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Early in-person voting begins, nine days through Nov 1
- Mon 5:00 PM Weekday Door Knocking in Brighton! (Team Michigan) · Tue 10:00 AM Canvass with Working Families Party in Livingston County (Michigan Working Families Party) · Wed 5:00 PM Canvass Shift - Livingston (Re-Elect Jennifer Conlin for State Representative) · Mobilize listings within 15 miles
- Mon 10:00 AM Lansing Weekday Canvass AFL-CIO & phone bank (Michigan AFL-CIO) · Mon 5:00 PM Weekday Door Knocking in Lansing! (Team Michigan) · Tue 3:00 PM Labor to Labor Canvass with Special Guest Randi Weingarten! (Michigan AFL-CIO) · Mobilize listings within 20 miles
- Canvass weekend · Sat 64°, sunny · Sun 67°, partly sunny
- −39¢ vs a month ago · +$1.71 vs a year ago · AAA state average
- 1 new document in the issue-ad political file · Detroit
- 1 new document in the US House political file · Detroit
- Local · WILX
- 1 new document in the US House political file · Detroit
- 6,332 ballots returned statewide Oct 18statewide, from the state dashboard
- Canvass weekend · Sat 62°, sunny · Sun 65°, partly sunny
- 2,105 absentee applications added statewide Oct 18statewide, from the state dashboard
- Overnight movers: Lyon Township +211 · Riley Township +105 · Sciota Township +87 · Vernon Township +47Returned ballots since the 2026-10-17 file, by city or township. The re-aim follows the districts with the most ballots still out.
- Chase list: 132,416 ballots still out (−594 since the last file)32% of requested ballots are back
- State file for 2026-10-18: +750 returned, +156 requests62,824 returned of 195,240 (32%)
- State file 2026-10-18: 195,240 requests, 62,824 returned132,416 still out
- $122K over the last ten weeks · 11 new ads in the last two weeks · Google's political ads transparency data, published weekly
- $2K over the last ten weeks · Google's political ads transparency data, published weekly
- Local · Belleville News-Democrat
- 42,982 ballots returned statewide Oct 17statewide, from the state dashboard
- Local · Lansing State Journal
- 4,807 absentee applications added statewide Oct 17statewide, from the state dashboard
- Local · Michigan Advance
- State file for 2026-10-17: +3,137 returned, +312 requests62,074 returned of 195,084 (32%)
- 1 new document in the issue-ad political file · Detroit
- 56,696 ballots returned statewide Oct 16statewide, from the state dashboard
- 5,552 absentee applications added statewide Oct 16statewide, from the state dashboard
- 3 new documents (1 NAB form) in the US House political file · Detroit
- 1 new document (1 NAB form) in the issue-ad political file · Flint–Saginaw
- 1 new document in the issue-ad political file · Detroit
- 1 new document in the US House political file · Detroit
- 2 new documents in the issue-ad political file · Flint–Saginaw
- State file for 2026-10-16: +4,814 returned, +393 requests58,937 returned of 194,772 (30%)
- The Detroit News
- Facebook
- Daily views of each candidate's article, against their own prior seven days. A spike is an ad, a story, or a debate landing.
- 52,889 ballots returned statewide Oct 15statewide, from the state dashboard
- 3 new documents in the US House political file · Detroit
- 5,684 absentee applications added statewide Oct 15statewide, from the state dashboard
- Fraudsters are constantly targeting seniors to cheat them out of their hard-earned retirement. These sophisticated scammers pose as federal agencies, banks, and
- 1 new document in the issue-ad political file · Flint–Saginaw
- 1 new document (1 NAB form) in the US House political file · Detroit
- Detroit Free Press
- 1 new document in the issue-ad political file · Detroit
- 4 new documents (1 NAB form) in the issue-ad political file · Detroit
- 2 new documents in the issue-ad political file · Detroit
- 3 new documents in the US House political file · Detroit
- 4 new documents (2 NAB forms) in the issue-ad political file · Lansing
- 4 new documents (2 NAB forms) in the issue-ad political file · Lansing
- State file for 2026-10-15: +4,931 returned, +443 requests54,123 returned of 194,379 (28%)
- 2 new documents (1 NAB form) in the issue-ad political file · Flint–Saginaw
- Local · TheLCN.com
- 79,740 ballots returned statewide Oct 14statewide, from the state dashboard
- 1 new document in the issue-ad political file · Detroit
- AOL.com
- 6,844 absentee applications added statewide Oct 14statewide, from the state dashboard
- 2 new documents (1 NAB form) in the issue-ad political file · Flint–Saginaw
- Local · WKAR
- 1 new document in the US House political file · Flint–Saginaw
- 1 new document in the issue-ad political file · Detroit
- 2 new documents in the US Senate political file · Detroit
- 3 new documents in the US Senate political file · Detroit
- Consumer Price Index, all items, all urban consumers, not seasonally adjusted (BLS).
