Over 125,000 voters have already cast a ballot in Michigan, database says
With a little less than a month left until election day, 125,635 registered voters had cast ballots in Michigan's 2026 midterm election as of Monday.
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With a little less than a month left until election day, 125,635 registered voters had cast ballots in Michigan's 2026 midterm election as of Monday.
Former U.S. President Barack Obama will be in Detroit in late October to campaign with Michigan Democrats for the Nov. 3 election.
Here are 10 things to know about the 2026 midterm elections, in no particular order, based on what voters are telling us today.
A group of volunteers at Ralph C. Wilson Centennial Park in Detroit took an unusual approach Saturday to get people ready to vote in November: a carnival.
Thirty-seven absentee ballots that were found after the 2025 Hamtramck mayoral race will finally be counted, nearly a year after the election took place.
The Michigan Libertarian Party has disavowed its nominee, Anthony Hudson, with less than two months until the 2026 midterm election.
Democratic candidate and Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson spent Wednesday on Detroit's east side with rapper Icewear Vezzo, who showed her how he is working to make a difference in the neighborhood he grew up in.
More than 40,000 Michigan voters have already returned their absentee ballots as of Wednesday, the Michigan Voting Dashboard shows.
While the number of printed absentee ballots that omitted the Belleville Area District Library board races is not yet available, it could be close to 10,000.
If you are on Michigan's permanent absent voter list or signed up to get an absentee voter ballot for the Nov. 3 election, the ballots are on the way.
Absentee ballots are scheduled to begin going out to Michigan voters this week.
The former vice president joined Michigan's Senate nominee at Birth Detroit, telling advocates she has "a right" to speak on maternal health after her time in the Senate.
Republican Mike Rogers, who is seeking to become Michigan's next U.S. Senator, posted a campaign video that specifically calls for a quick end to the war in Iran.
CBS News Detroit talked with two political science professors on Wednesday, and they both said political debates are meant to be a job interview of sorts.
The Supreme Court left intact a ruling that blocked the U.S. Postal Service from enforcing new regulations for mail voting, rejecting the Trump administration's effort to move forward with the rules in the midterms.
Republicans are fighting to hold onto their majority in the Senate, where the GOP currently controls 53 seats. To take control, Democrats would need to net four seats in November's election.
A question on whether to dissolve the Lake Orion village government might be on the November ballot. Here's why.
The filing comes after a U.S. District Court judge extended an order against the Postal Service enforcing President Trump's executive order for the November elections.
The Supreme Court left in place guidance from the Federal Communications Commission that allows political parties and committees access to cheaper rates for political ads.
The Michigan Supreme Court turned down an emergency request to place the measure on the ballot, hours after the U.S. Supreme Court also declined to intervene.
Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Michigan, Abdul El-Sayed, is apologizing for comments he made after an attack on an Oakland County synagogue in March. Julia Avant shares what he said in his apology.
Michigan Democrats want to focus on President Trump and the economy heading into November.
Supporters say it's about separating campaign contributions from government decisions.
Michigan Secretary of State and Democratic gubernatorial nominee Jocelyn Benson has named Michigan Senate Majority Leader Winnie Brinks as her running mate.
Voters originally rejected the millage increase in August.
