By Ben Solis | Senior Reporter
Quoted and Noted
“Though we may be volunteers, though we may be frontline workers and activists, we know better than to embarrass or to tarnish the name or legacy of the United Auto Workers.”
- Art Reyes II, a former president of UAW Local 651 in Flint, on the union’s past dealings with Republican U.S. Senate candidate Mike Rogers.
Then-House Energy and Commerce Committee member Rep. Mike Rogers (R-MI) at a hearing October 30, 2013 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
By Minnah Arshad
As Mike Rogers courts Michigan voters in his bid for the open U.S. Senate seat, members of Michigan’s largest union describe a strained relationship with him when he was last in Congress.
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Vice President JD Vances speaks at a rally to support Republican U.S. Senate nominee Mike Rogers of White Lake ahead of the Nov. 3 general election on Thursday, Oct. 15 in Monroe, Mich. (Screenshot courtesy of C-SPAN)
By Ben Solis
Shoring up support for former U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers of White Lake in Michigan’s high-stakes U.S. Senate race was the main mission for Vice President JD Vance as he visited a sports center in Monroe Thursday, all the while framing the race as a test for what he called “a battle between grievance and gratitude.”
Democratic gubernatorial nominee and Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, appears with Republican gubernatorial candidate, U.S. Rep. John James (R-Shelby Township), at a televised debate on Thursday, Oct. 15, 2026, at WDIV-TV, in Detroit, Mich.
By Katherine Dailey
Jocelyn Benson and John James could agree on one thing at a Thursday debate hosted by WDIV in Detroit — something needs to change in Michigan. But they disagreed on who was to blame.
TRIVIA OF THE DAY
What state had to be admitted to the union before Michigan was admitted in 1837? (Bonus points for knowing why.)
Let us know @michiganadvance on Bluesky and check back in later today for the answer.
Thursday’s answer: On Oct. 15, 1966, Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, on the southern shore of Lake Superior, was named by Congress as the nation’s first “national lakeshore”.
Source: https://www.nps.gov/piro/learn/management/index.htm
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