Michigan’s youth voter turnout in the 2022 election was best in the nation
April 21st, 20230 LANSING — Young people in Michigan turned out to vote last November at a higher rate than anywhere else in the country, according to the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE) at Tufts University. Voters ages 18-29 turned out at a rate of 37 percent in Michigan, higher than any other state...
James Craig weighing bid for U.S. Senate seat in Michigan
April 20th, 20231 DETROIT — Republican and former Detroit Police Chief James Craig is giving a "real critical look" at a potential run for U.S. Senate, he told The Detroit News. The former GOP gubernatorial candidate said he's been encouraged to look at a Senate run by supporters and party members around Michigan. "I’m giving some consideration to...
Michigan Republicans elect controversial election denier to lead state party
February 24th, 20230 LANSING – On Saturday, the Michigan GOP picked controversial election denier Kristina Karamo to chair the party in the key battleground state heading into the 2024 election. Karamo beat out 10 other candidates to take the chair, besting fellow front runner and former attorney general candidate Matthew DePerno by 16 points in the...
Midterms 2022: A new wave of Muslim and Arab American politicians have been elected
December 6th, 20220 Democrat Nabeela Syed is on cloud nine: In the midterm elections, the 23-year-old flipped a Republican-held district in Chicago’s northwestern suburbs, becoming not only one of the youngest members of the Illinois General Assembly, but also its first Muslim. “It was wild for me to ever consider running for office at such a young...
Kyra Harris Bolden to be the first Black woman to serve on the Michigan Supreme Court
November 23rd, 20220 Kyra Harris Bolden will be appointed to the Michigan Supreme Court beginning next year. She will be the first Black woman to serve on the high court and will succeed retiring Chief Justice Bridget Mary McCormack. Bolden is also Governor Whitmer’s first appointment to the Supreme Court. She currently represents Southfield and...
Voters of color and women saved the Democrats from disaster
November 19th, 20220 By Peter White Despite new laws to keep people from voting and gerrymandering election districts to take away the power of minority communities, the Republican “red wave” that pollsters predicted ahead of last week’s midterms didn’t happen. Ethnic Media Services debriefed six experts on their reactions to the election...
Whitmer reflects on Nov election, misinformation around public health and more in interview
November 18th, 20220 DETROIT — Fresh off a double digit election victory over a Trump-backed candidate, Governor Whitmer spoke at the 50th anniversary gala for ACCESS in Detroit on Thursday. More than 1,000 people attended the half-a-century celebration at the Marriott hotel in the Renaissance Center for an organization that began as a modest,...
November 2022 school board election results in Dearborn, Dearborn Heights and Hamtramck
November 11th, 20221 The cities of Dearborn Heights, Dearborn and Hamtramck saw crucial school board races in the November 8 election. There has been an increased interest in school boards and school administration with the recent book ban issue that arose in Dearborn. There are two school districts in Dearborn Heights, one in Dearborn and one in...
Michigan voters hand Democrats historic victory, deal a blow to the MAGA movement
November 11th, 20220 The midterm elections shocked most observers and political experts throughout the nation. While Republicans gained a few seats in the Congress, and may perhaps still win the majority there, nothing like the widely predicted "Red Wave" came to fruition. The Senate is still up for grabs, and Democrats scored a number of major victories...
Democratic incumbents and newcomers break tie in Michigan congressional roster
November 11th, 20220 After the state lost a congressional seat from the census and with redistricting causing upheaval to the U.S. House maps, Democrats have broken the tie in the Congressional roster from Michigan and added two new faces. After the Nov. 8 election, Michigan will have seven Democrats and six Republicans in the U.S. House of...
Abraham Aiyash selected as House majority floor leader as Democrats take control of the legislature
November 11th, 20220 Hamtramck native Abraham Aiyash will become the first Arab American to be a majority leader in a state legislature next term after he was selected by his colleagues to be Michigan’s new majority floor leader of the State House. Aiyash will be the highest-ranking Muslim American in Michigan legislative history. "Incredibly honored...
Whitmer, Democrats get sweeping wins in divided Michigan
November 9th, 20220 Governor Whitmer enters her second term with Democrats likely to control all levels of power in the State Capitol for the first time since the 1980s and backed by a dramatic show of voters’ support for keystone Democratic issues, including abortion and voting rights. But even as state Democrats celebrated their sweep of state...
