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Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump and his running mate Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, stand on stage at an election night watch party at the Palm Beach Convention Center, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024, in West Palm Beach, Fla.
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Created Equal: Examining the future of conservative politics under Trump

Sasha Bacon November 7, 2024

A second Trump presidency was not what many conservatives, or even many Republicans, said they wanted. But voters had a...

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Jim and Patricia Melluish moved to Kalamazoo in 1969.
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Meet the urban Republicans of Southwest Michigan

Michael Symonds November 1, 2024

Editor's note: This story includes a reference to sexual assault.In a follow-up to our story about rural Democrats, we ask four...

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Vice President Kamala Harris campaigns at an event in Oakland County on Friday, Oct. 18, 2024.
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Republican campaign groups recruit conservatives for Harris

Colin Jackson October 28, 2024

Oakland County resident Barbara Weisserman still doesn’t know who she’s voting for. “I know I’m very socially liberal but I’m fiscally...

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Michigan U.S. Senate candidate Mike Rogers is introduced at a roundtable for conservative Black clergy in Detroit by Pastor Lorenzo Sewell of 180 Church.
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Created Equal: Who will Black conservatives support this election? 

Sasha Bacon October 24, 2024

Despite often being a loyal voting bloc for Democrats, Black Americans are politically diverse. Garrison Hayes, a journalist for Mother Jones and the...

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Former Congressman Fred Upton.
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Former Congressman Fred Upton latest Republican to endorse Harris

Russ McNamara October 24, 2024

Republican former Congressman Fred Upton is endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris for president. Upton served Southwest Michigan in Congress for...

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Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance speaks at a rally at Eastern Market in Detroit on Oct. 8, 2024.
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Vance, Republicans stress voting during Eastern Market stop in Detroit

Colin Jackson October 9, 2024

Republican vice-presidential nominee JD Vance and other Republicans worked to get out the vote during a stop in Detroit Tuesday....

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Michigan U.S. Senate candidate Mike Rogers talks with a potential voter at a roundtable for conservative Black clergy in Detroit on Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024.
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GOP Senate candidate Mike Rogers’ pitch to Black voters: ‘We’re not bad people’

Russ McNamara September 30, 2024

In the race for Michigan’s open U.S. Senate seat, former Congressman and FBI agent Mike Rogers easily won his primary....

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Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks during the Republican National Convention on Thursday, July 18, 2024, in Milwaukee.
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Republicans seek unity as Biden drops out of presidential race

Quinn Klinefelter July 23, 2024

It’s taken roughly a week for a seismic shift to occur in the 2024 presidential election.Facing dwindling poll numbers and...

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Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks during the Republican National Convention on Thursday, July 18, 2024, in Milwaukee.
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Trump closes out Republican National Convention with unifying speech

Russ McNamara July 19, 2024

President Donald Trump formally accepted the GOP presidential nomination on Thursday at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee.Trump, somber and bandaged,...

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Trump surrogate blames media for Black community voting against Republicans

Russ McNamara July 19, 2024

Bruce LeVell, senior surrogate for Donald Trump and Trump’s former executive director of the National Diversity Coalition, was among those...

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Former Michigan Congressman and GOP U.S. Senate candidate Mike Rogers at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, July 16, 2024.
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US Senate candidate Mike Rogers discusses Trump assassination attempt, campaign fundraising at RNC

Russ McNamara July 18, 2024

U.S. Senate Candidate Mike Rogers was among those who spoke at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee on Tuesday. He’s...

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Vice Presidential Nominee Sen. JD Vance speaks during the Republican National Convention Wednesday, July 17, 2024, in Milwaukee.
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GOP vice presidential pick Vance talks Appalachian ties in speech as resentment over memoir simmers

Associated Press July 18, 2024

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Newly minted vice presidential nominee JD Vance built his Wednesday night speech to the Republican National...

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