What started as a protest movement leads Michigan’s largest Arab-American enclave to give its vote to a Republican who once said Israel should ‘finish the job’ in Gaza.
Simon D. Schuster
Simon D. Schuster is a Capitol Reporter for Bridge Michigan. Simon joined Bridge Michigan in 2024 after working as MLive's senior political reporter and later covering politics on their investigative team. He spent three years tracking the influence of political money in Michigan as executive director of the Michigan Campaign Finance Network, a nonpartisan nonprofit. A Michigan native, Simon received a bachelor's and a master of public policy from Michigan State University, where he was a policy fellow at the Institute for Public Policy and Social Research. Outside of work you'll find him in Detroit, backpacking northern Michigan or visiting his fiancée in Scandinavia. He lives in Lansing.
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Donald Trump wins Michigan, White House as 'blue wall' collapses
Donald Trump wins Michigan, narrowly beating Kamala Harris to secure the state’s 15 electoral votes.
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Donald Trump caps campaign in Michigan, predicting ‘greatest victory’ ever
The former president concluded his latest campaign in Grand Rapids, as he did in 2016 and 2020. ‘It’s very sad, in a way,’ he said. ‘We’ve done all these, and this is the last one.’
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Kamala Harris targets youth vote in final Michigan campaign stop: 'I see your power’
‘The momentum is on our side,’ Harris said at Michigan State University.
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Donald Trump claims he has ‘overwhelming support’ from Muslims in Michigan
Trump made a play for Muslim American votes with a stop in Dearborn, then railed against immigration, electric vehicles and the state of the economy — while deriding Harris and Biden — at a rally in Warren.
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Meet the Michigan voters who may decide the election for Trump or Harris
Every vote counts in a close election, but Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are spending extra time courting a handful of key groups.
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Kamala Harris in Michigan urges young people to vote: ‘Now is the time’
‘I love your generation,” Harris told young voters in Ann Arbor, capping a statewide blitz that included stops in Saginaw and Macomb County.
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Michigan House battle spurs big spending as Democrats defend slim majority
With control of the state House and Congress on the line, Democrats are outraising Republicans in several key Michigan races as the election nears.
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Federal judge dismisses GOP lawsuit over Michigan voter rolls
GOP attorneys argued Michigan voter rolls were bloated because the state was not following federal law. A judge rejected those claims.
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Liz Cheney joins Kamala Harris for Michigan pitch to disaffected Republicans
At a Royal Oak event, former U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney argued Republicans can ‘vote their conscience’ by privately voting for Harris.