LANSING — Jocelyn Benson is poised to become Michigan’s 50th governor after soundly defeating Republican John James amid a surge of support for Democrats throughout Michigan. Benson won by nearly 11 percentage points in a wave election that saw Democrats also win full control of the ...
MARQUETTE — Anna Aho Rink (D) defeated incumbent Karl Bohnak (R) in Tuesday’s midterm election to serve the 109th District in the Michigan State Legislature. Bohnak had been the first Republican to win the 109th district since 1955. “I can’t even begin to thank you all enough for ...
MARQUETTE — While the big story from Tuesday’s Midterm Election is certainly the Democrats taking control of the house and the senate in Washington, Several elections local to Marquette County had consequential results as well. The Gwinn Area Community Schools bond proposal failed by 14 ...
Today is Thursday, Nov. 5, the 309th day of 2026. There are 56 days left in the year. Today in history: On Nov. 5, 1872, suffragist Susan B. Anthony defied the law by casting a vote in the presidential election; she was later arrested and charged with "knowingly voting without having a ...
WASHINGTON — Democrats won control of both chambers of Congress, delivering a decisive rebuke of Republican governance in Washington and ushering in a new era of congressional resistance to President Donald Trump. Tuesday's midterm elections laid bare voters' deep frustrations over high prices, the Iran war and concerns over government corruption. Democrats routed their rivals across the map, flipping states that have voted Republican for decades and that Trump won by double digits just two years ago. That includes James Talarico's stunning Senate victory in Texas, where no Democrat ...
WASHINGTON — Progressive favorite Abdul El-Sayed has defeated Republican Mike Rogers in a bitter campaign for Michigan's open Senate seat, giving the Democratic Party's left wing a breakthrough victory in one of the nation's most important swing states. El-Sayed, the son of Egyptian ...
