The Republican lawmaker who led the Indiana congressional redistricting push last year was picked Wednesday as the next leader for the state House of Representatives.
The AP projects Jocelyn Benson will be Michigan's next governor, and Benton Harbor Mayor Marcus Muhammad said he's been chosen to be a part of the Transition Leadership Council Team.
Gabrianna Gratzol (D) is projected to become Indiana’s next District 11 state senator, defeating Republican Brian Schmutzler and giving the Democratic party another gain in the state legislature.
In El-Sayed, residents of Dearborn “finally saw themselves and a candidate who appealed to them, but it had to do with far more than just his ethnicity or his religion,” Mayor Abdullah Hammoud said.
Democrats celebrated gains in St. Joseph County after Tuesday’s election, while Republican candidates and a political scientist pointed to possible reasons for the results.
By The Associated Press and JOEY CAPPELLETTI, Associated Press
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.
Reported election results indicate St. Joseph County voters are shifting back toward the Democratic party after Republicans gained a slight lead in the last two elections.
The races were part of a national fight for control of the U.S. House, where Republicans entered Election Day holding a narrow majority. Democrats ultimately won control of the chamber, giving the party a check on President Donald Trump’s legislative agenda during his final two years in office.
El-Sayed, the son of Egyptian immigrants, will become the nation’s first Muslim senator. A former public health official who has never held elected office, he rose from a double-digit defeat in Michigan’s Democratic gubernatorial primary eight years ago to win a seat in the U.S. Senate.
Republican incumbent Rudy Yakym and Democratic challenger Jamee Decio outline their visions on everyday costs, healthcare access, and why they never met on a debate stage.
Poll workers have been instructed to document the presence of election monitors at voting locations, including recording their name, badge number, time of arrival and departure and their stated purpose.
Some Hoosiers said they believe President Donald Trump should focus more on domestic issues, while others said they believe the Trump administration is doing a "fine job" leading the country in global and domestic policy.
Republican Incumbent, Carl Baxmeyer faces off against St. Joseph County Sheriff, Bill Redman for District 1 County Commissioner. Both focusing on fixing roads and bridges, but differing on data centers, and the Midwest Continental Divide.
A letter circulated this week from the Republican chair for northeastern Indiana’s 3rd congressional district warning party members that they can’t openly support non-GOP candidates and remain a “Republican in good standing under party rules.”
As proposals to build hyperscale data centers rapidly ramp up across Indiana, the controversial developments have become the defining issue in many local races where elected officials are considering the issue.
The money in question comes from a $1.8 million in-kind donation from the Michigan Republican Party, which was listed in James’ pre-election campaign finance filing as for “media placement media production.”
As national politics has become increasingly polarized in the U.S., the divide is shaping state and local elections — with voters overwhelmingly supporting the same party across the ticket. Indiana’s local school boards had been somewhat insulated from the political division because they were officially nonpartisan.
U.S. Senate nominees Abdul El-Sayed and Mike Rogers, during a forum hosted Tuesday by the Detroit Economic Club, both agreed that international tariffs could be sound economic tools — if used correctly — and that AI could be dangerous without federal guardrails.
Indiana Senator Jim Banks (R) reportedly received suspicious mail as federal authorities investigate a string of such instances involving politicians nationwide.
Hoosier voters are unhappy with President Donald Trump and don’t think the state is heading in the right direction, according to a Free Press Indiana Poll conducted by Bellwether Research.
New poll results show Democrat Beau Bayh with advantages in name identification and voter support over Republican Max Engling going into the final weeks of the race for Indiana secretary of state.
Every election cycle, political signs are damaged or stolen. The face of the issue, Jamie O'Brien says a police report has been filed. But he's not the only candidate dealing with this vandalism.
Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed made his case to voters at a town hall in Lansing on Friday, one days after a heated debate with Republican opponent Mike Rogers.
The contentious hourlong grudge match followed weeks of the two candidates sparring online and in advertisements that have flooded the state in the highly competitive campaign for an open Senate seat.
Indiana officials in a news release said more than 58,000 people could lose insurance through the Healthy Indiana Plan in 2027 because they are not meeting the state’s new Medicaid work requirements.
A national coalition of AI companies, labor unions and investors is launching a campaign in Indiana calling for tighter guardrails on new data centers while pushing back against local moratoriums.
The Indiana Family and Social Services Administration quietly paused determinations for disability Medicaid waivers in August to review how case managers were implementing the agency’s new interRAI assessment system, as advocates raised alarm about the tool’s accuracy.
Portage Township Trustee Jason Critchlow is running for mayor of South Bend in 2027, becoming the first candidate to enter the race. Critchlow announced his campaign Monday in a video posted to Facebook. He also spoke with the South Bend Tribune about his decision.
