DETROIT – There are now five candidates running for Michigan’s governor in the 2026 election. Current Governor Gretchen Whitmer has reached her term limits and is ineligible to run again. The media ...

Other candidates for the gubernatorial race include Genesee County Sheriff Chris Swanson, Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn ...

Michigan state Senator Mallory McMorrow, a rising star in the Democratic party, spoke to Newsweek about her political ...

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) suggested Friday that open Senate seats in Michigan and Minnesota could serve as ...

Smith is the second Democratic senator to announce their retirements ahead of the midterms in 2026, when the party wants to contend for the majority but faces obstacles.

As the longest-serving Senate leader in history, McConnell developed a reputation for keeping his rank-and-file members in line and frustrating Democrats by relentlessly using procedural tactics to ...

Who's out: Former U.S. Rep. Dean Phillips, St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter, former U.S. Sen. Al Franken, U.S. Rep. Tom Emmer and ...

Democrats got their second major Senate retirement in as many weeks, with Minnesota Sen. Tina Smith announcing she wouldn’t ...

Minnesota Sen. Tina Smith won’t seek a second full term next year, opening up a seat in a Democratic-leaning state.

Democratic U.S. Senator Tina Smith said she will not seek re-election in 2026, which leaves an open seat in moderately ...

Senator Smith announced Thursday that she would not run for re-election after just one full term in the chamber, scrambling ...

Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI) also announced he will not run for another term in Michigan, a perennial battleground.