A special election to fill the vacancy in the Michigan Senate's competitive 35th District could sway the power dynamic in Lansing.

Election lawyers from both sides of the political spectrum said Monday that Michigan Secretary of Jocelyn Benson correctly declined to issue a declarative ruling on whether the major party’s endorsement conventions were constitutional.

House Speaker Matt Hall celebrated the news, calling ranked choice voting a "scheme to complicate and hijack our elections."

From a historic election in Detroit that ended with its first female Mayor getting the nod from voters, to the federal government shutdown, to tariffs, 2025 was a busy year with politics at the core,

With 2026 midterms looming, governors races in key battlegrounds are tightening as GOP targets Arizona, Michigan and Wisconsin while defending Georgia and Nevada.

Mike Rogers, a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, has created a "Faith Coalition" campaign leadership team made up of pastors and political figures who have promoted baseless claims about election fraud and anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric.