After a software error prevented thousands of votes from being properly counted in Calhoun County, a lawsuit temporarily halted the counting process on Wednesday, Nov. 13, according to Michigan Democrats.

A Republican candidate filed a lawsuit Wednesday to stop the re-tallying of some absentee ballots in Calhoun County, where a key race for the Michigan state House currently has an unofficial margin of victory of just 58 votes.

That's less than 1% of the more than 5.5 million ballots cast statewide, but the updated unofficial numbers will likely change the anticipated outcome of a statewide race for the MSU Board of Trustees and potentially impact one state House race and at least one local race.

Former President Donald Trump defeated Vice President Kamala Harris in Michigan to win the state's 15 electoral votes, election results show.

The retabulation of votes continued Wednesday in Calhoun County after a lawsuit briefly delayed the process that will determine the winner of a key state House seat. At issue is the race for the 44th state House District in which incumbent state Rep.

A report listing people who cast ballots in Michigan alongside multiple addresses had a formatting error. It wasn't proof of voter fraud.

Eight years ago, Republican nominee Donald Trump carried Michigan by the slimmest of margins, two-tenths of a percentage point, riding a wave of populist anger and general indifference toward the major party candidates on his way to the White House.

See the voter turnout for all 83 Michigan counties. The numbers were strong in Republican counties, but down in Democratic ones.

Michigan Republicans are reclaiming a portion of the state government, breaking the Democratic Party's trifecta that developed after the 2022 midterms.

Democratic Rep. Elissa Slotkin is holding a press conference Wednesday afternoon to discuss the race for Michigan's open U.S. Senate seat.

Democratic Representative Elissa Slotkin has won the Senate election in Michigan and former GOP Representative Mike Rogers conceded.