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Roy Schmidt and Matt Mojzak

Roy Schmidt and Matt Mojzak

Rep. Roy Schmidt switched his party affiliation from Democrat to Republican. Now, election fraud charges may follow against the man who originally filed to run against him.

Romney inches closer to GOP nomination


Republican presidential candidate former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks in Lansing, Mich. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)
 
Mitt Romney swept the Kentucky and Arkansas Republican presidential primaries Tuesday, inching closer to the GOP nomination he is certain to win.
 
 
 

Romney looks to pad delegate lead
Mitt Romney was inching closer to officially claiming the Republican presidential nomination as Arkansas...
 

Obama, Romney fight over budget goals
The presidential race is shaping up as a battle between Republican calls for more government austerity...
 

22 states join campaign finance fight
Twenty-two states and the District of Columbia are backing Montana in its fight to prevent the U.S. Supreme...
 

George W. Bush unlikely in Romney bid
After months of silence, George W. Bush finally weighed on the presidential race. "I'm for Mitt...
 

Romney wins Nebraska, Oregon primaries
Nebraska and Oregon Republicans, as expected, have made clear their preference for the GOP nomination...
 

Ron Paul ends active campaigning
Ron Paul, the congressman from Texas and a favorite of tea partyers, effectively ended his presidential...
 

Obama seeks to undercut Romney on jobs
President Barack Obama is casting Mitt Romney as a greedy, job-killing corporate titan with little concern...
 

Women ponder how they became an issue
  Everybody, it seems, is talking about women in this campaign — what they should do, how they...
 

Romney to urge grads to honor family
Mitt Romney is steering clear of the fight over gay marriage and talking about his commitments to his...
 
 
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Political News


Report: Ad creator leaves Hoekstra camp
Fred Davis, a controversial ad creator, is no longer working with Rep. Pete Hoekstra's Senate campaign against incumbent…
 

Law would fight blight with jail time
Legislation under consideration in Lansing would allow owners of blighted and neglected property to be jailed if they fail…
 

Will MSP find Mojzak election fraud?
Candidates who file to run for office need to follow the rules, the spokesperson for the Republican Speaker of the Michigan…
 

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Supreme Court News


Court will take up wiretaps lawsuit
The Supreme Court says it will consider shutting down a legal challenge to a law that lets the United States eavesdrop on…
 

Disruptions seen if health law struck
Tossing out President Barack Obama's health care law would have major unintended consequences for Medicare's payment systems,…
 

6 reasons it's the Year of Big Money
This is the first presidential race since the courts changed the rules, clearing the way for secret cash and freeing billionaires…
 

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White House News


Senator: Scandal wider than believed
Several small groups of Secret Service employees separately visited clubs, bars and brothels in Colombia prior to a visit…
 

Doc who helped find bin Laden convicted
A government official says a Pakistani doctor who helped the U.S. track down Osama bin Laden has been convicted of high…
 

Mafia-style end for flawed Obama mugs
Australian officials wanted to get rid of some commemorative mugs that misspelled President Barack Obama's name. And boy,…
 

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Michigan (change)

 
Michigan is governed as a republic, with three branches of government: executive, legislative and judicial. The state also allows direct participation of the electorate by initiative, referendum, recall, and ratification.
 
Offices & Officials

Governor: Rick Snyder
Lieutenant Governor: Brian Calley
Attorney General: Bill Schuette
Secretary of State: Ruth Johnson

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