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Lansing, Mich.
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Johnson spent a combined $65.8m on both of his gubernatorial campaigns and his ‘24 presidential run, more than the GDP of the small nation of Tuvalu.
Perry Johnson Spends $100 A Vote In Losing Effort . . . zurl.co/4du28
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Spoke to a small group at a local pub. Mentioned Abdul El-Sayed was trying to touch more seniors with his grandparents ad. At that exact moment, that ad showed up on the TV screen above my head.
20% of all registered Michigan voters cast ballots in Dem primary. That’s the largest percentage for either party since at least 1998. By a lot.
Michigan’s 2026 primary saw a noticeable jump in Democratic participation.
A look at top-of-ticket primary vote totals going back to 1998 shows how Democratic and Republican turnout has shifted over time.
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Instead of publishing stories questioning why open link polls and AES intervals were off in MI’s primary, why doesn’t Nate Silver and WaPo buck up and spend their money on their own polls?
Roughly 300 attend Perry Johnson tailgate at Rep. Matt Maddock’s home in Milford during Trumps speech.
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"You asked me what was going through your mind at that moment...it was I don't want my picture taken. That's all it was," says Gov. Whitmer to the Detroit Economic Club, being asked about the New York Times photo of her in the Oval Office with her folders covering her face.
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MIRS learned from a MDP spokesperson that Williams did not meet the 1,270-signature threshold to be voted on as the party's next chair.
There are currently 2,000-plus voting convention participants in the room, and multiple Dems waited more than 2 hours in line to get in.
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Seems the only lies being told are by people like you who get money deposited into family bank accounts from the very group that is driving the issue. Your wife is the pres of the lobby group that OneFairWage is paying. This is corruption as the citizens see it, recuse yourself!
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On the weekly podcast @jefftimmer and I look at Trump’s second week in office, its chaos, and perhaps the beginning of Democratic resistance; then we discuss the consequences of Senator Peters’ decision not to seek reelection with @melinnky of @MIRSnews nam10.safelinks.protection.o…
Line to get into Jenison Fieldhouse to see Kamala Harris stretching more than half mile through Michigan State University past Spartan Stadium
Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein on Michigan's Big Show live spotlightmediastudios.com/ne…
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This week @RussGRNnWhite is joined by @melinnky & @MattGrossmann @MSU_poli_sci & Arnold Weinfeld @IPPSR to discuss local, state & national politics & policy that will impact #2024Elections. spr.ly/6016mkEQy
ALT "I’ve been really struck by how much of what’s going on in the national circuit has trickled down to the state and local politics.” Kyle Melinn, editor of Michigan Information and Research Service, along & MSU professors Matt Grossmann & Arnold Weinfeld, discuss the upcoming election, especially the recent Michigan primary
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Michigan businessman Sandy Pensler just announced that he's dropping out of the race for U.S. Senate after being invited on stage by former President Donald Trump.
Gov. Whitmer’s Fight Like Hell PAC pledges in text blast prior to Trump/Vance speech in GR to build “the biggest, most effective grassroots voter mobilization effort in Michigan’s history” to stop Trump.
Vance named in 180-word text 5 times. Joe Biden or Kamala Harris? 0.
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Interesting political analysis about the future of state House control in 2025 from @MIRSnews’ one-and-only @melinnky, in today’s @CityPulse.
"As it stands today, the #Michigan House of Representatives is likely to shift back to the Republicans after the 2024 election." #mileg #migov
lansingcitypulse.com/stories…?
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Confirmed: former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio will be attending tonight’s State of the State address as a guest of Rep. @feliciabrabec.
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State Rep. @schuette_bill has announced he is not running for Congress in the Eighth District. He will be running again for the state House.