Comfortable victories for Democrats in Dearborn, Hamtramck, despite GOP efforts
November 9th, 20220 Democrats cleared victories with wide margins despite a renewed push by Republicans to make in-roads with voters, with the picture becoming clearer as election results came out of the Dearborn Clerk’s office Tuesday night. With all precincts reporting in Dearborn, unofficial results from the Dearborn City Clerk showed comfortable...
Michigan Election Day guide and endorsements: Who deserves our vote
November 5th, 20220 Michigan's midterm election is on Tuesday, Nov. 8, and among the races at stake are for governor, secretary of state and attorney general. There are also three ballot proposals that could change the state's constitution, all 13 seats in the U.S. Congress and all the State House and Senate seats. The midterm elections will likely...
Dems, GOP make final push to gain votes among local Arab Americans
November 4th, 20221 The last days into a tight race between Democrats and Republicans for control in Michigan have seen a push by both parties to gain favor among local Arab Americans. Though most polls put incumbent Democratic Governor Whitmer ahead of her GOP opponent, Tudor Dixon, the Nov. 8 race is tighter than what the Democrats would have hoped......
Danielle Elzayat seeks election to the Crestwood School Board
November 4th, 20220 DEARBORN HEIGHTS — Crestwood School Board Trustee Danielle Elzayat, who was appointed to her position in 2020, is now seeking election to a full term. Elzayat, who was elected president of the board by her peers earlier this year, started her career at the Wayne County Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management in...
Has the honeymoon ended?
October 28th, 20222 - Muzammil Ahmed serves on the boards of Emgage MI, CAIR MI and is the former chair of the Michigan Muslim Community Council. The opinions expressed are his own. When the Muslim community and the progressive forces came together after 9/11, it was a marriage of convenience. Arabs and Muslims needed to be loved and the Progressives...
Here are the three proposals appearing on your ballot in Michigan on November 8
October 28th, 20221 The November election has three statewide ballot proposals that will have direct and lasting impact on the state's residents for years to come. The three proposals ask voters to decide on government term limits and transparency, expanded voting access and state-guaranteed reproductive freedom. Unfortunately, there is a campaign of...
Retired military officials say GOP secretary of state candidate threat to national security
October 26th, 20221 The following op-ed was submitted by James Pocock, major general, U.S. Army, retired; Thomas N. Edmonds, brigadier general, U.S. Air Force, retired; Axel A. Johnson, III, brigadier general, U.S. Army, retired; Mark A. Montjar, brigadier general, U.S. Army, retired; Donald Schenk, brigadier general, U.S. Amy, retired and Valerie......
Hassan Beydoun seeks to retain his seat on the Crestwood School Board
October 22nd, 20220 DEARBORN HEIGHTS — Hassan Beydoun is campaigning to retain his seat on the Crestwood School Board and serve a full six-year term in one of the two seats available. Beydoun was appointed to the school board last November after Ed Garcia resigned. There are two other candidates in the race, Nadia Berry, who was elected in 2016, and...
Our endorsements for Nov. 8: Don’t let bigotry and misinformation divide our community
October 21st, 20220 The November election is around the corner, and because of ongoing and unprecedented attacks on civil liberties and democracy itself, we cannot emphasize its importance enough. We know these elections will not occur in a vacuum. Recently, the nation turned its attention to our community once more; but sadly, this time it wasn’t due......
More than a million absentee ballots have been sent ahead of the Nov. 8 election
October 20th, 20220 LANSING — The Michigan Secretary of State's Office is reminding voters in the state that the Nov. 8 General Election is only three weeks away. The state says absentee ballot numbers continue to grow – with 1.7 million already sent to voters who requested them and 432,960 returned as of Oct. 18. The number far surpasses...
Poll says 54 percent fear U.S. is on path to civil war; democracy may not exist in five years
October 15th, 20220 A new national poll has some disturbing insights into the health of democracy in the country and voters' outlook about unity. The poll commissioned by The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and conducted by Brilliant Corners Research and Strategies has found that ahead of the 2022 midterm election, strong majorities of......
