July 24th, 20260SOUTHFIELD — The campaign of Democratic congressional candidate Don Ufford has launched a sharp attack on its chief rival in Michigan's 11th Congressional District primary, State Sen. Jeremy Moss, accusing him of putting support for Israel ahead of local concerns and refusing to participate in a public debate before the Aug. 4 primary...
July 10th, 20260ROYAL OAK — Michigan State Sen. Mallory McMorrow has suspended her campaign for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate, leaving the race to two candidates, U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens and former Wayne County Health Director Dr. Abdul El-Sayed.
McMorrow announced her decision Sunday in a video posted on the social media platform X,...
July 3rd, 20260The Arab American Political Action Committee (AAPAC) has announced an extensive slate of endorsements for the Aug. 4 Democratic primary election, backing candidates for the state legislature, local judicial offices and ballot proposals that the organization says reflect its commitment to effective leadership, public service and policies...
July 3rd, 20260The Arab American Political Action Committee (AAPAC) has announced an extensive slate of endorsements for the Aug. 4 Democratic primary election, backing candidates for the state legislature, local judicial offices and ballot proposals that the organization says reflect its commitment to effective leadership, public service and policies...
March 27th, 20260INKSTER — earlier this month Inkster Mayor Byron Nolen joined a growing list of Democratic candidates seeking to challenge incumbent U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib in Michigan’s 12th Congressional District.
Unlike the previous election cycle in 2024, Tlaib, who is of Palestinian descent, will be required this year to compete in the...
February 6th, 20260DETROIT — Adam Hollier, a Democrat and U.S. Army paratrooper, announced he is suspending his campaign for Michigan secretary of state and pivoting to a run for State Senate District 3, a seat that spans Hamtramck, Highland Park and Detroit’s east side.
Hollier, 40, previously served in the State Senate representing the former...
January 16th, 20260LANSING — Michigan Lieutenant Governor Garlin Gilchrist II announced on Monday that he is withdrawing from this year's gubernatorial race and will instead run for secretary of state.
Gilchrist’s decision comes after he recently concluded that winning the Democratic nomination for governor in the statewide primary scheduled for...
December 26th, 20250DEARBORN — Former Dearborn Board of Education member Hussein Berry announced last week that he is running for the Michigan House of Representatives as a Democrat in District 3, setting up a potential primary challenge against incumbent Rep. Alabas Farhat, who is seeking re-election next year for his third term in the House.
District 3...
August 29th, 20250KALAMAZOO — In a strong show of support for Michigan U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, progressive Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) joined the Arab American contender at a large campaign rally in Kalamazoo last Saturday. El-Sayed, who seeks to become the first Muslim member of the U.S. Senate, drew a fired-up crowd alongside the...
July 6th, 20250In 2006, shortly after Tim Kaine won the Virginia gubernatorial election, I attended a meeting at Democratic Party headquarters. One party official opined, “One lesson we should learn from Kaine’s victory was that we need to talk more about our religion. Kaine did and he won. We should do it too.”
After seeing that same official...
May 16th, 20250DETROIT – State Rep. Joe Tate (D- Detroit), the former Michigan House speaker, has entered the race for Michigan’s open U.S. Senate seat, becoming the fourth Democratic candidate seeking the party’s nomination in the August 2026 primary elections. He aims to succeed Democratic Senator Gary Peters, who has announced he will not seek...
July 28th, 20180Lansing — On Wed., July 25, just two weeks before the Democratic primary, U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) endorsed Abdul El-Sayed for governor of Michigan.
Sanders defeated former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in the 2016 Michigan Democratic Primary by 2 percentage points, a surprise win over Clinton, who went on to secure...
July 20th, 20181SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — When Muslim American Tahirah Amatul-Wadud heard about Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's stunning upset over U.S. Rep. Joe Crowley in New York's Democratic primary last month, the first-time candidate saw parallels with her own long-shot campaign for Congress in western Massachusetts. Ocasio-Cortez, a liberal woman of...
