Associated Press Lansing -- A special election for an open seat in the Michigan Senate pits a current and former state lawmaker against each other. A win today by former Republican Rep. Mike Nofs of Battle Creek would pad the...
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Thank God for Rachel Maddow . I’m disappointed that Rep. Martin Griffin, D-Jackson, lost the special election for the vacant 19th District Senate seat. Mayoral and City Council candidates backed by the Michigan Democratic Party...
Michigan Republicans said Wednesday they had a good candidate, worked hard and devoted lots of resources to winning back a state Senate seat in Jackson and Calhoun counties that had been held for the last seven years by a...
Republican and Democratic party leaders had vastly different takes on the significance of Tuesday's lopsided victory for the GOP in the state Senate race in the 19th District, which includes all of Calhoun County and most of...
A Republican will take the District 19 state Senate seat as voters Tuesday favored Mike Nofs of Battle Creek. In an unofficial 20,237-11,380 decision, with all precincts reporting, Nofs handily beat Democrat Martin Griffin of...
Former state Rep. Mike Nofs began courting Jackson County voters before there was a vacancy in the 19th Senate District. After Mark Schauer was elected to Congress last fall, Nofs started the New Year with more than $100,000 in...
Republican state senate candidate Mike Nofs won the race for the 19th district more than handily last night. This is a seat previously held by the Democrats and adds to the Republican majority controlling the state senate....
On November 3, Michigan held a special election to fill the vacant State Senate seat, 19th district. The results: Mike Nofs (Republican) 60.75%, Martin Griffin (Democratic) 34.58%, Steven Mobley (independent) 3.45%, Greg Merle...
Republican will serve District 19 A Republican will take the District 19 state Senate seat as voters favored Mike Nofs at the polls Tuesday. In an unofficial 19,508-11,105 decision, with 97 percent of precincts reporting, Nofs...
JACKSON -- Michigan Republicans cruised to an easy victory Tuesday winning back a state Senate seat that had previously been held by U.S. Rep. Mark Schauer, a Democrat. With 87% of the precincts tallied, former Republican state...
Former State Rep. Will Fill Open Senate Seat POSTED: Wednesday, November 4, 2009 LANSING, Mich. -- Former state Rep. Mike Nofs of Battle Creek has won a special election to fill an open seat in the Michigan Senate. The...