Michigan Policast for Thursday, August 6, 2020

  In this episode:

* Congressional races

* State House races

* Bob LaBrant on dark money & Unlock Michigan

* John James misrepresents his military background

* Transcript

* @RashidaTlaib

* @HillaryScholten

* @jonhoadley

* @KayLyme

* @ShriForMI

 

Jump to:

* Segment one: Congressional races

* Segment two: State House races

* Segment three: Bob LaBrant on dark money & Unlock Michigan

* Segment four: John James misrepresents his military background

* Transcript

* Comments

Congressional races

* Tlaib wins rematch with Jones in Michigan's 13th District

* Rep. Rashida Tlaib – MI-13 – OpenSecrets (campaign finance)

* Pandemic gave some Michigan politicians an edge over competition

* Michigan District 06 2020 Race – OpenSecrets (campaign finance)

* Michigan primary results: Rashida Tlaib cruises, Peter Meijer wins big

* Meijer wins West Michigan GOP primary for Congress

* Lawmaker Hoadley narrowly wins Democratic primary to take on Upton

* The Trailer: Five things we learned from the latest fundraising reports (Washington Post, may have a paywall)

MI-03 – Peter Meijer and Hillary Scholten will face off in the general.

Source: OpenSecrets 

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