- 2 new documents in the US House political file · Detroit
- 2 new documents in the US House political file · Detroit
- 4 new documents (2 NAB forms) in the issue-ad political file · Lansing
- 3 new documents (1 NAB form) in the issue-ad political file · Lansing
- 2 new documents (1 NAB form) in the issue-ad political file · Lansing
- AOL.com
- 2 new documents in the US House political file · Flint–Saginaw
- 25% of requested ballots are back49,192 of 193,936 as of the 2026-10-14 file
- State file for 2026-10-14: +7,805 returned, +510 requests49,192 returned of 193,936 (25%)
- Local · Lansing State Journal
- Local · WNEM
- Local · State Affairs Pro
- 1 new document in the US House political file · Detroit
- 46,988 ballots returned statewide Oct 13statewide, from the state dashboard
- 1 new document in the US House political file · Detroit
- 5,084 absentee applications added statewide Oct 13statewide, from the state dashboard
- Local · gop.com
- Local · WILX
- Local · Big Rapids Pioneer
- 3 new documents in the US Senate political file · Lansing
- 2 new documents in the US House political file · Lansing
- 4 new documents in the US Senate political file · Lansing
- 2 new documents in the US House political file · Lansing
- State file for 2026-10-13: +5,404 returned, +418 requests41,387 returned of 193,426 (21%)
- Local · WKMS
- 1 new document in the US House political file · Detroit
- 3 new documents (1 NAB form) in the US Senate political file · Detroit
- 3,257 ballots returned statewide Oct 12statewide, from the state dashboard
- 2,090 absentee applications added statewide Oct 12statewide, from the state dashboard
- 1 new document in the US House political file · Flint–Saginaw
- 1 new document in the issue-ad political file · Detroit
- 1 new document in the US House political file · Detroit
- 1 new document in the issue-ad political file · Detroit
- 2 new documents (1 NAB form) in the issue-ad political file · Detroit
- 2 new documents (1 order, 1 NAB form) in the US House political file · Lansing · flight 10/13/26–10/19/26
- State file for 2026-10-12: +709 returned, +308 requests35,983 returned of 193,008 (19%)
- 3,937 ballots returned statewide Oct 11statewide, from the state dashboard
- 1,929 absentee applications added statewide Oct 11statewide, from the state dashboard
- 1 new document in the issue-ad political file · Detroit
- 1 new document in the issue-ad political file · Detroit
- 1 new document in the issue-ad political file · Detroit
- $122K over the last ten weeks · 11 new ads in the last two weeks · Google's political ads transparency data, published weekly
- $2K over the last ten weeks · Google's political ads transparency data, published weekly
- 40,013 ballots returned statewide Oct 10statewide, from the state dashboard
- Local · Democracy Docket
- 4,611 absentee applications added statewide Oct 10statewide, from the state dashboard
- State file for 2026-10-10: +2,962 returned, +340 requests35,274 returned of 192,700 (18%)
- Local · WILX
- 49,411 ballots returned statewide Oct 9statewide, from the state dashboard
- 5,229 absentee applications added statewide Oct 9statewide, from the state dashboard
- 2 new documents (1 NAB form) in the issue-ad political file · Detroit
- 2 new documents (1 NAB form) in the US House political file · Lansing
- 3 new documents (3 NAB forms) in the US Senate political file · Lansing
- 3 new documents (3 NAB forms) in the US Senate political file · Lansing
- 4 new documents (2 NAB forms) in the US House political file · Lansing
- 3 new documents (1 NAB form) in the US House political file · Detroit
- 5 new documents in the US House political file · Detroit
- 1 new document in the issue-ad political file · Detroit
- 1 new document in the US House political file · Detroit
- 4 new documents (1 NAB form) in the issue-ad political file · Flint–Saginaw
- 3 new documents (1 NAB form) in the US House political file · Flint–Saginaw
- The rapid development of AI technology, which has potential to improve our society, has exposed the serious dangers that can come with it. We are already seeing
- 2 new documents in the issue-ad political file · Detroit
- 1 new document in the issue-ad political file · Detroit
- 1 new document (1 NAB form) in the US House political file · Detroit
- 1 new document in the US House political file · Detroit
- 2026-10-09: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
- State file for 2026-10-09: +4,582 returned, +399 requests32,312 returned of 192,360 (17%)
- Local · Democracy Docket
- 2 new documents in the issue-ad political file · Detroit
- 44,364 ballots returned statewide Oct 8statewide, from the state dashboard
- 1 new document in the US House political file · Detroit
- 2 new documents (1 NAB form) in the US House political file · Flint–Saginaw
- 6,450 absentee applications added statewide Oct 8statewide, from the state dashboard
- 1 new document in the issue-ad political file · Detroit
