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Former Michigan State Representative Tom Leonard who is running for the republican Attorney General nomination greets supporters while holding his daughter on stage during the Michigan Republican convention at Devos Place in Grand Rapids, Mich., on Saturday, April 23, 2022. (Daniel Shular/The Grand Rapids Press via AP, file)

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A former Republican state legislative leader is joining the increasingly crowded GOP primary for Michigan’s 2026 gubernatorial race. Tom Leonard, former speaker of the Michigan House of Representatives, has launched a bid to succeed Gov.
 
Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson participates in an election forum in Ann Arbor, Mich., Sept. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)

Michigan House Republicans sue the secretary of state over election training materials

 
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer gives a policy speech at an event, April 9, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

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Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson participates in an election forum, in Ann Arbor, Mich., Sept. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)

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Republican gubernatorial candidate, Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox, talks to reporters following a debate, on April 21, 2010, in East Lansing, Mich. (AP Photo/Al Goldis, File)

GOP ex-Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox joins governors race to replace Gretchen Whitmer

 

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Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, speaks during a joint subcommittee hearing of the House Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, April 1, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

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Rep. John James, R-MI., speaks during the Republican National Convention Monday, July 15, 2024, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Paul Sancy,File)

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Michigan Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist II announces his candidacy for governor of Michigan on Tuesday, March 11, 2025, at the Jam Handy in Detroit. (Katy Kildee/Detroit News via AP)

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Blythe Gonzalez, right, asks a question of a Jackson, Miss., precinct worker, unseen, while her husband Jorge Gonzalez, left, waits with his paper ballot, to accompany her to a voting kiosk, Nov. 5, 2024. (AP Rogelio V. Solis, File)

GOP pushes ahead with citizenship voting bill. Some state election officials say it’s problematic

 
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer delivers the 2025 State of the State address Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025, at the Michigan Capitol in Lansing, Mich. (Katy Kildee/Detroit News via AP)

Michigan Democratic Gov. Whitmer makes direct appeal to young men after sharp shift in election

 
A spot that had been reserved for a representative of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency sits vacant at a meeting of the National Association of State Election Directors in Washington, Feb. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Christina A. Cassidy)

US cyber agency puts election security staffers who worked with the states on leave

 
Genesee County Sheriff Chris Swanson arrives to announce his campaign to run for governor of Michigan in the 2026 election Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025, at Mott Community College in Flint, Mich. (Jake May/The Flint Journal via AP)

Chris Swanson, prominent sheriff and Democrat, announces run for Michigan governor

 
Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson participates in an election forum, in Ann Arbor, Mich., Sept. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)

Democratic Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson launches bid for governor

 
Michigan state Sen. Aric Nesbitt, R-Lawton speaks at a Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump campaign event in Freeland, Michigan, May 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

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Voters fill out ballots in the municipal offices in Cabot, Vt., on Election Day, Nov. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Lisa Rathke, File)

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Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg speaks to an Associated Press reporter during an interview Monday, Dec. 9, 2024, in Monroe, Mich. (AP Photo/Mike Householder)

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Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan is interviewed, Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

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FILE - The Michigan Capitol is seen, May 24, 2023, in Lansing, Mich. he U.S. Supreme Court on Monday, Jan. 22, 2024, rejected a request from Michigan’s redistricting commission to overrule an order to redraw 13 Detroit-area seats in the Legislature, a decision that will likely make the legislative maps more competitive. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)

US Supreme Court won’t overrule federal judges’ order to redraw Detroit legislative seats

 

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FILE - Election worker Donna Young inspects a mail-in ballot for damage at the Sacramento County Registrar of Voters in Sacramento, Calif., June 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

Election officials see a range of threats in 2024, from hostile countries to conspiracy theorists

 
FILE - Former President Donald Trump waits to take the witness stand during his civil fraud trial at New York Supreme Court, Monday, Nov. 6, 2023, in New York. A judge in Michigan is expected to hear arguments as to whether or not Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson has the authority to keep Trump’s name off any state ballot for president. Activists are suing Benson in the Michigan Court of Claims to force her to keep Trump’s name off ballots.(Brendan McDermid/Pool Photo via AP)

Can Michigan activists keep Trump off the ballot? A judge heard arguments today

 
FILE - Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump speaks at an annual leadership meeting of the Republican Jewish Coalition, Oct. 28, 2023, in Las Vegas. In a filing made Monday, Oct. 30, Trump is asking a court to prevent Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson from leaving his name off the 2024 primary ballot. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

Trump asks a court to prevent Michigan secretary of state from leaving his name off the 2024 ballot

 

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Michigan governor signs legislation expanding voting rights

 

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Jocelyn Benson, Michigan's Secretary of State, right, attends a panel about elections during the summer meeting of the National Association of Secretaries of State, Tuesday, July 11, 2023, in Washington. Efforts to deceive the public about voting and elections remain a top concern for state election officials as they dig into preparations for the 2024 election. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Efforts to deceive are a top concern among state election officials heading into 2024

 

Judge hears arguments as activists try to keep Trump off the presidential ballot in Michigan

 

Trump wants voting changes. GOP majorities in Congress will try to make that happen