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The Beginner’s Primer to Running For Public Office: Online Platform
Saturday , 25, November 2023 Candidates, Election 2024 Leave a commentSo, you’ve decided to run for public office. Wonderful. You’ve committed the next 12 to 24 months to campaign staff strategy meetings, public appearances, media interviews, and meeting your future constituents face-to-face. It would help if you listened to what they had to say. That means time spent knocking on doors, holding coffee cloches, meet […]
16 Fake Electors Receive Felony Charges in Michigan: 2020 election hindsight
Wednesday , 19, July 2023 Candidates, Election 2020, MAGA, Sad! Leave a commentWhen the news broke yesterday afternoon that Attorney General Dana Nessel filed criminal charges against 16 fake electors who tried to overturn the 2020 election in Michigan illegally, the first name that popped into the Up North Progressive’s head was Gary Eisen. Gary Eisen was the old 81st State House district rep in 2020. He […]
What the Hell is Going On With Jack O’Malley’s Website
Sunday , 16, August 2020 Candidates, Election 2020 1 CommentRemember a while back when we visited Jack O’Malley’s website and among the poor grammar, stock images, and not much of anything else, we found this? Well, there’s more! Just reading a few lines makes it plain whoever developed this website English is not their first language. Nothing wrong with that, but it helps if […]
Recall Inman Committee Submits Petition Language to Recall 104th State House Representative Larry Inman
Tuesday , 23, July 2019 Candidates, Elections Leave a commentPetition language for a recall campaign on State Legislator Larry Inman (R – 104) was submitted to the Michigan Board of State Canvassers by the Recall Inman Committee on Friday, July 19, 2019. Petition canvassers will have 60 days to collect 12,000 signatures to trigger a special election and remove Inman from his seat once […]
@SenVanderWall and the Big Star Lake Beach Wars: An Angry Constituent Reaches Out to Up North Progressive
Sunday , 9, June 2019 Candidates, Community, Michigan Republicans Leave a commentUp North Progressive enjoys receiving comments from readers. Sometimes they are messages of appreciation and support for the content. Sometimes they are messages full of vitriol from conservatives for telling the truth. There are even times when readers make threats because they really hate the truth. Once in a while, a reader leaves a comment […]
SCOTUS Save Us: Northern Michigan Republicans Whine Over the Big Mess the GOP Made of the States’ Voting Districts
Monday , 29, April 2019 Candidates, Gerrymandering The Vote Leave a commentThe effectiveness of REDMAP is perhaps most clear in the state of Michigan … The 2012 election was a huge success for Democrats at the statewide level in Michigan: voters elected a Democratic U.S. Senator by more than 20 points and reelected President Obama by almost 10 points. But Republicans at the state level […]
Remember to Vote for These Progressive Candidates on November 6, 2018: Secretary of State, Attorney General, and State Supreme Court
Sunday , 4, November 2018 Candidates, Election 2018, Meet the Candidates 2018 Leave a commentBesides Governor, House of Representatives, Senate, State Senate, and Legislature, there are other important elections happening on Tuesday, November 6, 2018. It’s been shown that many people forget to vote down their ballot for the rest of the candidates listed, and some skip nonpartisan sections completely because they’re not sure who to vote for. Here’s […]
@MIGOP the Party of Lies: Annette Glenn Takes a Page From Her Husband’s Campaign Playbook With Fake @MIPOAM Endorsement
Friday , 2, November 2018 Candidates, Election 2018 Leave a commentIt’s certainly not on the same level as dead movie stars rising from the grave to campaign for you or your 19-year-old campaign manager cooking up fake tales of it came from the internet to discredit your opponent, but this one is still pretty terrible. Sarah Schulz, the next Representative of the 98th State House […]
WATCH: Lee Chatfield’s 7-15-2018 Arrest Video After Attempting to Bring a Loaded Unregistered Firearm Through Airport Security
Friday , 26, October 2018 Candidates, Election 2018 5 CommentsBack on July 15, 2018, Lee Chatfield (R-Can’t Remember Where His Unregistered Loaded Guns Are) was arrested at Pellston Regional Airport after attempting to bring a loaded, unregistered firearm through airport security. Emmet County Prosecutor James Linderman didn’t press charges, and Progress Michigan reported in August that Linderman donated $625 to Chatfield’s campaign for re-election. […]
Ken Summers for 110th Michigan State House: Meet the Candidates 2018
Saturday , 15, September 2018 Candidates, Election 2018, Meet the Candidates 2018 Leave a commentBaraga, Gogebic, Houghton, Iron, Keweenaw, the northwest corner of Marquette, and Ontanogon Counties make up the 110th State House District in Michigan’s western Upper Peninsula. The Democratic Party candidate for this seat in Ken Summers. Summers is a business owner in L’Anse, his hometown where he and his wife, Bridget, raise a son. Ken Summers […]