Some people are once again questioning election results, but this time many of those voices are coming from the left.

A Calhoun County judge rejected Wednesday a lawsuit from a Republican candidate who sought to stop the re-tallying of some absentee ballots in a key race for the Michigan state House that currently has an unofficial margin of victory of just 58 votes.

Clerks and state officials say early results should always be regarded as unofficial and potentially incomplete. There were big updates in 5 counties.

LANSING — With their days in the majority in Michigan's state House dwindling, Democratic lawmakers have little time left to overcome GOP opposition. But first, they're scrambling to reach agreement within their own ranks. Clear fault lines have emerged ...

Lavora Barnes, who has held the role of MIchigan Democratic Party chairwoman since 2019, oversaw the party as it made gains in 2018, 2020 and 2022.

This wasn't a surprise decision like 2016 was — this was clearly a shift toward the Republican former president in Michigan.

The retabulation of votes continued Wednesday in Calhoun County after a lawsuit briefly delayed the process that will determine the winner of a key state House seat. At issue is the race for the 44th state House District in which incumbent state Rep.

Michigan Republicans are reclaiming a portion of the state government, breaking the Democratic Party's trifecta that developed after the 2022 midterms.

Michigan lost a seat in Congress and an electoral college vote as a result of the 2020 Census. It marked the fifth consecutive Census that Michigan lost a Congressional seat.

According to Nate Silver 's popular model in late October 2024, Harris held a lead in Michigan, with 48.4 percent of the projected vote compared to Donald Trump's 47.2 percent, giving her a slight 0.4 point advantage. This margin had reduced from earlier in the month with Trump improving his numbers by 0.9 points since September.

Democratic Representative Elissa Slotkin and former GOP Representative Mike Rogers are fighting to win Michigan's Senate race.Slotkin is currently very narrowly ahead with 48.6 percent of the vote compared to Rogers' 48.