Gretchen Esther Whitmer is an American lawyer and politician serving since 2019 as the 49th governor of Michigan. A member of the Democratic Party,she served in the Michigan House of Representatives from 2001 to 2006 and in the Michigan Senate from 2006 to 2015.
Rashida Harbi Tlaib is an American lawyer and politician serving as a U.S. representative from Michigan since 2019,representing the state's 12th congressional district since 2023. A member of the Democratic Party,she is the first Palestinian American woman to serve in Congress and one of the first two Muslim women elected to Congress.
Dr. Shri Thanedar is an Indian-American businessman,author,and politician serving as the U.S. representative from Michigan's 13th congressional district since 2023. A member of the Democratic Party,Thanedar served as a member of the Michigan House of Representatives from 2021 to 2023. He was also a candidate in the Democratic primary for Governor of Michigan in the 2018 election.
Rick Outman is a Republican politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. Since 2019,he has been a member of the Michigan Senate,elected from the 33rd Senate district. He was a member of the Michigan House of Representatives,representing the 70th district,from 2011 to 2017. He was term limited out in 2017.
Kevin Daley is an American politician in the state of Michigan. A member of the Republican Party,he has been a member of the Michigan Senate since 2019,elected from the 26th district and 31st district. He was a member of the Michigan House of Representatives from January 2009 to 2015. A dairy farmer,he was the chairman of the House Agriculture Committee.
Thomas More Barrett is an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives from Michigan's 7th congressional district since 2025. He was a member of the Michigan Senate for the 24th district from 2019–2023.
Elissa Blair Slotkin is an American politician serving since 2025 as the junior United States senator from Michigan. From 2019 to 2025,she served as the U.S. representative for Michigan's 7th congressional district. The district,numbered as the 8th from 2019 to 2023,stretches from Lansing to the outer northern suburbs of Detroit. A member of the Democratic Party,Slotkin was previously a Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) analyst and Department of Defense official.
Matthew Maddock is an American politician in the Republican Party serving as a member of the Michigan House of Representatives. His district,the 51st,represents areas covering part of Oakland County. In his first term,Maddock was appointed to be the Chairman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation,as well as Chairman of the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules. A Republican,Maddock was first elected in 2018. Prior to being elected to the 110-member Michigan House of Representatives,he was a businessman in Oakland County.
Beau M. LaFave is an American politician from Michigan. A member of the Republican Party,he served in the Michigan House of Representatives for District 108 from 2017 to 2022 and was a candidate for the Michigan Secretary of State election in 2022. He lost the Republican nomination to Kristina Karamo,who in turn lost the election to incumbent Democrat Jocelyn Benson.
Lori M. Stone is an American politician and teacher currently serving as the mayor of Warren,Michigan. Stone previously served as a Democratic member of the Michigan House of Representatives who represented District 13.
Matt Hall is an American lawyer and politician serving as a member of the Michigan House of Representatives since 2019,currently representing the 42nd district. A member of the Republican Party,Hall has served as the House Minority Leader since 2023,and has been elected to serve as speaker of the House beginning in 2025.
Hillary Jeanne Scholten is an American attorney and politician serving as the U.S. representative from Michigan's 3rd congressional district since 2023. A member of the Democratic Party,she represents Grand Rapids and much of the urban core of West Michigan,in a district once represented by former President Gerald Ford.
The 2022 Michigan gubernatorial election took place on November 8,2022,to elect the governor of Michigan. Incumbent Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer ran for re-election to a second term and faced former political commentator Tudor Dixon in the general election. Whitmer defeated Dixon by a margin of nearly 11 percentage points,a wider margin than polls indicated as well as a wider margin than Whitmer's first victory four years prior. Whitmer won independent voters by double-digit margins,which contributed to Dixon's defeat.
An election was held on November 3,2020,to elect all 110 members of Michigan's House of Representatives.
Lisa Carmella McClain is an American politician serving as a U.S. representative from Michigan since 2021,representing the state's 9th congressional district since 2023. A member of the Republican Party,McClain serves in congressional leadership as Chair of the House Republican Conference.
The 2022 Michigan Attorney General election was held on November 8,2022,to elect the Attorney General of the state of Michigan. Incumbent Democratic Attorney General Dana Nessel ran for re-election to a second term. She was first elected in 2018 with 49.0% of the vote.
Tudor Dixon is an American politician,businesswoman and conservative political commentator. A member of the Republican Party,Dixon was the party's nominee for Governor of Michigan in the 2022 election. She became the Michigan Republicans' first female nominee for governor. Dixon lost the election to incumbent Democratic governor Gretchen Whitmer by 10.6 points.
The 2022 Michigan elections were held on Tuesday,November 8,2022,throughout Michigan. The Democratic Party made historic gains,taking full control of state government for the first time since 1983 and marking a point where Democrats held all four elected statewide offices,both U.S. Senate seats,and both chambers of the Michigan Legislature. Democrats won control of the Michigan House of Representatives for the first time since 2008,and the Michigan Senate for the first time since 1984. Additionally,incumbent Democratic governor Gretchen Whitmer won reelection by a comfortable margin,with Democrats sweeping every statewide office. Furthermore,the Democrats maintained control of seven seats in the U.S. House of Representatives,while the Republican Party took a net loss of one seat. The elections in Michigan were widely characterized as a "blue wave".
The 102nd Michigan Legislature,consisting of the Michigan Senate and the Michigan House of Representatives,began its first session on January 1,2023,which ended on November 14,2023. A second session began on January 1,2024.
Angela Rigas is an American politician from Michigan. A member of the Republican Party,she was elected to the Michigan House of Representatives in the 2022 election from the 79th district,and took office in 2023. After the 2020 presidential election,Rigas denied the election result and took part in the rally that preceded the January 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
