Local entities are asking Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to call a special election to fill the 35th District State Senate seat vacated by Sen. Kristen McDonald Rivet after her election to the U.S. Congress.

Supporters of Demetrius Frazier, a Michigan prisoner facing execution in Alabama, are asking Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to intervene.

Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson officially joined the governor’s race to replace Governor Gretchen Whitmer. What do the two Democrats have in common? They were both targeted by armed and violent MAGA protesters before Jan.

MICHIGAN — Michigan voters will choose a new governor in November 2026. Current Governor Gretchen Whitmer is term-limited after serving back-to-back four year stints in Lansing. We are keeping track of candidates who throw their hats in the ring below.

Currently, Michigan is one of only a handful of states that exempts the state legislature and governor's office from FOIA requests.

Ms. Benson, a Democrat, jumped into a high-profile and potentially crowded race to lead one of the country’s top battleground states.

Governor Whitmer launches an art contest for Michigan K-12 students to design the 2025 State of the State program cover.

In her new book, Jocelyn Benson targets 2026 gubernatorial rival Mike Duggan for trying to recruit a White male opponent to Gretchen Whitmer in 2018.

It certainly appears Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is playing partisan politics by not scheduling a special election in Michigan’s 35th senate district.

Mallory McMorrow, a state senator who won national Democratic acclaim in 2022 with a speech defending liberal values while identifying herself as a “straight, white, Christian, married suburban mom,” said she had not ruled out a run for either governor or the Senate.

The Michigan Senate crossed the first item off its 2025 to-do list on Wednesday, passing a plan to expand Michigan’s Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) with overwhelming bipartisan support. “This is Senate Bill No.