Ingham County Clerk Barb Byrum is running for Michigan Secretary of State in the 2026 election cycle. Current Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, a Democrat, is term limited and unable to run for re-election.

Byrum will enter the race to become Michigan's top elections official, having overseen voting in Ingham County since being elected clerk in 2012.

Edevbie works under current Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, a Democrat who can't seek reelection because of Michigan's term limits and who is running for governor in 2026. Benson won her second and final four-year term as secretary of state in 2022 by defeating Republican Kristina Karamo of Oak Park, 56%-42%.

West Michigan's DeVos family has been planning to set up a new political operation involving former RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel, sources said.

(The Center Square) – People in Michigan continue to have the ability to change the state’s voting process and to vote early. The U.S. Supreme Court will not hear a challenge from 11 Michigan lawmakers who wanted to stop citizen-led ballot initiatives relating to elections.

Votebeat: The U.S. Supreme Court this week turned away a petition by 11 Republican Michigan legislators who sought to overturn expanded voting measures enacted through statewide ballot initiatives, bringing an end to the federal case known as Lindsey v.

The US Supreme Court said Monday that it wouldn’t hear a federal case from 11 Michigan GOP legislators that relied on a legal theory the justices shot down in separate ruling nearly two years ago.

Attorney General Dana Nessel’s office has determined Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson broke the state’s campaign finance law on the day she announced her bid for governor, but there’s no mechanism to penalize Benson,

Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson says the House Oversight Committee is asking her to violate the law. She's asking the committee to narrow the scope of a subpoena.

Former Michigan House Speaker Joe Tate is entering a growing field of Democrats jockeying to become the state’s next U.S. senator, adding another high-profile name to the mix of candidates competing in the closely watched state primary.