🚨 Michigan Board of State Canvassers recommends that Republican gubernatorial candidates James Craig, the current frontrunner in the primary, and Perry Johnson NOT appear on the August ballot because they did not file enough valid petition signatures. #MIGov #Election2022 The Board of State Canvassers also recommends that Michael Markey, Michael Brown, and Donna Brandenburg NOT appear on the Republican primary ballot — which would halve the field.

Tudor Dixon, who the DeVos family endorsed today, DID file enough signatures. #MIGov #Election2022

Michigan Sen. Lana Theis joins the growing conservative trend of baselessly accusing political opponents of being pedophiles/groomers. #MILeg Sen. Mallory McMorrow, who was mentioned by name in Sen. Lana Theis' fundraising email, points out that campaign rhetoric can have real world consequences.

https://twitter.com/mallorymcmorrow/status/1516446175070605318

Democratic Rep. @DarrinCamilleri tries to swear in @RudyGiuliani. Chair Matt Hall says that won't happen. Goes to a vote; Republicans vote down the motion. #MILeg Chair Matt Hall says each representative on the committee will be allowed to ask @RudyGiuliani one question. No follow-ups allowed "because of the shenanigans" of trying to swear Giuliani in. Says this committee meeting will last around three hours, until roughly 9 pm. #MILeg

.@GovWhitmer wants the #MILeg to focus on three things related to #COVID19 during #lameduck, which starts today.

1. A $100 million relief plan to support families and small businesses

2. Permanent extension of unemployment benefits

3. Mandate masks, prepare for vaccine, etc. .@GovWhitmer: "The next two months are going to be hard. Too many people traveled for Thanksgiving, and we will see our numbers increase because of it. And that'll coincide with the next big holiday, Christmas, which far too many people are considering traveling for." #COVID19

.@GovWhitmer: "With the election behind us, now is the time for us to find common ground and come together. It's time for us, both as a nation and and a state, to come together, because we still have a lot of work to do. We have a common enemy. It's #COVID19." #Election2020 .@GovWhitmer says she recently sent a letter to legislative leaders asking them to codify MDHHS' mask mandate for public spaces.

"It will send a resounding message that every one of us has to do our part," she says. #COVID19

I'm at Ford Field tonight, where 8 out of Detroit's 12 receiving boards are set up. @MichSoS @JocelynBenson will hold an #ElectionNight press conference here soon. #Elections2020 .@JocelynBenson says she's here tonight to ask everyone to be patient. She says Michigan will count every vote, regardless of what any candidate says or what speculation is. #Elections2020 #ElectionNight

We have our first state call of what will likely be a long #ElectionNight: Kentucky for @realDonaldTrump. No surprises here. #Election2020

https://twitter.com/ap_politics/status/1323777264228667395

Decision Desk HQ is projecting that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has won re-election, fending off challenger @AmyMcGrathKY. #ElectionNight #Election2020

Democratic vice presidential nominee @KamalaHarris has landed in Detroit to get out the vote on #ElectionDay. We're rolling to the first stop. #Election2020 .@KamalaHarris to reporters on why she's spending part of #ElectionDay in Michigan: "I'm just here to remind people in Detroit that they are seen and heard by Joe and me, and also that they may actually decide the outcome of this race.” #Election2020

Vice President Mike Pence kicking off his final rally of #Election2020 recounting the night before the 2016 election, when he and President @realDonaldTrump were also in Grand Rapids for a rally stretching into the wee hours of #ElectionDay. VP @Mike_Pence says the president had to "remind" @JoeBiden that he supports the Green New Deal (Biden has said he doesn't), and says that Biden stating his own stance on fracking means he's accusing the president of lying. #ElectionDay

The Edenville and Sanford dams have breached, @GovWhitmer confirms.

"Please get somewhere safe now," Whitmer says.

Thousands of people still need to evacuate, she says, including in Tittabawassee Twp, Thomas Twp, Saginaw Twp, Midland and Sanford. Downtown Midland could be under approximately nine feet of water in the next 12 to 15 hours, @GovWhitmer says, after multiple dams failed in the area.