Insider Intelligence

On Thursday, Representative Lisa Lyons (R-Alto) introduced legislation requiring a candidate requesting a statewide recount for an election that resulted in more than a 5% difference between the winning candidate and the petition of the recount to pay 100% of the estimated cost of the recount.  Under current law, a person requesting a recount is […]

On Monday, November 28, the Board of State Canvassers is meeting in Lansing to certify the results of the following election results: November 8, 2016 general election 4th Senate District special election 11th House District special election 28th House District special election Special election for the Regional Transit Authority This is the final step to […]

Yesterday, Michigan voters went to the polls to cast votes in the General Election for a variety of offices.  In addition to the Presidential race, votes were cast for all 14 members of Michigan’s Congressional delegation, 110 members of the Michigan House of Representative, and one special election in the Michigan Senate’s 4th District in […]

On the evening of November 8, we will be tweeting statewide election results of key races throughout the evening.  To read our updates, please follow us @MLCMichigan. For MLC clients, if you’d prefer to get your information by text updates throughout the night, please email julie@mlcmi.com.  Please indicate if you want updates throughout the night […]

In our final election preview, MLC commissioned EPIC-MRA to survey voters in Michigan’s 61st House District, currently held by Republican Representative Brandt Iden. Running against Iden for a second consecutive election is Pastor John Fisher. In 2014, Iden defeated Mr. Fisher 48-43% with Libertarian candidate Michael Stampfler taking 9% of the vote. This district is […]

Next week, Michigan voters are taking to the polls to vote on several races.  On Tuesday, the MLC Blog outlined the two open Congressional seats in Michigan.  While Federal level races tend to get the most attention, state races are also important as they have a big effect on Michigan resident’s everyday lives. In the […]

With less than one-week to go before the November 8th election, all eyes are turning toward the 30th House District in Western Macomb County. This race is a matchup between Democratic candidate, Michael Notte, and Republican candidate, Diana Farrington, the wife of current representative, Jeff Farrington. Mr. Notte’s father, Richard Notte, served as Mayor of […]

While this election year the Presidential race is getting most of the media coverage, voters throughout Michigan will be voting on many important races next week. As is the case every two years, all of Michigan’s fourteen U.S. Representatives are up for reelection.  Of those, only two seats are open due to the current Congressional […]