Gary Peters

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Rep. Mike Rogers has pulled off a rare feat in a bitterly divided Congress — a working, productive relationship with Democrats in overseeing the nation's 16 spy agencies. The question now is whether the...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Rep. Mike Rogers has pulled off a rare feat in a bitterly divided Congress — a working, productive relationship with Democrats in overseeing the nation's 16 spy agencies. The question now is whether the chairman...

Congressman Gary Peters, D-Rochester Township, announced Wednesday he would run for retiring Democrat Sen. Carl Levin's seat in 2014, making him the immediate top contender for the Democratic nomination. The move was expected this week, after 54 of the...

U.S. Rep. Gary Peters is expected to announce his intention to run for Michigan's soon-to-be-open U.S. Senate seat on Wednesday in Rochester Hills. A Democratic source told the Free Press today that Peters, who had been widely expected to run, would...

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Just 10 days after taking the reins of the Michigan Democratic Party, new chairman Lon Johnson had to add another task to a growing to-do list: find someone to replace the longest-serving senator in state history. He does...

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Just 10 days after taking the reins of the Michigan Democratic Party, new chairman Lon Johnson had to add another task to a growing to-do list: find someone to replace the longest-serving senator in state history. He does not...

WASHINGTON (AP) — After a surprising string of victories last fall, Democrats now face a challenging terrain as they look to hold onto their Senate majority in 2014 and prevent Republicans from gaining full control of Congress during President...

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — With Tuesday's primary election looming, candidates are using phone banks, ads and plain old shoe leather to make a last pitch to Michigan voters. In southwest Michigan, Jack Hoogendyk of Kalamazoo County's Texas Township is...

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan voters will choose a Republican to take on Democratic U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow and could change history by dropping one or both of the state's two black congressmen in Tuesday's primary election. Pete Hoekstra of...

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Pete Hoekstra's nearly two-decade congressional career made him the early GOP favorite in Michigan's U.S. Senate race, but after an election season that had been unkind to other establishment Republicans, Hoekstra was careful...

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A Republican-led Michigan Senate committee is scheduled to consider new boundaries for districts within the state Legislature. The Senate panel could vote on Republican-drawn maps for the state House and state Senate districts...

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan House Democrats and Republicans were set to release competing maps Friday showing how they think the state's new legislative districts should look, the next step in a once-a-decade process that also includes...