The stakes are high in the race for control of Michigan's Supreme Court
When we’ve been out talking with voters over the past few months, one of the things we’ve noticed is how many questions we’ve been asked about Michigan’s Supreme Court races. Four candidates are running for two-open seats this election and the race will determine control of the state’s highest court.
The four candidates, however, will not be on the partisan section of your ballot. Rather, candidates for the Michigan Supreme Court run without party-affiliation. That’s even though they are nominated at GOP and Democratic Party conventions. (Yeah… it’s complicated).
From ultimately determining that the Reproductive Freedom for All ballot question would go before voters in 2022 (it ended up passing and enshrined reproductive rights into the state constitution) to the future of Michigan’s minimum wage (the court ruled this summer over a controversial legislative strategy known as “Adopt and Amend” and the hourly wage will rise), the court’s decisions have a huge amount of influence on our day-to-day lives.
All this week at Michigan Public, we’ve focused on the state Supreme Court races as Morning Edition host Doug Tribou interviewed the four candidates nominated by the Democratic and Republican parties:
Justice Kyra Harris Boden: Listen here. (D)
Professor Kimberly Ann Thomas (D)
https://www.michiganpublic.org/politics-government/2024-10-11/the-stakes-are-high-in-the-race-for-control-of-michigans-supreme-court