Your 2016 guide to local elections
The Nov. 8 election is more than top of the ticket candidates: It's also a number of important local and statewide races.
Here you will find information about local candidates and races – including local news coverage plus editorial endorsements.
This is your go-to resource for informed campaign coverage.
Michigan Voters Guide
Use this interactive voters guide to find out candidates' professional and political experience; plus compare their responses to questions about issues important to you. You can even make your selections to take with you when you vote. Just type in your address to see your ballot.
For a run-down of where presidential candidates stand on issues, go to: http://usat.ly/2e6QmLu
My Ballot - Michigan Voters Guide
Election day FAQ
Answers to the burning questions that will better prepare you for election day: from how long the lines will be to ballot selfies, information about absentee voting and the ballot itself. Read the election day FAQ to help be prepared for voting Nov. 8.
Answers to your burning Election Day questions
LSJ editorial endorsements
The impact of the 2016 election will be far reaching for the region – there will be both a new sheriff and new prosecutor watching over Ingham County for the first time in decades; area voters will decide five state House seats and three members of Congress. The MSU trustees selected on Tuesday most likely will have a role in hiring the university’s next president.
The LSJ Editorial Board met with and interviewed many of the candidates for this election. Read the LSJ Editorial Board endorsements to help you decide how to vote.
Missed an endorsement? A roundup of 2016 election picks
News coverage on local races
- Mike Pence stops in Lansing during final election push (11/4)
- Free Press poll: Donald Trump gains on Hillary Clinton as race in Michigan tightens (11/4)
- Donald Trump Jr.: Dad will 'drain the swamp' (11/2)
- Trump, Clinton both take away wins in school mock elections (11/2)
- Cast your ballot, get free pie at Grand Traverse Pie Co. (11/2)
- Presidential surrogates lead election's frenzied final week (11/1)
- Cher stumps for Hillary Clinton at MSU rally (10/31)
- Potter Park Zoo operating millage renewal on Nov. 8 ballot (10/31)
- Election officials 'plan for the worst, hope for the best'
- In Lansing, fear, faith, frustration as election nears (10/27)
- A Republican, a Democrat and a Libertarian discuss why they support the party they do. (video: 10/27)
- Ingham prosecutor candidates want transparency, community outreach (10/27)
- Tuition, student success center stage in LCC trustee race (10/26)
- Review of police shootings debated in Eaton County prosecutor race (10/26)
- Election officials 'plan for the worst, hope for the best' (10/25)
- DeWitt seeks $25.2 million for school upgrades (10/24)
- Campaigns debate potential for voter fraud in Michigan (10/21)
- Work for the state, MSU, GM? Here's where your co-workers give political donations (10/20)
- Millage spending, test scores key issues in Lansing school election (10/20)
- Ingham sheriff candidates agree evidence issue was mishandled (10/18)
- Controversial shooting at center of Eaton County sheriff's race (10/17)
- Porter, Wagner dispute drain conditions in Eaton County (10/16)
- Michigan Dems, poised to boost ranks, aim for House control (10/16)
- Young voters could decide local congressional races (10/05)
- Inside the race for Eaton County's 'turbulent' state House seat (10/03)
- Video: Close race shaping up in Eaton County (10/03)
- Are you young? Your state rep probably isn't (09/26)
Election day poll tracker
Check out the latest national polling, as well as state-by-state polling averages, with the LSJ poll tracker.