Detroit voters have questions. We’re here to help answer them.
The 2026 election puts a lot on Detroit ballots, from statewide races to Congress, the Michigan Legislature and local offices like the Detroit Public School Community District Board of Education. With so much information coming at voters, knowing where to turn for reliable, independent journalism matters.
That’s why Bridge has been preparing for this election for months.
We’ve asked candidates about the issues Detroit voters told us matter most. We’ve fact-checked claims made on the campaign trail. We’ve published articles on what to know about the Detroit school board races, a guide on how to reach your representatives and elected officials in Detroit, and how city leaders can bring down Detroit’s high property taxes. And we’ve built a Voter Guide to help readers understand who’s on their ballot, where candidates stand and how to vote.
Much of this work starts with listening.
Through Bridge Listens, we received more than 6,400 responses about what Michiganders wanted to understand before voting. Their questions and concerns helped shape our election coverage — because voters across Michigan don’t all have the same questions.
Detroit voters are weighing questions about the economy, affordability, education, healthcare, property taxes and the future of their neighborhoods. They also need to understand the candidates and local races that will shape decisions in their city.
Then we make that journalism useful.
Our Voter Guide brings together candidate information, fact checks and practical voting information in one place. BridgeDetroit.com remains free to read, so voters don’t have to pay to understand their choices.
But keeping this journalism free takes resources.
Reporters need time to research candidates and issues, check campaign claims, talk with Detroit voters and community sources, examine public records and explain what they find. Producing a useful Voter Guide and reporting on the races and issues shaping Detroit takes sustained work from a newsroom committed to keeping voters informed.
Bridge is free to read, but it isn’t free to produce.
This fall, we’re raising money to support the election journalism Detroit voters rely on — and the accountability reporting that continues after the votes are counted.
Because Election Day isn’t the end of the story.
After voters choose their leaders, BridgeDetroit will keep asking questions, tracking decisions and reporting on what elected officials do with the power they’ve been given. The campaign signs will go away. The questions won’t.
Will you contribute to our campaign and help keep BridgeDetroit’s journalism free for everyone?
Your support helps Bridge keep listening to Detroit voters, asking the questions that matter, checking the facts and making the information people need available to everyone.
Help us keep doing the work.
