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Michigan’s political fault lines are widening — and we’re following them.
With November approaching, Michigan Advance is digging into the stories behind the campaign rhetoric, political divisions and growing concerns about government accountability.
We examined Mike Rogers’ claim that he was an assembly-line worker, finding that the UAW says his description stretches the truth. In Grand Rapids, we spoke with community members demanding answers after a Guatemalan man died while fleeing an attempted ICE stop.
The state’s U.S. Senate race is also exposing deep Democratic divisions. Haley Stevens urged Democrats to maintain support for Israel, while Attorney General Dana Nessel said she’ll vote for Abdul El-Sayed — a decision that could further reshape a long-running party rift.
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YOUR TOP MICHIGAN ADVANCE STORIES OF THE WEEK
Former U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers (R-White Lake) after he filed signatures in Lansing in his bid for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate. April 17, 2026 | Photo by Katherine Dailey/Michigan Advance
By Ben Solis
As Republican Mike Rogers makes his case to voters in Michigan’s high-stakes U.S. Senate race against Democratic nominee Abdul El-Sayed, he’s relied on his record as a federal law enforcement agent, his national intelligence expertise and his image as an every-day working man turned lawmaker. But one claim he’s made on the campaign doesn’t appear to hold water for the United Auto Workers — his insistence that he worked in an automotive factory during his stint at Adrian College between 1981 and 1982.
Karla Barberi (left) and Gema Lowe (right) with Movimiento Cosecha GR spoke at a vigil for Mario David Coronado Juárez on Thursday, Sept. 24. (Photo by Emma J Nelson/Michigan Advance)
By Emma J Nelson
Dozens gathered in Grand Rapids Thursday to demand justice for Mario David Coronado Juárez, a 35-year-old undocumented immigrant from Guatemala who died days earlier after fleeing when ICE agents attempted to stop his vehicle.
U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Birmingham), a former Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate, speaks during a candidate meet and greet with the Lansing Regional Chamber in downtown Lansing, Mich. July 29, 2026 | Photo By Ben Solis/Michigan Advance
By Ben Solis
For U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Birmingham), support for Israel was never just a campaign slogan. As she stares down her final months in Congress, she’s doubling down on her support for the nation, its people and Jewish Americans across the nation as antisemitism and the war in Gaza continues to loom large in politics, especially within the Democratic Party.
Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed and Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel appear together on the “For the Sake of the Argument with Lori Goldman” podcast, a production of Distill Social. (Screenshot)
By Ben Solis
As Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed continues to court some of his biggest intraparty detractors, Attorney General Dana Nessel on Tuesday said that she is no longer one of them.
Federal threats to election processes in states where President Donald Trump lost in previous elections are top of mind for law enforcement officials and the clerks who run elections in Michigan’s 83 counties, Attorney General Dana Nessel said Wednesday during a voter forum held in Washington, D.C.
By Ben Solis
Federal threats to election processes in states where President Donald Trump lost in previous elections are top of mind for law enforcement officials and the clerks who run elections in Michigan’s 83 counties, Attorney General Dana Nessel said Wednesday during a voter forum held in Washington, D.C.
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