Gov. Gretchen Whitmer

Democrats sweep statewide races, flip a congressional seat and appear to have won control of the Michigan Legislature. They may have Proposal 3 and the fight for abortion rights to thank for driving voter turnout.

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer accepts a congratulatory call from President Joe Biden. Votes are still being counted, but the first-term Democrat has an insurmountable lead.

Why turnout, absentee votes and redistricting could influence who becomes governor, represents Michigan in Congress and controls the Legislature.

Experts say the Republican is peaking at the right time, but started slow. Can her message of parental choice, fighting crime and cutting regulations close the gap?

As Gretchen Whitmer woos voters ahead of the Nov. 8 election, the Michigan governor works to boost turnout by highlighting her work to protect voting and abortion rights and blasting the GOP as ‘too extreme.’

What to know about Tudor Dixon where she stands, how she became Republican nominee against Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and how she might govern.

What to know about the Democrat: where she stands, her four years in office, her priorities and her race against Republican Tudor Dixon.

Both candidates for governor claim their opponent is too radical. Some ads push the limit in the days before Nov. 8 election.

'Tuning out is not an option,’ the former president says, attempting to enthuse Democrats in the state’s largest city before the Nov. 8 election.

The latest campaign reports also show GOP gubernatorial nominee Tudor Dixon is closing the fundraising gap with Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. Republican candidates for attorney general and secretary of state still trail behind the Democratic incumbents.

On schools, COVID restrictions and more, the truth occasionally got stretched to its limit during Tuesday’s second and last debate.

The two meet for a second and final debate at 7 p.m. at Oakland University in Rochester

Whitmer wants to close Line 5, prepare for climate change, watchdog industrial polluters and update water safety. Dixon wants Line 5 open, regulations cut and a state that treats businesses like customers, not adversaries.

Michigan’s last gubernatorial debate before the Nov. 8 election is Tuesday. Here’s how to watch it.

Governor ties abortion rights to economy as she and challenger Tudor Dixon speak to Detroit Economic Club. Dixon calls that an ‘odd economic plan.’

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s first term was defined by COVID. A Bridge analysis finds the facts are clear: Her orders spared lives, but did so at a cost to the economy and K-12 learning.

As students and schools try to recover from the pandemic, Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Republican challenger Tudor Dixon have vastly different plans for how to improve Michigan schools and colleges.

Campaigning for governor, Whitmer laid out a 98-page plan for Michigan. Four years later, she gets passing marks for childcare, education, abortion, failing ones for transparency and the pension tax and an incomplete on roads.

Miss the debate? Many did. Here are five key moments between first of two debates between Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Tudor Dixon.

In their first debate, Whitmer and Dixon sparred over abortion, the economy, crime, the roads and COVID. What was true, false and needed a lot more context.