Conyers not saying if he's swapping seats with Clarke
U.S. Rep. John Conyers is remaining mum on whether he'll run for re-election in the redrawn 13th District now that fellow Democratic incumbent Hansen Clarke says he'll run in Conyers' new district.The...
View ArticleBlack lawmakers in Michigan to ask federal court to throw out new district maps
A coalition of African-American and civil rights groups is expected to challenge Michigan’s new congressional and legislative district maps approved earlier this year by the Republican-controlled...
View ArticleGary Peters, Gearing Up
When Gary Peters runs for Congress next year, there’s one vote he has no chance of getting.His own. Thanks to redistricting, he lives just barely outside the district he plans to run in. Over coffee...
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Legislators to challenge Michigan redistricting in courtThe Michigan Legislative Black Caucus is expected to announce a lawsuit today challenging some of the new political boundaries drawn up and...
View ArticleOakland County redistricting loses in court
A judge has overturned a state law that scrapped Oakland County’s new commission map and gave Republican elected officials the power to draw a new one.The challenge was filed by Democrats who say the...
View ArticleMichigan Supreme Court to weigh in on Oakland County redistricting controversy
The Michigan Supreme Court hears arguments tomorrow over a state law allowing Republicans to draw county commission boundaries in Oakland County. Just released emails seem to show Oakland County...
View ArticleJudges dismiss challenge to Michigan House redistricting
DETROIT (AP) - A coalition of labor and civil rights groups appears to have lost a lawsuit challenging new boundaries for Detroit seats in the Michigan House.A three-judge panel said a majority was in...
View ArticleMichigan Supreme Court upholds Oakland Co. redistricting
The Michigan Supreme Court - in a decision that breaks along party-lines - has upheld a state law that will let Republicans on the Oakland County Commission redraw their district lines. The Supreme...
View ArticleShenanigans in Oakland County: One of the best political shows in Michigan
Update 3/27/2012:"The Michigan Supreme Court - in a decision that breaks along party-lines - has upheld a state law that will let Republicans on the Oakland County Commission redraw their district...
View ArticleFederal court dismisses Michigan redistricting case
LANSING, Mich. (AP) - A federal court has tossed out a challenge to Michigan's redistricting plans for the state Legislature.An order last week from a three-judge panel says the legal opposition to the...
View ArticleAn interesting primary shapes up in Michigan's weirdest (-looking)...
One of the more interesting primary races coming up this week is in Metro Detroit’s 14th Congressional district.The race in that newly-redrawn district pits two incumbent Congressmen, Gary Peters and...
View ArticleCommentary: How Democrats can fight back after new congressional boundaries
Michigan’s congressional districts have all new boundaries this year, drawn by the Republican majority which controls the legislature. They wanted to maximize their party’s chances, and did so...
View ArticleCandidates battling for Michigan's 1st congressional district debate Great...
The candidates looking to represent Michigan’s northernmost congressional seat call the Great Lakes the “jewel of the Midwest” and a “treasure of immeasurable value.” Both say they’re committed to...
View ArticleStates could make sweeping changes to Electoral College
In his commentary this morning, Michigan Radio’s Jack Lessenberry pointed to what he is calling a Republican plan to rig presidential election results.Currently, with the exception of Maine and...
View ArticleMichigan Republicans: 'All or nothing' is wrong for electoral system
Michigan Republicans said this weekend they want to change the course of future presidential races by changing how the state allocates its electoral votes.Delegates to the state Republican convention...
View ArticleShenanigans in Michigan's 7th District
http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/michigan/local-michigan-976541.mp3Most congressmen face a big struggle to first get elected, and then stay in their jobs for a considerable period of...
View ArticleCongressmen in Crisis
http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/michigan/local-michigan-980943.mp3Governor Rick Snyder is expected to soon sign the redistricting plan passed by his fellow Republicans in the...
View ArticleGovernor Snyder approves redrawing Michigan's political map
Governor Rick Snyder has approved measures that redraw Michigan’s legislative and congressional districts. The new maps were approved by the Legislature’s Republican majorities in an intensely partisan...
View ArticleThe politics of Michigan's redistricting plan
Governor Rick Snyder signed legislation that sets new congressional district boundaries. The maps were designed and passed by the Republican legislature earlier this year.Today we take a closer look at...
View ArticleOdd Man Out
http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/michigan/local-michigan-982924.mp3There’s a game of musical chairs going on right now to determine which congressman will end up without a job a year...
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