BULLETIN: Democrats take control of Michigan House.
Democrats will have full control of state government in 2023 for the first time in 40 years.
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- BREAKING: Democrat Carol Glanville in major upset flips the 74th House District in special election and defeats Republican Robert Regan. More coming soon at gongwer.com
- BREAKING: MI Supreme Court Justice Richard Bernstein, a nominee of the Democratic Party, wins reelection. The Democrats will maintain their majority on the Supreme Court.
- U.S. Sen. Gary Peters narrowly defeats Republican John James to win second term after absentee ballots from Grand Rapids put him ahead by 60,000 votes with most votes tallied.
- BREAKING: Proposal 22-3, which legalizes abortion in Michigan, passes.
- Rep. Kyra Bolden (D-Southfield) announces run for Michigan Supreme Court. gongwer.com/news/index.cfm…
- The scene on Grand Ave. in downtown Lansing about 15 minutes ago where conservatives have jammed streets around the Capitol to protest Gov. Whitmer's stay-at-home order. It took about 10 minutes for this ambulance to evade traffic by turning the wrong way down a one-way street.There is an ambulance that can't get through on Grand.
- Huge win for Democrats seeking state House majority as Betsy Coffia of Traverse City unseats Rep. Jack O'Malley (R-Lake Ann).
- Sen. @MalloryMcMorrow: The state has a huge opportunity to signal to the nation that everyone is welcome here while shifting to a more holistic approach to economic development that includes a focus on community. bit.ly/3qsrggF
- BREAKING -- Sources tell Gongwer that MSU Interim President John Engler has decided to resign and will submit his resignation today. The MSU Board of Trustees was expected to fire him Thursday if he did not resign.
- Breaking: Democrat Kristen McDonald Rivet wins critical 35th Senate District as Senate Democrats gain huge seat in bid to end 38-year Republican hold on Senate.
- BREAKING: Department of Health and Human Services Director Nick Lyon to be charged with involuntary manslaughter in #FlintWaterCrisis.
- BREAKING -- Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson declares she wants to settle the lawsuit brought by Democratic voters challenging the state's maps for the U.S. House and Legislature as an unconstitutional gerrymander. This could lead to the redrawing of districts for 2020.
