Democrats flipped more than 500 state legislative seats and won control of at least a dozen legislative chambers, establishing new governing trifectas in Michigan, Arizona, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Nevada.

There was a blue tsunami in the midterms. Peer inside it and you see a few powerful forces: Artificial intelligence. MAHA. Trade. Israel. In our new issue, reporters went deep on how these became four of the biggest policy disputes that defined 2026. These issues divided voters between and within political parties, spurred the expenditure of hundreds of millions of dollars and scrambled campaigns all over the country from Iowa to Michigan to New York. Grab your pumpkin latte infused with collagen and topped off with raw milk — yes, that’s a real drink mentioned in our MAHA story — and read on.

Abdul El-Sayed's Michigan Senate win divides Jewish leaders as AJC Detroit calls his anti-Israel rhetoric a stain on the historic milestone.

Democrat Sean McCann has won Michigan’s 4th Congressional District, ousting longtime Rep. Bill Huizenga (R), according to Decision Desk HQ (DDHQ). Huizenga has represented western Michigan in the House for more than a decade. While he easily won his last race in 2024, the district has become more competitive in recent years and was viewed…

Two separate federal lawsuits have been filed, one on Election Night by a conservative policy group, and a brand-new lawsuit filed by major utilities DTE and Consumers Energy. The message of getting big money out of politics clearly resonated with voters this week, but opponent action was immediate.

Legal challenges are mounting against Proposal 2 just days after voters overwhelmingly passed the campaign finance measure.

Days after defeating Republican Mike Rogers in Michigan’s Senate election—overcoming $38 million of AIPAC funds, a tidal wave of bigotry and Islamophobia, and an eleventh hour betrayal by Democratic Representative Haley Stevens—Dr. Abdul El-Sayed has launched the “Habibi PAC.” A Federal Election Commission filing shows that the first Muslim to ever be elected to the U.S. Senate made the PAC official on Thursday. The leadership PAC is not...

A since-deleted post claimed that "America voted for Sharia Last Night!" alongside an image of Michigan's senator-elect.

For the first time in a decade, election predictions far exceeded public expectations. What pollsters anticipated as a blue wave billowed into a blue tsunami. Wins that held ground for already blue seats eased nerves, and the flips of swing states like Michigan, Georgia, North Carolina and Ohio energized the blue base. But red-belt-busting wins in Republican strongholds like Texas, South Carolina and Kansas alongside pending races in Alaska and...