Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is campaigning for Democratic gubernatorial nominee Jocelyn Benson in Lansing. "John James is like a fancy sports car in a Michigan winter," Whitmer says. "Looks real sharp parked in the driveway, but the second there's slush on the road, no help at all."

"This is how you run a budget," Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear jokes as Democratic nominee for Michigan governor Jocelyn Benson selects two dozen cupcakes from Good Cakes and Bakes in Detroit. She selected eight flavors, three each.

Democratic nominee for governor Jocelyn Benson references Abdul El-Sayed's tagline and says all Democrats are focused on corruption ("money out of politics"), affordability ("money in your pocket") and accessible healthcare (though she doesn't use El-Sayed's "Medicare for All").

Democratic nominee for Michigan governor Jocelyn Benson is kicking off the general election with Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, the chair of the Democratic Governors Association, in Detroit today. They're holding a roundtable with small business owners at Good Cakes and Bakes.

Haley Stevens endorses El-Sayed: "This was a thorough and rigorous campaign that brought out the full span of views within the Democratic Party — and that is why we have primaries," Stevens says.

Andrew Roth@roththereporter.bsky.social · 5h ago

AP makes it official: @abdulelsayed.bsky.social is projected to be the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Michigan. He addressed supporters at his watch party in Detroit around 1 am and will hold a press conference this morning.

AP makes it official: @abdulelsayed.bsky.social is projected to be the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Michigan. He addressed supporters at his watch party in Detroit around 1 am and will hold a press conference this morning.

Andrew Roth@roththereporter.bsky.social · 6h ago

Supporters of Democratic gubernatorial nominee @jocelynbenson.bsky.social cheer after she got an early race call around 9 pm last night, and supporters of now-Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate @abdulelsayed.bsky.social await results around 1 am.

Supporters of Democratic gubernatorial nominee @jocelynbenson.bsky.social cheer after she got an early race call around 9 pm last night, and supporters of now-Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate @abdulelsayed.bsky.social await results around 1 am.

Abdul El-Sayed will be speaking by no later than 1 am, his campaign says, as the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate remains too close to call. Haley Stevens also expected to speak soon from about 1.5 miles down the road.

Democratic candidate for attorney general Eli Savit is working the crowd at Abdul El-Sayed's primary election night watch party in Detroit as we await results.

Michigan’s general election matchup for governor is set as AP calls the Republican gubernatorial primary for U.S. Rep. John James. It will be his third statewide race in eight years, this time taking on Democratic nominee Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson.

Andrew Roth@roththereporter.bsky.social · 18h ago

Democratic nominee for governor @jocelynbenson.bsky.social says Michiganders voted "because they are asking us to fight for them, to stand up for them, to fix what's broken for them." "Let's take tonight's landslide victory and let's deliver another one this fall," Benson says.

Audience members at Abdul El-Sayed's primary election night watch party in Detroit chant "DON-A-VAN" and "WE WILL" as early results show progressive candidates Donavan McKinney and William Lawrence leading in their respective U.S. House primaries.

The C-SPAN stream on display at Abdul El-Sayed's primary election night watch party in Detroit is showing an interview with Hasan Piker as he streams from the watch party.

Democratic nominee for governor @jocelynbenson.bsky.social says Michiganders voted "because they are asking us to fight for them, to stand up for them, to fix what's broken for them." "Let's take tonight's landslide victory and let's deliver another one this fall," Benson says.

Supporters at @jocelynbenson.bsky.social's primary election night watch party in Detroit react to an announcement that the race has been called for her.

AP calls the race: Jocelyn Benson will be the Democratic nominee for governor. Audience at her watch party doesn't seem to have realized the news just yet.

Audience at Abdul El-Sayed's primary election night watch party in Detroit applauds as the first results minutes after polls close in most of the state have him leading Haley Stevens 55.4%-39.1% with 1% of votes reported.

"You need to figure out who is going to be best for you," U.S. Rep. @jasmineforus.bsky.social says in Lansing while campaigning for MI-07 candidate @bridgetbrink.com. "You need to be very selfish, because elections are about what it is that somebody is going to do to serve you."

U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed looks into the TV cameras and addresses AIPAC: "I know you're watching. You ought to burn your damn money." He says tax dollars should be spent in the U.S.: "We've got potholes that need to be filled here in Michigan. Eight years later, still need to be filled."

U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed says he was outspent by Gretchen Whitmer and Shri Thanedar in 2018, like he's being outspent now by Haley Stevens, but was "two-to-one more efficient than the governor, three-to-one more efficient than a guy who's currently in Congress."

Haley Stevens’ campaign sends out a press release using Abdul El-Sayed’s campaign logo and graphics to tout the “endorsement” of Mike Rogers after CNN reporting on Rogers’ private assessment of the field. Rogers says it “doesn’t matter which socialist survives the Democrats’ brutal primary.”

Once U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed finished speaking in Lansing, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Bernie Sanders returned to the stage for a photo. AOC then left the stage before U.S. House candidate William Lawrence, who she has not endorsed, joined the others.

"You know how many millionaires you can make for one billionaire? A thousand," Abdul El-Sayed says. "I don't know. I'd rather live in an economy that has 1,000 millionaires than one billionaire." He adds that billionaires make money "doing absolute jack shit."

"We could use a little more public health. I don't know if I've heard the words 'explosive diarrhea' said more times," Abdul El-Sayed says. "You can barely breathe the air. The toilets are having a rough time. And I don't think it's a coincidence that RFK Jr. is health secretary."

"I don't want you to fall off of your chairs, because what I'm going to tell you has been described by some of our Republican colleagues as communistic, as far far left, as extremist," Bernie Sanders says before telling the crowd in Lansing that Abdul El-Sayed supports Medicare for All.

"You can't breathe the air, you can't eat a salad, you can't pay the rent," U.S. House candidate Will Larence says before Bernie Sanders and AOC take the stage at a rally with Abdul El-Sayed in Lansing.

Saw cars from Maryland, Virginia, Indiana and Wisconsin in event parking near the Lansing Center today ahead of Bernie Sanders and AOC's rally with Abdul El-Sayed and William Lawrence. Can't say for sure where the drivers went, but seems the rally may be a regional draw.

A group organizing opposition to a proposed hyperscale data center development in Mason, including billboards promoting City Council candidates and an effort to recall the mayor, is led by two Republican operatives who helped elect Tom Barrett. They don't live in Mason.

Tensions boil over amid astroturfing claim in Mason data center debate

For weeks, audience members opposing data centers have interrupted Mason City Council proceedings with shouting, laughter and groans.

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Pete Buttigieg said the 24 hours he was separated from his children after a false report sent C.P.S. and Michigan State Police to his Traverse City home were “among the darkest hours of my life.” He said he “cannot describe the mix of rage and sadness” that his 4-year-old children were impacted.

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Former U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and his husband were temporarily separated from their 4-year-old children after a false report was anonymously filed with Children’s Protective Serv...

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Whitmer spoke at the university's undergraduate commencement ceremony last month, telling graduates she spent the happiest years of her life at MSU. “This is where it all started for me, and part of me will always be here,” Whitmer said.

Andrew Roth@roththereporter.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is taking herself out of a presidential race. No, not that one. A spokesperson for the term-limited governor said Whitmer is not interested in leading her alma mater, Michigan State University, even as some float her name.