When asked by ABC News’ Jonathan Karl if he could have a working relationship with President Trump, Michigan Senator-elect Abdul El-Sayed said he is “happy to meet with him, like I’ll meet with anyone, who can advance the goals I ran on.”

Democrats flipped more than 500 state legislative seats and won control of at least a dozen legislative chambers, establishing new governing trifectas in Michigan, Arizona, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Nevada.

Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) said she would not fully back current Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) to be the next majority leader when Democrats retake the majority in January. Slotkin told Politico that no single Democrat can claim credit for the party’s overall blue wave in the 2026 midterm elections, adding that she wouldn’t […]

There was a blue tsunami in the midterms. Peer inside it and you see a few powerful forces: Artificial intelligence. MAHA. Trade. Israel. In our new issue, reporters went deep on how these became four of the biggest policy disputes that defined 2026. These issues divided voters between and within political parties, spurred the expenditure of hundreds of millions of dollars and scrambled campaigns all over the country from Iowa to Michigan to New York. Grab your pumpkin latte infused with collagen and topped off with raw milk — yes, that’s a real drink mentioned in our MAHA story — and read on.

Several key Michigan Republicans said voters' national economic frustrations likely made the 2026 election impossible for them to win.

Abdul El-Sayed's Michigan Senate win divides Jewish leaders as AJC Detroit calls his anti-Israel rhetoric a stain on the historic milestone.

For the first time in a decade, election predictions far exceeded public expectations. What pollsters anticipated as a blue wave billowed into a blue tsunami. Wins that held ground for already blue seats eased nerves, and the flips of swing states like Michigan, Georgia, North Carolina and Ohio energized the blue base. But red-belt-busting wins in Republican strongholds like Texas, South Carolina and Kansas alongside pending races in Alaska and...

MSU's campus had nearly 55% of students turn out to vote, a record for modern midterm elections, although Clinton County had more voter participation.

Two separate federal lawsuits have been filed, one on Election Night by a conservative policy group, and a brand-new lawsuit filed by major utilities DTE and Consumers Energy. The message of getting big money out of politics clearly resonated with voters this week, but opponent action was immediate.