The weekend visit to Michigan was announced as part of a broader tour of all seven battleground states over the final days of the election.
Simon D. Schuster
Simon D. Schuster covers Michigan politics, campaign finance and government accountability for Bridge Michigan. He joined Bridge in 2024 after working as MLive's senior political reporter and on its investigative team, and previously spent three years as executive director of the Michigan Campaign Finance Network, tracking the influence of political money in Michigan. A Michigan native, Simon holds a bachelor's degree and a master of public policy from Michigan State University.
Simon is based in Lansing. When he's not working, you'll find him in Detroit, backpacking northern Michigan or visiting his fiancée in Scandinavia.
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Meet the Michigan voters who may decide the election for Trump or Harris
Every vote counts in a close election, but Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are spending extra time courting a handful of key groups.
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Kamala Harris in Michigan urges young people to vote: ‘Now is the time’
‘I love your generation,” Harris told young voters in Ann Arbor, capping a statewide blitz that included stops in Saginaw and Macomb County.
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Federal judge dismisses GOP lawsuit over Michigan voter rolls
GOP attorneys argued Michigan voter rolls were bloated because the state was not following federal law. A judge rejected those claims.
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Election results may take a day, Jocelyn Benson says
This continually updated tracker includes information on Michigan political campaigns for president, U.S. Senate, the U.S. House and state House.
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Detroit kicks off early voting Saturday. It goes statewide Oct. 26
Already, nearly 1 million Michigan voters have returned absentee ballots, but they won’t begin being tabulated until days after the first early voting ballots are cast in Detroit.
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Kamala Harris, Donald Trump ramp up fight for Michigan in final weeks of campaign
Democrats may be correcting course with a renewed emphasis on Detroit, the state’s largest city, where turnout can decide elections.
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Harris running ad on Trump remarks slamming Detroit
This story also appeared in Bridge Michigan Less than 24 hours after Donald Trump warned the Detroit Economic Club that the “whole country will end up being like Detroit” if Kamala Harris is elected, her campaign unveiled a new ad slamming his comments. “He should be so goddamn lucky,” narrator Courtney B. Vance, a Detroit […]
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Donald Trump disparages Detroit in city speech, pitches plan to ‘save’ autos
The Republican presidential nominee promised a litany of tax cuts, deductions and credits that he argued would “save” the domestic auto industry.
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GOP sues Michigan to block ‘never resided’ voters in presidential election
At issue is a small number of U.S. voters who have never lived in the U.S. but were born to parents who previously lived in Michigan.