Michigan U.S. Senate

The former House speaker struggled to fundraise against the other candidates

Joe Tate made history when he became the first Black speaker of the Michigan House of Representatives

He's the second candidate to launch his campaign this week along with Republican Mike Rogers. El-Sayed will face state Sen. Mallory McMorrow in the Democratic primary

The race will be hotly contested as Republicans aim to expand their majority in the Senate.

McMorrow rose to national fame in 2022 with a fiery floor speech criticizing a Republican lawmaker who attacked her in a campaign fundraising email and falsely accused her of “grooming” children for supporting LGBTQ+ rights

Slotkin gave the rebuttal Tuesday night after just two months serving in the U.S. Senate. She told Americans that Trump’s policies would make them pay “in every part of your life”

Freshman Sen. Elissa Slotkin will deliver the Democratic response to President Donald Trump’s first joint congressional address of his second presidency

Buttigieg must decide soon whether he wants to return to the national spotlight as a candidate in Michigan’s 2026 Senate race or focus on a much more consequential role as his party’s next presidential nominee two years later

Senate candidates in West Michigan, Ferrysburg political yard signs, The Salvation Army’s Red Kettle campaign, Factory Yards development, Trump in Novi, early voting in Michigan, and the Remembrance Walk

The candidates for Michigan’s open U.S. Senate seat are campaigning with reinforcements in the final week before the election