About this app

Download the 2022 Michigan Elections app for your one-stop source for information on state and federal elections in Michigan this year.

The app will update regularly throughout the year.

The source of information on this app is material collected by the journalists of Gongwer News Service. Candidate biographical and contact information is submitted by the candidates through a form they receive from Gongwer and then reviewed by Gongwer prior to posting. For candidates who do not respond, Gongwer will look for biographical information from publicly available sources like candidate websites.

District maps are drawn from the Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission and entered into our database. Links to candidate social media websites are researched by Gongwer staff and entered into our database. Endorsement information is supplied by the organizations making the endorsement. Election results come from Gongwer’s database, which is based on information from the Michigan Bureau of Elections’ official election results. Analysis for each race is written by Gongwer staff based on their knowledge of the race, the candidates and interviews with those knowledgeable about the race.

Key features:

•Biographical information about candidates, including education, age, family, employment, community involvement and track record in running for elected office. Gongwer’s unmatched database provides that history for any candidates running this year who ran for state and/or federal office going back to 2002.
•A search function enabling users to more easily find a specific candidate
•A push-messaging alert system to let users know when Gongwer has uploaded new information to the app as well as provide some breaking news;
•Contact tools enabling users to reach the candidates’ campaigns via email, phone and U.S. mail.
•Links to maps for all 14 U.S. House districts, 38 Michigan Senate districts and 110 Michigan House districts.
•Links to candidates’ campaign finance information.
•Links to candidates’ Facebook and Twitter pages.
•Candidate photos.
•A button that allows users to view only those races for the August primary and November general election that Gongwer considers legitimately competitive.
•A chart sorting all U.S. House, Michigan Senate and Michigan House races by competitiveness, labeling them as safe Republican, lean Republican, toss-up, lean Democrat or safe Democrat as determined by Gongwer’s staff.
•A snapshot analysis of what to expect in each state and federal race in Michigan from Gongwer’s staff.
•Lists of endorsements for candidates as groups issue those endorsements.

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New features

Added push messaging notifications