- 1 new document in the US House political file · Flint–Saginaw
- 2 new documents (1 NAB form) in the issue-ad political file · Detroit
- 1 new document (1 order) in the US House political file · Lansing · flight 10/06/26–10/12/26
- 2 new documents (2 orders, 1 NAB form) in the issue-ad political file · Flint–Saginaw
- 1 new document in the US House political file · Detroit
- 1 new document in the US House political file · Detroit
- State file for 2026-10-08: +4,051 returned, +544 requests27,730 returned of 191,961 (14%)
- Lansing City Pulse
- 50,798 ballots returned statewide Oct 7statewide, from the state dashboard
- 9,864 absentee applications added statewide Oct 7statewide, from the state dashboard
- 4 new documents (1 NAB form) in the issue-ad political file · Detroit
- C-SPAN
- 2 new documents in the US House political file · Detroit
- 1 new document in the US Senate political file · Detroit
- State file for 2026-10-07: +4,174 returned, +772 requests23,679 returned of 191,417 (12%)
- C-SPAN
- Detroit Free Press
- 2 new documents (1 NAB form) in the US House political file · Flint–Saginaw
- 2 new documents in the US House political file · Detroit
- 4 new documents (1 NAB form) in the US House political file · Detroit
- 2 new documents in the US House political file · Detroit
- 10% of requested ballots are back19,505 of 190,645 as of the 2026-10-06 file
- State file for 2026-10-06: +8,681 returned, +481 requests19,505 returned of 190,645 (10%)
- The Detroit News
- WLNS 6 News
- Yahoo
- The Detroit News
- Local · East Lansing Info
- State file for 2026-10-05: +72 returned, +289 requests10,824 returned of 190,164 (6%)
- $122K over the last ten weeks · 11 new ads in the last two weeks · Google's political ads transparency data, published weekly
- 5% of requested ballots are back10,752 of 189,875 as of the 2026-10-03 file
- State file for 2026-10-03: +3,440 returned, +295 requests10,752 returned of 189,875 (6%)
- State file for 2026-10-02: +2,456 returned, +400 requests7,312 returned of 189,580 (4%)
- State file for 2026-10-01: +1,870 returned, +343 requests4,856 returned of 189,180 (3%)
- County rates, not seasonally adjusted (BLS local area unemployment). The month before: Ingham 5.0%, Livingston 4.2%, Clinton 4.1%, Eaton 4.6%, Shiawassee 4.8%.
- Local · East Lansing Info
- Lansing City Pulse
- Local · East Lansing Info
- The Great Lakes are essential to Michigan’s communities, economy, and environment. Protecting these waters means protecting a resource that millions of people a
- Over the weekend, I had the privilege of hosting Lee Zeldin, the administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, in our area to meet with local exper
- WDET 101.9 FM
- Local · Lansing State Journal
- You deserve to know what’s happening in your own community. When government officials negotiate with data center developers behind closed doors, families are le
- WDET 101.9 FM
- $2K over the last ten weeks · Google's political ads transparency data, published weekly
- This memo outlines William Lawrence's path to victory in Michigan's 7th congressional district by highlighting his political outsider identity, strong field organizing, and opponent Tom Barrett's perceived failures and unpopular record. · Targets: young voters in the Lansing area, 51,000 students at MSU, disenchanted swingy Trump voters, renters · politico.com
- Technology is supposed to be a tool to provide better, faster service. It should never get in the way of the care and benefits veterans earned. That’s why I int
- Where you live should never be a barrier to accessing quality health care. However, many of our rural communities don’t have enough doctors and nurses to provid
- Michigan Advance
- S 2403 · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · Passed 401–14 · Republicans 191–14
- H R 9497 · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · Passed 415–9 · Republicans 202–9
- H R 9340 · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · Passed 417–3 · Republicans 210–0
- H J RES 213 · On Passage · Passed 214–208 · Republicans 210–1
- H R 10326 · On Passage · Passed 217–207 · Republicans 210–1
- H R 9576 · On Passage · Passed 352–72 · Republicans 212–0
- H R 5334 · On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments · Passed 262–159 · Republicans 203–7
- 2026-09-16: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
- 2026-09-16: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
- H CON RES 93 · On Agreeing to the Resolution · Passed 220–204 · Republicans 7–203
- H J RES 210 · On Passage · Passed 216–211 · Republicans 212–1
- H R 9500 · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · Passed 408–17 · Republicans 195–17
- H R 2140 · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · Passed 343–79 · Republicans 130–79
- H R 4646 · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · Passed 424–0 · Republicans 210–0