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Endorsements
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International Painters and Allied Trades Council 1M endorsed Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan in his independent gubernatorial bid.
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The People’s Coalition PAC on Wednesday formally endorsed Washtenaw County Prosecutor Eli Savit for the Democratic nomination to run for Michigan Attorney General.
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Democratic Detroit state Rep. Donavan McKinney’s campaign for Michigan’s 13th Congressional District on Wednesday announced endorsements from 10 elected leaders and organizations, including; Council of Baptist Pastors of Detroit and Vicinity, Michigan Democratic Party Black Caucus, Michigan Democratic Party Progressive Caucus, state Senator Kevin Hertel (D-St. Clair Shores), Chair of the Michigan Legislative Black Caucus and state Rep. Amos O’Neal (D-Saginaw), state Rep. Regina Weiss (D-Oak Park), Wayne County Commissioner Tim Killeen, Ecorse Mayor Lamar Tidwell, Highland Park Mayor Glenda McDonald, and Detroit City Councilwoman Latisha Johnson.
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Former Detroit Mayor and NBA Hall of Famer Dave Bing on Wednesday announced his endorsement of U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Birmingham) in her run for the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate.
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State Representative Laurie Pohutsky (D-Livonia) has endorsed Eric Chung in his race to secure the Democratic nomination for Michigan’s 10th Congressional District. Pohutsky is chair of the Michigan Progressive Women’s Caucus and former House Speaker Pro Tempore. Also endorsing Chung is Oakland County Commissioner Brendan Johnson, who represents District 4, which includes the City of Auburn Hills and portions of the City of Rochester Hills, as well as former MI-10 Candidate Alex Hawkins.
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Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Dr. Abdul El-Sayed announced a round of endorsements from local elected officials, including Wayne County Commissioner Alex Garza, Kent County Commissioner Robert Womack, Holland City Councilmember Devin Shea, Bay City Commissioner Chris Runeberg, Isabella County Commissioner Tobin Hope, Mount Pleasant City Commissioner Ryon Skalitzky, and Ann Arbor City Councilmember Ayesha Ghazi Edwin. He was also endorsed by the Progressive Change Campaign Committee, and the Michigan Democratic Party’s LGBT&A Caucus, Progressive Caucus and Grassroots Caucus.
Announcements
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Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Leonard, a former speaker of the Michigan House of Representatives, on Wednesday announced that Nikki Snyder, one of only two GOP members on the Michigan State Board of Education, will serve as chair of his Leonard for Michigan Education Coalition, which would advise the campaign on education priorities.
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Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Dr. Abdul El-Sayed‘s campaign announced it was launching a statewide “Open Our Healthcare” tour, starting in Houghton in the Upper Peninsula, on Oct. 22, with later stops in Pontiac, Detroit and Downriver. The events will “convene providers, patients, and community advocates”.
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Fundraising
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State Senator Sean McCann (D-Kalamazoo) announced Tuesday that his campaign has raised more than $300,000 in the first full quarter of his campaign to win the Democratic nomination for Michigan’s 4th Congressional District, currently occupied by Republican U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga of Holland Township.
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Speaking of which, Huizenga reported having raised just $325,000 in the third quarter, nearly half of which were $158,000 in transfers from House Speaker Mike Johnson’s “Grow the Majority” joint fundraising committee. However, he ended the quarter with $1.6 million in cash on hand.
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Also seeking to replace Huizenga is Kalamazoo attorney Jessica Swartz. The Democrat raised $92,000 in the third quarter with approximately $171,000 in the bank.
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7th Congressional District candidate Bridget Brink announced Thursday that her campaign for the Democratic nomination had raised $611,179 in the third quarter, leaving her with more than $738,000 cash on hand, “nearly double any other Democratic candidate.”
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Meanwhile, her main opponent for the nomination, Matt Maasdam, said on Thursday he had raised more than $615,000 in the third quarter, making him “the top-raising Democratic challenger in Michigan this quarter.”
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Don Ufford, a former Ford Motor Co. engineer, announced Thursday that his campaign for the Democratic nomination to Michigan’s 11th Congressional District seat had raised “more than $350,000 in just 34 days during the 3rd Quarter, more than any other candidate in the race.”
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Meanwhile, state Sen. Jeremy Moss (D-Bloomfield Township), who is also seeking the 11th District Democratic nomination, raised approximately $205,000 for the quarter, ending with almost $472,000 in cash on hand.
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The third Democrat seeking that nomination is Sterling Heights attorney Aisha Farooqi, who raised $114,351 and finished with just over $72,000 in cash on hand.
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The campaign of U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Birmingham) seeking the Democratic nomination to run in 2026 for Michigan’s U.S. Senate seat noted on Thursday that the $1.9 million it previously reported she raised in the third quarter allowed it to end the period with $2.6 million in the bank, “far outpacing her opponents.”
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One of those opponents, Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, announced on Monday his campaign had raised $1.77 million in the third quarter of 2025, and ended the third quarter with more than $1.8 million cash on hand.
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The other Dem U.S. Senate candidate, state Sen. Mallory McMorrow (D-Royal Oak), previously reported raising more than $1.65 million in the third quarter, with records showing she had just under $1.5 million in cash on hand.
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On the GOP side, former U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers (R-White Lake) reported having in excess of $2.7 million in cash on hand in his campaign for the Republican nomination. But as The Detroit News reported, only $1.6 million of that total was raised in the third quarter, while the $2.2 million reported being raised in that span “reflects two transfers on Sept. 19 from his joint-fundraising entity, Team Rogers, of about $626,587 that was raised in the second quarter” as well as “$62,000 from the National Republican Senatorial Committee”.
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Also of note
Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald, who is running as a Democrat for Michigan Attorney General, on Tuesday called on fellow AG candidates to “uphold the law faithfully and not weaponize it for political gain.”
The challenge came after President Trump‘s Department of Justice filed charges against former FBI Director James Comey following pressure from the White House to prosecute the president’s political rivals, and after Trump, in a social media post, called for both the Mayor of Chicago and Governor of Illinois to be jailed.
McDonald is among four Democrats seeking the AG nomination of their party. The others are: Washtenaw County Prosecutor Eli Savit, former U.S. Attorney Mark Totten, and public defender William Noakes. On the GOP side, there are two announced candidates; Eaton County Prosecutor Doug Lloyd and attorney Kevin Kijewski.