Busy day for Michigan's Secretary of State
ListenIt is perhaps the busiest day of the year for Michigan Secretary of State Ruth Johnson. Michigan polling locations will be open until 8 p.m. tonight. And, it will likely be some time before we...
View ArticleLive Blog: Battleground
**Refresh this page often for the latest updates.**A quick head's up on what this is. The Battleground is an aggregation of NPR member stations' content produced during election night. It's curated by...
View ArticleOakland County voter surprised to find citizenship checkbox on ballot...
Michigan Radio has received word that in at least one polling location voters encountered the controversial citizenship checkbox on ballot applications.Oakland County resident Spencer Howell said that...
View ArticleStories and images from the polls in Michigan
It's Election Day and Michigan voters have been hitting the polls all day.We have about two hours to go, and we have some reports about how things have been going.We’ve heard lines are running...
View Article2012 Michigan election results
Here are the election results for the races we watched here at Michigan Radio.Please go to your county's election page for more detailed results in your area.You can also find information about the...
View ArticleLive blog: Election results in Michigan
We'll be posting news and information about election results here in Michigan on this blog post.Refresh for updates.Here are the vote tallies so far in Michigan.You can also check out our Live Blog:...
View ArticleCampaign spending breaks all records
A lot more money was spent in this election year than in past elections and much of that money at the national level and in Michigan was so-called ‘dark money.’“Literally hundreds of millions not...
View ArticleDemocrats pick up seats but "squander money" in fight for State House
Despite losing a handful of seats in Tuesday’s election, Republicans have hung on to a small majority in the state House.Democrats look to have picked up five seats, narrowing GOP control to...
View ArticlePolitical Roundup: Election 2012
ListenTwo days post-election and there was a mixed bag of results here in Michigan. President Obama won, the State House held onto a Republican majority, all of the proposed constitutional amendments...
View ArticlePoliticians need to learn from sports
ListenWhether your candidates won or lost this week, we can all rejoice that it’s finally over. Or, we think it is. We can’t be sure anymore, can we? All this made me ponder the relative craziness of...
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Before Bentivolio starts, Curson plans to tackle "fiscal cliff" for...
In Michigan's freaky 11th Congressional District, the Republican candidate both won AND lost on Election Day.It all started here... when this guy's campaign imploded:Enlarge image Credit Vincent Duffy...
View ArticleRevenge of a Michigan nerd: Nate Silver's election night victory
President Obama defeated one Michigan native Tuesday night, but in doing so contributed directly to the landslide victory of another.Obama’s victories in a number of swing states vindicated the...
View ArticleMichigan 1st Congressional District race decided, McDowell concedes
It was a close race, but the votes have been counted and Democrat Gary McDowell conceded the 1st Congressional district race to incumbent Republican Congressman Dan Benishek.McDowell conceded the...
View ArticleA conversation with Senator Gretchen Whitmer
ListenListen to the full interview.The Michigan legislature enters the lame duck session this week. Republicans held onto a majority in the State House, so they’ll be setting the legislative agenda,...
View ArticleMichigan’s 16 Electoral College votes officially cast for Obama/Biden
Michigan’s 16 delegates to the Electoral College have officially cast their votes for President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden.The President netted 54 percent of the popular vote in Michigan...
View ArticleCommentary: Election Day and history
The incumbent president was a Democrat, a controversial figure whose legitimacy was doubted by millions, right from the start. His Republican challenger was a Michigan native, but one who left the...
View ArticleBusy day for Michigan's Secretary of State
It is perhaps the busiest day of the year for Michigan Secretary of State Ruth Johnson. Michigan polling locations will be open until 8 p.m. tonight. And, it will likely be some time before we have...
View ArticleThe week in review
On Weekend Edition, Rina Miller talks with Michigan Radio's political analyst Jack Lessenberry about some of the biggest news stories of the week. This week they discuss election turn out, how...
View ArticleSo... did last week's election really change anything in Michigan?
It’s time for a post-mortem edition of It’s Just Politics and, as the saying goes, it’s time for political reporters to come down from the hills after the battle to bayonet the wounded. Are your blades...
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