Democrats in one of the most important battleground states in the nation are rallying their forces in a comparatively small race — but one the party’s leaders fear could have big implications for the 2026 midterms and ‘28 presidential elections.
The unusual scene is playing out around a city clerk election in Southfield, Michigan, where Democrats entered the spring faced with the real possibility of a MAGA Republican who helped lead an effort to toss more than a million votes in the 2020 election becoming the local elections chief, virtually without a challenge.
