Gretchen Esther Whitmer is an American lawyer and politician serving as the 49th governor of Michigan since 2019. 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.
Richard Dale Snyder is an American business executive,venture capitalist,attorney,accountant,and politician who served as the 48th governor of Michigan from 2011 to 2019.
Mark Allen Hackel is an American politician serving as the County Executive of Macomb County,Michigan since the position was established in 2011. A member of the Democratic Party,Hackel previously served as the Macomb County Sheriff from 2001 to 2010.
As of 2018,Detroit had the fourth highest murder rate among major cities in the United States after St. Louis and Baltimore and the 42nd highest murder rate in the world. The rate of robberies in Detroit declined by 67% between 1985 and 2014 while the rate of aggravated assaults increased. As a whole,the city's crime rate has decreased considerably from its 1980s peak.
Mark Hamilton Schauer is an American politician who served as a U.S. representative for Michigan's 7th congressional district from 2009 to 2011.
The Detroit Police Department (DPD) is a municipal police force based in and responsible for the U.S. city of Detroit,Michigan. Founded in 1865,it has nearly 2,500 officers,making it the largest law enforcement organization in Michigan.
Gary Charles Peters Sr. is an American lawyer,politician,and former military officer serving as the junior United States senator from Michigan since 2015. A member of the Democratic Party,he was the U.S. representative for Michigan's 14th congressional district,which included the eastern half of Detroit,the Grosse Pointes,Hamtramck,Southfield,and Pontiac,from 2009 to 2015.
In 2019,43,686 crimes were reported in the U.S. state of Michigan. Crime statistics vary widely by location. For example,Dearborn has a murder rate of only 2.1 per 100,000 while sharing borders with Detroit and Inkster,some of the highest rates in the state.
The 2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan was held on Tuesday,November 6,2012,to elect the 14 U.S. representatives from the state of Michigan,a decrease of one following the 2010 United States census. The elections coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices,including a quadrennial presidential election and an election to the U.S. Senate. Primary elections were held on August 7,2012. The filing deadline for candidates to file to run in the primary was May 15. Except for two seats,all the incumbents sought re-election. The open seats were the 5th and 11th congressional districts. Due to the loss of one seat from the 2010 census,two congressmen ran against each other.
The 2014 United States Senate election in Michigan was held on November 4,2014,to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Michigan,concurrently with the election of the governor of Michigan,as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.
Thomas More Barrett is an American politician who served as a member of the Michigan Senate from the 24th district. A Republican,he previously served in the Michigan House of Representatives from 2015 to 2019. Prior to his election to the House,Barrett served as a liaison between the Michigan Department of Treasury and the office of the Governor of Michigan. Barrett was the Republican nominee in the 2022 election for Michigan's 7th congressional district,which he lost to incumbent Democrat Elissa Slotkin.
Jim Runestad is an American politician. A Republican,he has been a member of the Michigan State Senate,representing the 23rd district,since 2023. He was previously a member of the Michigan House of Representatives from 2015 to 2018. In 2020,Runestad was one of 11 Republican state senators in Michigan who supported Donald Trump's effort to overturn the result of the presidential election and remain in power.
John Edward James is an American businessman and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Michigan's 10th congressional district since 2023. A member of the Republican Party,he was its nominee for U.S. Senate in 2018 and 2020.
The 2024 United States Senate election in Michigan will be held on November 5,2024,to elect a Class I member of the United States Senate to represent the state of Michigan. It will be held concurrently with the 2024 United States presidential election,other elections to the United States Senate,other elections to the United States House of Representatives,and various state and local elections. Primary elections will take place on August 6,2024.
Sheldon A. Neeley is an American politician,currently serving as the Mayor of Flint,Michigan. He was elected as Flint's mayor in 2019 and served an abbreviated three-year term before being re-elected in 2022. Neeley is a registered Democrat and a former state representative in Michigan's 34th House district. He served two complete terms and one partial term in the Michigan House of Representatives between 2015 and 2019. He resigned from his position in the House when he was elected as the Mayor of Flint in 2019. Neeley's wife,Cynthia,was elected to his former seat on March 10,2020. Neeley served two complete terms and one partial term on the Flint City Council between 2005 and 2014,prior to his tenure as Michigan Representative and was the Council's first African-American member to have come from Flint's Sixth Ward.
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 10.6 percentage points,a wider margin than polls indicated as well as a wider margin than Whitmer's first victory four years prior. According to Ron Brownstein of CNN in 2023,Whitmer won independent voters by double-digit margins,which contributed to Dixon's defeat.
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.
The 2022 Michigan Secretary of State election was held on November 8,2022,to elect the Secretary of State of Michigan. Incumbent Democrat Jocelyn Benson decisively won reelection to a second term,defeating far-right Republican Kristina Karamo by a 14 percentage point margin.
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 lost to incumbent Democratic governor Gretchen Whitmer by a margin of 10.6 percentage points.
