Primary winners will advance to the general election for the chance to replace outgoing U.S. Rep. Dan Kildee in Michigan’s 8th Congressional District, which is expected to be among the most competitive in the country.
Simon D. Schuster
Simon D. Schuster covers Michigan politics, campaign finance and government accountability for Bridge Michigan. He joined Bridge in 2024 after working as MLive's senior political reporter and on its investigative team, and previously spent three years as executive director of the Michigan Campaign Finance Network, tracking the influence of political money in Michigan. A Michigan native, Simon holds a bachelor's degree and a master of public policy from Michigan State University.
Simon is based in Lansing. When he's not working, you'll find him in Detroit, backpacking northern Michigan or visiting his fiancée in Scandinavia.
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Michigan election results: Paul Hudson wins GOP primary, will face Rep. Hillary Scholten
Paul Hudson wins Republican primary in west Michigan for chance to take on Democratic U.S. Rep. Hillary Scholten.
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Big bucks fuel battle for Michigan House. See top donors to Democrats, GOP
The DeVos family is again funding Republican efforts to flip the Michigan House, but labor unions are back to help Democrats try to retain their two-seat majority.
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Republican congressional candidates fight to reclaim west Michigan, a former stronghold
Hillary Scholten is the first Democrat to represent the Grand Rapids region in Congress in four decades. Republicans Michael Markey and Paul Hudson want the seat back but are mired in a bitter fight.
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Detroit lawyer: My friend, JD Vance, ditched beliefs for ‘money and power’
A Michigander who became friends with JD Vance at Yale Law School is releasing years of email correspondence and accusing him of ‘political opportunism’
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Michigan Supreme Court candidate may face disbarment — after the election
Republican Matt DePerno argues a disciplinary board decision that could stop him from serving shouldn’t matter in the election, despite that scenario offering Gov. Gretchen Whitmer another appointment on the court.
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Many Michigan delegates backing Kamala Harris — but not everyone convinced
Democratic delegates will decide the party’s new presidential nominee next month. Many from Michigan say they’re backing Kamala Harris in order to avoid a messy convention fight.
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Top Michigan Dems back Kamala Harris for president. Could Gretchen Whitmer be VP?
Kamala Harris and Gretchen Whitmer would be a ‘historic ticket of two women in their 50s’ who could ‘turn the tables’ on a 78-year-old Donald Trump, one columnist wrote Sunday.
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Joe Biden drops out of presidential race: What it means for Michigan
Michigan reacts as Joe Biden dropped out of the presidential race and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris to take his place.
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Donald Trump in west Michigan: 'I took a bullet for democracy'
In his first campaign rally since surviving an assassination attempt, Donald Trump moved beyond calls for unity to blast President Joe Biden as “that stupid, that low-IQ president” and “crooked.”