{"id":2223285,"date":"2024-04-17T14:10:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-17T18:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/michigan-democrats-regain-full-control-of-state-government-for-first-time-in-40-years\/"},"modified":"2024-04-17T14:12:29","modified_gmt":"2024-04-17T18:12:29","slug":"michigan-democrats-regain-full-control-of-state-government-for-first-time-in-40-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/michigan-democrats-regain-full-control-of-state-government-for-first-time-in-40-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Michigan Democrats secure complete governance after 40-year hiatus"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmichigan-democrats-regain-full-control-of-state-government-for-first-time-in-40-years%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2223285&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In a recent \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/latest-poll-majority-of-americans-want-republican-party-to-control-the-senate-sean-hannity\/\" title=\"LATEST POLL: Majority of Americans Want Republican Party to Control the Senate | Sean Hannity\">special election<\/a> in Michigan, Democrats secured both House\u200b seats, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pennsylvania-special-election-gives-state-house-majority-to-democrats\/\" title=\"Democrats win majority in Pennsylvania State House in special election.\">regaining \u2063control<\/a> of the\u2064 Michigan House. The winning candidates, Mai Xiong and Peter Herzberg, triumphed in strongly Democratic areas. With\u200b Democrats now leading in both \u200cchambers of the state legislature and with the governorship, they hold full control of Michigan&#8217;s government. Governor Gretchen Whitmer\u200b congratulated the newly elected\u2063 representatives.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>In Tuesday\u2019s special election in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/michigan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Michigan<\/a>, Democrats won both House seats on the line, <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/michigan-election-majority-democrats-house-deadlocked-77f6261041701e9839c9ce2069d7c24b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>reclaiming control<\/a> of the Michigan House. <\/p>\n<p>Both candidates who won, Mai Xiong of the 13th District and Peter Herzberg of the 25th District, were in areas that heavily favored Democrats. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Democrats\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Democrats<\/a> are now in control of both chambers of the state legislature as well as the office of the governor, giving them control of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chicago-mayors-new-strategy-to-control-crime-lawsuits-against-street-gangs\/\" title=\"Chicago Mayor\u2019s New Strategy To Control Crime: Lawsuits Against Street Gangs\">entire state\u2019<\/a>s government. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-musician-jon-batiste-praises-gods-musical-genius-after-winning-oscar-for-pixars-soul\/\" title=\"WATCH: Musician Jon Batiste Praises God\u2019s Musical Genius After Winning Oscar For Pixar\u2019s \u2018Soul\u2019\">incredibly humbled<\/a> for the overwhelming support of the voters of the 13th House District, who have chosen me to represent our community as the next State Representative,\u201d Xiong said <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MaiXiongMI\/status\/1780426792550949098\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>on X<\/a>. \u201cMichigan holds a special place in my heart, as it has been a beacon of hope for me and my family. I\u2019ve cherished the opportunities this state has provided, from receiving a higher education to finding meaningful employment, starting a business, and raising a family.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D-MI) congratulated Herzberg and Xiong <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/gretchenwhitmer\/status\/1780595974190375240\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>on X<\/a>. Lawmakers in Michigan are expected to focus on their state budget. Whitmer previously asked Michigan\u2019s legislature to pass the $80 billion budget that provides <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jill-biden-tells-community-colleges-your-students-and-their-families-are-carrying-the-brunt-of-the-crisis\/\" title=\"Jill Biden Tells Community Colleges: \u2018Your Students And Their Families Are Carrying The Brunt Of The Crisis\u2019\">free community college<\/a> to all high school graduates as well as universal free preschool for 4-year-olds. <\/p>\n<p>Herzberg and Xiong won their districts by <a href=\"https:\/\/experience.arcgis.com\/experience\/9bcb71e8a8b34a2083e00b2c08443366\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>large margins<\/a>. Herzberg won his district with 59.6% of the vote, and Xiong won her district with 65.6% of the vote. <\/p>\n<p>Last November, two Democrats in the Michigan House vacated their seats, leaving the chamber\u00a0tied 54-54 between Democratic and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Republican\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Republican<\/a> lawmakers. For the first time in 40 years, the Michigan, House, Senate, and governor are in control of the Democrats. <\/p>\n<p>Michigan is one of seven key swing states going into the 2024 general election. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In 2016, former President Donald Trump flipped the state red by about 10,000 votes, the most narrow presidential margin in Michigan history. In 2020, President Joe Biden flipped the state back blue. <\/p>\n<p>Early <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/elections\/4532668-trump-tops-biden-michigan-poll\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>polling<\/a> shows Trump with a 3-point lead in the state. Republicans are also looking to regain control of Michigan\u2019s House following <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/michigan-detroit-legislature-districts-5bcbf12b5f4883ac82180cfeae09b345\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>legislative redistricting<\/a> in the Detroit area. The entirety of the Michigan House, 110 seats, are up for election in November, including the two seats won Tuesday. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During Michigan&#8217;s recent special election, Democrats secured victory in both contested House seats, regaining control of the Michigan House. Mai Xiong from the 13th District and Peter Herzberg from the 25th District emerged victorious in strongly Democratic-leaning areas. With this win, Democrats now hold power in both chambers of the state government<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2910,"featured_media":2223286,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/michigan-state-capitol-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2223285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/michigan-state-capitol-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2223285","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2910"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2223285"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2223285\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2223286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2223285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2223285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2223285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}