Tag: Michigan 2024 elections coverage
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Four candidates are running in the general election for Michigan’s 3rd Congressional District on Nov. 5, 2024
Incumbent Rep. Hillary Scholten (D), Paul Hudson (R), Alexander Avery (L), and Louis Palus (Working Class Party) are running in the general election for Michigan’s 3rd Congressional District on Nov. 5, 2024. In 2022, Scholten became the first Democrat to represent the district since 1993. She previously ran unsuccessfully in 2020 as the Democratic nominee.…
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Michigan has most contested elections for 8th election cycle in a row
For the eighth election cycle in a row, Michigan has the highest percentage of contested state legislative elections at 99%. The lowest rate in the state, since Ballotpedia began gathering data in 2010, was 98% in 2010 and 2012. The highest rate was 100% in 2014, 2016, and 2018. Michigan’s high contested election rate is…
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Kristen McDonald Rivet (D), Paul Junge (R) and four others are running in the general election for Michigan’s 8th Congressional District
Kristen McDonald Rivet (D), Paul Junge (R), and four other candidates are running in the general election for Michigan’s 8th Congressional District on November 5, 2024. Incumbent Dan Kildee (D) is retiring from public office. Michigan Public Radio’s Steve Carmody wrote Kildee’s decision to retire “marked the end of decades of Kildee family control of…
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Elissa Slotkin (D), Mike Rogers (R), and five others to compete in the general election for U.S. Senate seat in Michigan
Elissa Slotkin (D), Mike Rogers (R), and five others are running in the general election for U.S. Senate in Michigan on Nov. 5, 2024. Incumbent Debbie Stabenow (D), who was first elected in 2000, did not run for re-election. The Detroit Free Press’ Todd Spangler said, “The last time a Senate seat was open in…
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Curtis Hertel (D), Tom Barrett (R), and Leah Dailey (L) are running in the general election for Michigan’s 7th Congressional District
Curtis Hertel (D), Tom Barrett (R), and Leah Dailey (L) are running in the general election for Michigan’s 7th Congressional District on November 5, 2024. Incumbent Elissa Slotkin (D) is running for U.S. Senate. Bridge Michigan’s Lauren Gibbons wrote the district “is split nearly down the middle politically,” and Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) described the…
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Four candidates running in the general election for Michigan’s 10th Congressional District
Incumbent John James (R), Carl Marlinga (D), Mike Saliba (L), and Andrea Kirby (Working Class Party) are running in the general election for Michigan’s 10th Congressional District on November 5, 2024. This election is a rematch of the 2022 general election, when James defeated Marlinga 48.8% to 48.3%. It was the third closest House race…
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Michigan sees fewest contested state legislative primaries and open seats since 2010
Michigan has 67 contested state legislative primaries in 2024, a 26% decrease from 2020, the most recent cycle to also feature elections for all 110 House seats and no Senate seats. Twenty-seven of the contested primaries are for Democrats, and 40 are for Republicans. This is down 44% and 7% from 2020, respectively. Of the…