.Sheldon Neeley resigned from…