Unofficial Michigan results by congressional district - Romney 16, Santorum 14

3rd Update 3-1 - Changing the rules after the fact gives Romney the extra delegate. 2nd Update 2-29 - Apparently the at large delegates wil...

Michigan Results for February 28th Primary posted here

8:07 Polls have closed here outside of a couple of Yooper counties in central time. I'm going to try and keep up with the results and po...

Less than two hours left. Don't forget to vote! Go Santorum!

The internal polling must be close. I say because Romney's surrogates - specifically Bill Schuette/Rusty Hills/Randy Richardville here a...

Internal Poll - Santorum up 5 in MI?? Last PPP Poll Santorum up 1, Last Mitchell Poll Romney up 1

Take a leaked internal poll from an anonymous source for what it is worth. I do not know how true this is. From Buzzfeed From the source: Sa...

Election Day

I can't speak for the rest of the state but I was able to walk in, vote, and leave. Voter number 25 in my Green Oak precinct. I voted fo...

Ridiculous laws of the week - part 1

Back when I was in undergrad, one of my favorite websites was a sports related site called "Jerk of the Week." The site is no long...

Michigan Primary Preview - What to look for

This primary is different than a lot of them. The winner isn't who gets 50.1% of the vote statewide this time. It's the winner of ea...

Thanks for the robocalls, Mitt Romney.

I got home yesterday and found five robocalls on my answering machine. So far, I've gotten three of them today with another four-five ho...

Don't forget the special elections! Joe Graves and Bob Gray are running for state house

While all the hype for the February 28th Special election is for the presidential primary, there are some other elections going on that day....

Talk is Cheap, especially from politicians

I actually skipped the debate. Again. One reason is that I already made up my mind and no "words" will change that. The other reas...

Unintended Consequences of Obama and Sebelius's mandate

There are many opinions about contraceptives. The media is going crazy about this issue. The fact is that nobody is trying to ban them. Ther...

Don't insult my intelligence

Everyone that follows Michigan politics knows that Romney is the choice of most of the establishment. Nowhere is that more apparent than our...

Poll Update - 2nd PPP poll less of an outlier

Last Thursday, I had a post about the delegate process and listed polls and congressional districts. I never thought Santorum was up 15 ove...

State House Redistricting - District 79 (HD-79)

State House - District 79 Current Rep - Al Pscholka (R-Lincoln Township) Candidates: GOP - Al Pscholka (R-Stevensville) Dem -  Jim Hahn (D-S...

State House Redistricting - District 78 (HD-78)

State House - District 78 Current Rep - Sharon Tyler (R - Niles) - Not running for re-election. GOP - Dave Pagel (R-Berrien Springs) DEM - J...

State House Redistricting - District 77 (HD-77)

State House - District 77 Current Rep - Thomas Hooker (R-Byron Township) Candidates: GOP - Thomas Hooker (R-Byron Center) Dem - Scott Barton...