Republican Paul Junge reported Monday spending more than $1 million while still sitting on a significant sum in cash less than a month before the primary in the 8th U.S. House District, which is expected to be competitive and expensive heading into the fall.
Former Michigan Treasurer Douglas Roberts said once in an interview he wanted to be remembered as "a good public servant."
Michigan Republicans praised U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance's conservative credentials following former President Donald Trump tapping him as his vice presidential pick, while Democrats criticized him as a far-right extremist.
Tim Sneller was a Capitol lifer, someone who spent almost 40 years on the staffs of at least nine different lawmakers, served six years as a state representative in his own right and was seeking a comeback this year.
U.S. Rep. Hillary Scholten became the first member of Michigan's U.S. House delegation to call for President Joe Biden to step off the Democratic ticket for president on Thursday, but Biden continued to insist he will remain his party's nominee.
Democratic U.S. House candidate Pamela Pugh slammed what she called a "racist push poll" that offered glowing descriptions of her two white Democratic primary opponents in the 8th U.S. House District alongside a limited and inaccurate description of her as "a Black legislator."
Rep. Felicia Brabec and Rep. Penelope Tsernoglou will serve as the new campaign finance co-chairs for the Michigan House Democratic Fund.
Governor Gretchen Whitmer has continued to promote her new book, "True Gretch", this week, most recently in a series of national media appearances spanning late-night television and drive-time radio shows.
Democratic members of the House and Senate who chair committees overseeing the Department of Corrections said they support Director Heidi Washington remaining at the helm of the department.
Rep. Phil Skaggs on Tuesday joined the calls for President Joe Biden to step aside to let a younger, fresher Democratic candidate face former President Donald Trump in November.