Michigan Republicans have joined to push for federal oversight in Michigan’s primary and general elections in 2026. Last week, 22 Republican legislators sent a letter to U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi requesting the U.

Twenty-one Republican legislators in Michigan have sent a letter to U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi requesting the U.S. Department of Justice oversee the state's primary and general elections next year.

Republican legislators ask Attorney General Bondi for monitors, noting controversies involving Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson.

The federal government reopened with bipartisan support, while Michigan lawmakers voted along party lines, and a group of Republican lawmakers asked the U.S. Department of Justice to oversee the

The letter signed by 22 Republican state legislators cites Benson's name on the ballot as creating an "unavoidable conflict of interest."

Republicans urge federal oversight of Michigan’s 2026 election because SOS Jocelyn Benson is a candidate for governor. Democrats call it an invitation for Trump 'interference.’

Mike Rogers, the Republican U.S. Senate candidate who is seeking to replace retiring U.S. Sen. Gary Peters in 2026, brought election denialism in Michigan to new heights last month when he claimed, without evidence,

Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson is implementing three administrative rule sets that systematically dismantle election integrity safeguards — and the Legislature cannot stop it.

Senate Republican leader Aric Nesbitt and 21 Republican legislators made the request in a letter sent Thursday to U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi, citing “inherent and unavoidable conflict of interest” as Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, the state’s chief elections official, is also on the ballot for governor.