News from the bot: former state Rep. here entering a competitive Democratic primary. Garrett was disqualified from running in the 2024 election.

Not really sure why this is happening, but it’s reflected on the MDOS website, too. Likely a weird bug on their end.

💰 New State Senate Filing 💰 𝗖𝗵𝗲𝗱𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻𝗲 (D) Period: Post-Special Primary Status: Candidate for 35th District Receipts: $172,600 Total Spent: $131,460 Debt: $2,196 Cash On Hand: $64,389 All Filings

Got a few campaign finance filings coming in today. Jason Tunney (R) will be facing Chedrick Greene (D) in a May SD-35 special election that will decide whether Dems maintain control of the state Senate.

🏛️ New Candidate Committee 🏛️ 𝗦𝘆𝗹𝘃𝗶𝗮 𝗦𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗮 has filed to run for 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗮𝗻 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 as a Democrat. Committee ID: 0613223

At a GR roundtable for Jocelyn Benson, who’s rolling out an affordable housing plan. Among other things, she wants to: - ban private investors from buying houses their first 100 days on market - tax short-term rentals like Airbnbs - expand tax credits, speed up building

📍Vieques, Puerto Rico Be back in a week! Until then, all I know is beach.

The Lansing airport has the worst airport music of any airport I’ve ever been in. It’s like I’m at the dentist in 1986

Jocelyn Benson tells me that, if elected governor, she’d push to connect Michigan’s largest cities with high-speed rail. What would it take? bridgemi.com/michigan-gov...

This was almost a record scratch moment until I saw the district. This is Candice J. Miller, not former congresswoman Candice S. Miller.

Troy city councilwoman and physician registering to challenge state Sen. Michael Webber, here

I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is

its amazing how chatgpt knows everything about subjects I know nothing about, but is wrong like 40% of the time in things im an expert on. not going to think about this any further

Michigan lawmakers received a record amount in free food and drink from lobbyists in 2025. The public can't see all the specifics of the spending, though — the state's disclosure site still excludes key info AFTER an update meant to address that issue. bridgemi.com/michigan-gov...

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer will be on a panel with AOC at the Munich Security Conference today.

GOP gubernatorial candidate Tom Leonard says he would appoint an "ambassador" to Michigan's UP, saying the dedicated presence would give residents a "direct line to the Governor’s office."

Another challenger in the competitive Democratic primary for Sen. Stephanie Chang’s seat

Independent gubernatorial candidate Mike Duggan is "studying" a new federal program that could redirect MI tax dollars to private school tuition. Duggan said he's open to it if public schools could receive the funds, too. A USDOE fact sheet says they can. bridgemi.com/michigan-gov...

In Grand Rapids this evening for a Mike Duggan campaign event focused on education. Several dozen attendees here — most in business attire.

Michigan US Sen. Gary Peters was in Greenland over the weekend: "I will just say for the record it's actually colder in Michigan than it is in Greenland here now" Bipartisan Senate trip was to "repair the relationship" between the two countries, he said youtu.be/YQoW7cRGbLU?...

This was Leonard's AG committee.

House Speaker Matt Hall said, per a court filing, $349M of the $645M in state funding the House Appropriations Committee sought to cancel is unencumbered, and has been frozen via a court order. Attorneys in a hearing over the funding had said around 70% had been obligated.

A group aiming to significantly tighten Michigan’s voter ID requirements says they have enough signatures to get their constitutional amendment on the November ballot. bridgemi.com/michigan-gov...

MIRS CALLS: Saginaw Fire Chief Chedrick Greene has won the Democratic nomination in the 35th Senate District during tonight's special primary election. Republican race too close to call.

Reminder: today’s disclosures are the last look we’ll have at the money candidates are raising and where it’s coming from until July 27 — 8 days before the primary. Federal candidates will file once more, in April, but Michigan’s campaign finance law leaves a 6-month gap.

Not a great sign for Swanson, as Benson continues to rack up endorsements.

💰 New Gubernatorial Filing 💰 Name: 𝗠𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝘅 (R) Status: Candidate Receipts: $525,481 Total Spent: $176,342 Debt: $3,542,000 Cash On Hand: $4,137,314 All Filings

💰 New Ballot Question Filing 💰 𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝗢𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘀 Receipts: $269,513 Total Spent: $126,704 Debt: $100 Cash On Hand: $248,113 All Filings

🤖From the bot🤖 Today is a state campaign finance deadline! To limit the number of alerts, only filings where more than $10,000 was spent or received will be posted, but all will be available in a spreadsheet.

McMorrow and El-Sayed raised effectively the same amount to close out 2025 and also have effectively the same cash on hand. Stevens (reportedly) and Rogers each have $1M+ more in the bank than those two.

Brink has twice the cash on hand of MI-7 primary opponent Matt Maasdam ($516k) and well ahead of progressive William Lawrence ($227k). Maasdam and Brink weren’t too far apart on fundraising for the quarter, though. Still waiting on GOP incumbent Rep. Tom Barrett’s filing.

💰New 2025 Year-End Senate Filing💰 Mike Rogers (R) Received: $1,969,027 Spent: $1,216,616 Debt: $0 Cash on Hand: $3,454,035 URL: docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/form... Itemized donations by state: www.datawrapper.de/_/VvF74/ Itemized MI donations by ZIP: www.datawrapper.de/_/UlLjG/

Bringing in some federal filings manually as I work to further automate these congressional alerts. The posts write themselves, but I still have to hit compose myself

This person tried to primary Rep. Rashida Tlaib in 2024. Didn't make the ballot. Ran against state Sen. Jeremy Moss in 2022 as a Dem, too. His ballotpedia page has the briefest (and funniest) responses I've seen on that site

🏛️ New Candidate Committee 🏛️ 𝗚𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗻 𝗚𝗶𝗹𝗰𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁 has filed to run for 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝗿𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲 as a Democrat. Committee ID: 0612275

Béla Tarr, Hungarian director of Sátántangó and Werckmeister Harmonies, dies aged 70

Another Michigan state rep. apparently leaving the House to pursue a Senate run.

Honestly I thought this might've been a typo, but Mr. Bearss is indeed real

One week later

The bot is breaking news here: Jessica Swartz is currently running for the US House in MI-4, held by incumbent Bill Huizenga. Swartz was D nominee against Huizenga in 2024 and lost 43-55. This change should help clear the way for state Sen. Sean McCann in the D primary.

NEW: the group seeking to bring ranked choice voting to Michigan, Rank MI Vote, is ending their 2026 ballot drive. Falling short on signature collection, organizers have told volunteers they’ll try again for 2028. bridgemi.com/michigan-gov...

Michigan’s House budget committee is about to consider disapproving funding continuations for more than $351 million in ongoing state work projects.

Interesting candidate here: www.npr.org/2025/04/09/n...

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