How Michigan Republicans Won an Uphill Battle to Break the Democratic Stranglehold in Lansing

Heading into the 2024 election cycle, Republicans in Michigan knew they had to put an end to the Democrats’ progressive governing trifecta that was wreaking havoc on the state.

In 2022, with a radical abortion amendment on the ballot that helped juice turnout for Democrats, Republicans received a shellacking as their opponents flipped both the state house and the state senate.