2018 Michigan governor race Archives - Page 13 of 16

Where Michigan governor candidates stand on Medicaid work requirements

by Lindsay VanHulle April 30, 2018May 15, 2025

The Michigan Senate recently passed a bill to add work requirements for able-bodied Medicaid recipients. Gov. Rick Snyder opposes the legislation as written. Here’s where seven candidates for governor stand.

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Michigan GOP in bind after Muslim rant taints governor race, experts say

by Mike Wilkinson April 25, 2018May 15, 2025

Republican candidates for governor Patrick Colbeck said on a video he fears Muslims are trying to bring “sharia law” to Michigan and “exercise influence” by reaching the state’s top political post. Democrat Abdul El-Sayed was his target.

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Nine candidates file to run for Michigan’s governor

by Lindsay VanHulle April 24, 2018May 15, 2025

All the top contenders filed by the state deadline Tuesday. One Dem campaigner, Bill Cobbs, did not, however. This year marks the first time there will be a primary challenge for Libertarians.

Michigan Government

Mike Duggan blasts Abdul El-Sayed for accusing him of 'poisoning kids'

by Joel Kurth April 12, 2018May 15, 2025

Bad blood between Mike Duggan and his former health director, Abdul El-Sayed, explodes into the open, as Democratic governor candidate says his former boss ‘poisoned kids’ by ignoring health hazards of Detroit demolitions. In response, a spokesperson for Detroit’s mayor accused El-Sayed of ‘saying anything’ to get elected.

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Here’s who has endorsed Democratic candidates for Michigan governor, AG, SOS

by Riley Beggin and Lindsay VanHulle April 12, 2018May 15, 2025

Former state Senate Minority Leader Gretchen Whitmer has the most endorsements so far in the Democratic field for governor, including from more than a dozen labor unions.

Michigan Truth Squad

Truth Squad: Calley PAC goes on attack, misfires on ‘Shady Schuette’ ad

by Ted Roelofs April 11, 2018May 15, 2025

PAC for Lt. Gov. Brian Calley lambastes GOP governor frontrunner Bill Schuette in cartoonish ad that stretches truth.

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Truth Squad: Brian Calley unjustly claims credit for Michigan recovery.

by Ted Roelofs April 11, 2018May 15, 2025

Michigan lieutenant governor points to tax cuts that he says grew the economy, but his latest ad omits large swaths of his legislative history on taxes.