Defying Democrats’ efforts to rally support in northern Michigan, U.S. Rep. Jack Bergman has won reelection in the state’s 1st Congressional District, defeating Traverse City attorney Callie Barr. When the Associated Press called the race at 1:09 a.m., unofficial results showed Bergman, ...
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democrat David Crowley defeated a Republican Tom Tiffany on Tuesday, rising from a childhood in one of the nation’s poorest neighborhoods to become the first Black person to lead the battleground state. Crowley’s win over Tiffany, the U.S. representative from the ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen.-elect Abdul El-Sayed told The Associated Press on Wednesday that Michigan voters had rejected “a hateful, spiteful campaign” after months of Republican attacks on his Muslim identity in one of the nation’s most closely watched Senate races. El-Sayed said he was ...
Wisconsin’s congressional delegation will be split 4-4 next year after Democrats flipped two U.S. House seats. The last time the state’s congressional delegation was evenly divided between Republicans and Democrats was 16 years ago. In the 7th Congressional District, an open seat, ...
Proposal 2 on Michigan ballots, the “Michiganders for Money Out of Politics” initiative, has passed. The initiative will alter state campaign finance law to ban campaign spending from “regulated electric and gas utilities, contractors with over $250,000 annually in government ...
Wisconsin voters approved two of the three constitutional amendments on the ballot Tuesday. Over the past eight years, the Republican-controlled Legislature has frequently used the state’s constitutional amendment process to circumvent the veto pen of Democratic Gov. Tony Evers. Tuesday’s results give the Republicans a nine for 15 record in those efforts. Under state law, a proposal to amend the state Constitution must be passed in two consecutive legislative terms and then approved by the voters. ANTI-EQUITY Voters approved an amendment that will prohibit state and local ...
