Michigan voters have questions. We’re here to help answer them.
The 2026 election puts a lot on Michigan ballots, from statewide races to Congress, the Michigan Legislature and local offices. With so much information coming at voters, knowing where to turn for reliable, independent journalism matters.
That’s why Bridge has been preparing for this election for months.
We’ve asked candidates about the issues Michigan voters told us matter most. We’ve fact-checked claims made on the campaign trail. We’ve reported on the issues behind the election, from health care and affordability to education, taxes, data centers and the future of democracy. And we’ve built a Voter Guide to help readers understand who’s on their ballot, where candidates stand and how to vote.
Much of this work starts with listening.
Through Bridge Listens, we received more than 6,400 responses about what Michiganders wanted to understand before voting. Their questions and concerns helped shape our election coverage — because voters across Michigan don’t all have the same questions.
A reader in Detroit may be focused on the economy. Someone in northern Michigan or the Upper Peninsula may be thinking about housing. Others may want to understand healthcare, education, affordability or how decisions made by elected officials will affect their communities.
We take those questions into the newsroom. We ask candidates for answers, examine the facts and report what Michigan voters need to know.
Then we make that journalism useful.
Our Voter Guide brings together candidate information, fact checks and practical voting information in one place. BridgeMi.com remains free to read, so voters don’t have to pay to understand their choices.
But keeping this journalism free takes resources.
Reporters need time to research candidates and issues, check claims, talk with voters and sources, examine public records and explain what they find. Building a statewide voter guide and reporting on elections across Michigan takes a newsroom working every day to give voters information they can use.
Bridge is free to read, but it isn’t free to produce.
This fall, we’re raising $30,000 to support the election journalism Michigan voters rely on — and the accountability reporting that continues after the votes are counted.
Because Election Day isn’t the end of the story.
After voters choose their leaders, Bridge will keep asking questions, tracking decisions and reporting on what elected officials do with the power they’ve been given. The campaign signs will come down. The questions won’t.
Will you contribute to our campaign and help keep Bridge’s journalism free for everyone?
Your support helps Bridge keep listening to Michigan voters, asking the questions that matter, checking the facts and making the information people need available to everyone.
Help us keep doing the work.
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