A special election in Michigan’s 35th District could offer one of the first clues about the 2026 political landscape, with control of the state Senate hanging by a single seat. The stakes are unusually high for a state legislative race.

Results for Wayne, Oakland and Macomb County ballot proposals in the May 7, 2024 Michigan regular election.

The deadline for Democrats and Republicans to file to seek the governor's office is 15 Tuesdays before the August primary election (April 21, 2026) and for candidates filing without party affiliation, it’s 110 days before the November election (July 16, 2026).

Statewide elections in August and November will decide Michigan’s next governor, and a special election in May could shape Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s last year in office. What to know.

Michigan backed Donald J. Trump in both 2016 and 2024, but has continued to elect Democrats to statewide offices. Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, a Democrat, and Representative John James, a Republican,

This year will showcase critical elections for the nation as a whole with mid-terms deciding control of the Congress and also for Michigan as voters will decide the state’s leaders. Offices will be vacated statewide due to expiring term limits,

Michigan is one of 12 states competing for an early position in the 2028 Democratic presidential primary calendar.

Senator Gary Peters, a Democrat, will not run for re-election in 2026, creating an open Senate seat in a state that Donald J. Trump won narrowly in 2024. Major candidates for the

For decades, Michigan voters have complained that circulators asking them to sign petitions for proposed constitutional amendments have lied about what the proposals mean. Nothing has changed.