The Michigan State University professor is running for the Democratic nomination to take on U.S. Rep. Tom Barrett next year.

The member of the panel regulating big utilities will serve the shortest term in 40 years as it considers a billion dollars ...

Former state Sen. Curtis Hertel Jr., of East Lansing, took the helm of the Michigan Democratic Party as its chair during the party's convention Saturday where politicians and party activists ...

LANSING, MI — The Michigan Democratic Party has reelected Lavora Barnes as its chairperson. Barnes was reelected Saturday, Feb. 20, during the party’s State Spring Convention. More than 1,300 ...

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — The Michigan Democratic Party has elected former State Sen. Curtis Hertel as the new party Chair. The Party says this follows former Chair Lavora Barnes’s decision to ...

LANSING — Michigan's historic Democratic trifecta began with a sprint. At the firing of the starting gun, Democratic lawmakers raced to pass priorities that stalled under GOP control.

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — Just hours after the attempted insurrection at the U.S. Capitol last week, three members of Michigan’s Congressional Delegation voted to support challenges to the Elec… ...

LANSING — Gwen Walz, the wife of Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz, will be in Lansing on Tuesday for a campaign event. Walz and Michigan Democratic Party Chair Lavora Barnes will ...

LANSING, Mich. (CBS DETROIT) - Michigan's Democratic Party chair tells CBS News Detroit that she's taking the recall effort against five democrats in the state house seriously, but doesn't ...

Leaders within the Democratic party in mid-Michigan and across the state made statements in remembrance of Lawson. Michigan Democratic Party Chair Lavora Barnes said her organization is "shocked ...

LANSING — Michigan Democratic Party Chair Lavora Barnes will not run for a fourth term leading the party. Barnes, who took the helm in 2019 after being the party's chief operating officer for ...

LANSING, Mich. — The Michigan Democratic Party's State Spring Convention saw Lavora Barnes reelected as party chair Saturday, Feb. 20, 2021. A written statement from party representatives said ...