By Jon King | Editor-in-Chief
Quoted and Noted
“We can’t stand on the sidelines when so much we know is at stake. Our voices have power. Our votes have power.”
- Detroit Mayor Mary Sheffield, speaking Sunday at a union rally to support Democratic candidates in the Nov. 3 election.
Attendees gathered on the West Lawn of the Michigan State Capitol for the No Kings rally in Lansing on Oct. 17, 2026. (Photo by Katherine Dailey/Michigan Advance)
By Katherine Daily, Tyler Scott and Emma J Nelson
Thousands of demonstrators gathered at No Kings rallies across Michigan on Saturday as organizers hoped to turn the movement’s opposition to President Donald Trump into increased voter turnout in November’s midterm elections.
The candidates, the ballot measures, and the tools you need to cast your vote, brought to you by the reporting of Michigan Advance.
Democratic Michigan gubernatorial nominee Jocelyn Benson speaks at a rally hosted by the Michigan Democratic Party and the Northern Midwest Regional Council of Carpenters on Sunday, Oct. 18, 2026 in Detroit, Mich. (Photo by Ben Solis/Michigan Advance)
By Ben Solis
DETROIT — With just two weeks to go until the Nov. 3 general election, Michigan’s Democratic nominees rallied with union workers in an attempt to energize supporters in a wide get-out-the-vote effort.
U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) and Democratic congressional candidate Christina Hines take questions from reporters following a roundtable on Oct. 17, 2026. (Photo by Kyle Davidson/Michigan Advance)
By Kyle Davidson
In southern Macomb County, faith leaders and local government officials sat down with former special victims prosecutor Christina Hines and U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-New York) to share the concerns they’ve heard from their communities and offer approaches Congress could take to better serve the people.
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
TRIVIA OF THE DAY
Which future U.S. President played in the inaugural College World Series in 1947 hosted at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo?
Let us know @michiganadvance on Bluesky and check back in later today for the answer.
Friday's answer: Before Michigan was admitted to the union in 1837, Arkansas had to be admitted in 1836 because it permitted slavery, while Michigan was a free state. It was part of the balancing act by Congress since the 1820 Missouri Compromise.
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