๐ฐ New State Senate Filing ๐ฐ
๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ (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.
๐๏ธ New Candidate Committee ๐๏ธ
๐ฆ๐๐น๐๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ has filed to run for ๐ง๐ฟ๐๐๐๐ฒ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐ด๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฆ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐จ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐๐ as a Democrat.
Committee ID: 0613223
At a GR roundtable for Jocelyn Benson, whoโs 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
๐Vieques, 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 Iโve ever been in. Itโs like Iโm at the dentist in 1986
Jocelyn Benson tells me that, if elected governor, sheโd push to connect Michiganโs 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 donโt 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 โ 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.
Feel obligated to note a signature policy of perennial, fringe gov. candidate Evan Space is sending the LG to "run the Upper Peninsula." (He also supports UP statehood)
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 Governorโs office."
Another challenger in the competitive Democratic primary for Sen. Stephanie Changโs 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...
Grand Rapids Downtown Market
In Grand Rapids this evening for a Mike Duggan campaign event focused on education. Several dozen attendees here โ 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 Michiganโs 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: todayโs disclosures are the last look weโll have at the money candidates are raising and where itโs coming from until July 27 โ 8 days before the primary.
Federal candidates will file once more, in April, but Michiganโs campaign finance law leaves a 6-month gap.
Not a great sign for Swanson, as Benson continues to rack up endorsements.
