Election News

Voters approve school millages, bond issues

11:48 PM, May 7, 2013

All but a few millage requests and bond proposals passed as West Michigan voters went to the polls Tuesday.

Romney brother may be in for Senate seat

11:22 AM, Mar 11, 2013

Scott Romney, older brother of the 2012 GOP presidential nominee, is reportedly thinking about running for the Senate seat in Michigan of retiring Democrat Carl Levin.

Sen. Carl Levin won't run for re-election

12:59 AM, Mar 8, 2013

U.S. Sen. Carl Levin, who has been a force for progressivism in the Senate since 1979 and made his mark in recent years as chairman of the powerful Armed Services Committee, will not run for re-election next year, likely setting off a political avalanche of interest in the seat.

Reaction to Levin's Senate retirement decision

9:52 PM, Mar 7, 2013

Some Democrats and Republicans are reacting to the Michigan Democrat's decision.

Report: If Levin's out, Amash may run for Senate

8:24 PM, Mar 7, 2013

The National Review said that Amash, a 32-year-old former state legislator from Cascade Township, who is in his second term in Congress, has met with allies to talk about running for the Senate but that no decision is expected until Levin -- a Michigan Democrat who joined the Senate in 1978 -- makes up his mind whether to run for a seventh six-year term next year.

Election results for school millage, bond measures

11:46 PM, Feb 26, 2013

Not many communities and school districts held elections Tuesday, but those that did saw voters decide key funding issues.

Ballot issues address referendums, fracking

3:07 PM, Feb 15, 2013

An activist has cleared a hurdle to start collecting signatures for a ballot measure that lets voters repeal laws with spending measures.

Whitmer rules out run for governor

Senate Democratic Leader Gretchen Whitmer

1:20 PM, Jan 30, 2013

State Sen. Gretchen Whitmer, considered a key contender to challenge Gov. Rick Synder in 2014, announced today she will not run for governor.

MI Gov. race in 2014 - Snyder vs. Whitmer?

10:18 AM, Dec 27, 2012

Expectations are high that Republican Gov. Rick Snyder will seek re-election in 2014, and a significant number encourage Senate Minority Leader Gretchen Whitmer to run as his opponent, according to a new poll released Wednesday.

Michigan members of Electoral College to meet

12:05 PM, Dec 17, 2012

President Barack Obama won Michigan in the November election. Now it becomes official.

Top Republican's comments about Detroit causing stir

6:54 PM, Dec 16, 2012

Ron Weiser also said at the Aug. 9 meeting in Milford that someone not from Detroit would not want to go to the polls there at 6:30 a.m. "without a side arm."

Obama, Romney maintain awkward tradition

President Barack Obama and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romneys day on election day, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012.

9:49 AM, Nov 29, 2012

It's hard for candidates to break bread after spending months bashing each other, especially at the presidential level. But most recent combatants have done it, eager to display a sense of national unity after a hard-fought election.

G.R.'s marijuana amendment hits on Dec. 6

6:10 PM, Nov 8, 2012

Grand Rapids city attorney Catherine Mish issued a statement Thursday, outlining the timetable for implementation of the city's new amendment that makes marijuana possession a civil infraction instead of a criminal offense.