Source: Common Sense
by Paul Jacob
“In the Great Lakes State, the governor is entrusted to call special elections when a legislative seat is left vacant. Last November, the senator representing the 35th state senate district was elected to the U.S. Congress, leaving her state senate seat officially vacant. … When the Legislature convened in early January, Gretchen Whitmer, governor of Michigan, had yet to call the election. … In the past, Whitmer has averaged just 17 days to set a special election, in one case calling it within 24 hours of the vacancy … when it helped Democrats. … It’s now July, 186 days counting and still no representation for Michigan’s 35th state senate district.” (07/08/25)
https://thisiscommonsense.org/2025/07/08/no-play-partisanship/