Democratic Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson is running for governor of the all-important swing state.

Benson, who is listed on the school's website as a third grade teacher, is charged with misdemeanor cruelty to children.

Before running for statewide office, Benson was an election law attorney and led the Wayne State University Law School. The gubernatorial platform she announced focuses on her leadership as ...

Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, a Democratic former law school dean who oversaw two presidential elections in battleground Michigan, is launching a campaign Wednesday to become the ...

LANSING — Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson launched a campaign for Michigan ... She earlier served as dean of the Wayne State University Law School and an associate law professor.

The State Journal will recognize the accomplishments of five high school wrestlers from our coverage area each week. Multiple ...

Survivors of the New Year’s Day Bourbon Street attack, along with the families and loved ones of the 14 people killed, are ...

Jocelyn Benson served as the state’s chief elections administrator in the 2020 and 2024 elections and is the first well-known candidate to enter the fray as a Democrat. She will have to appeal ...

Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson became the first Democrat to announce her candidacy for governor in 2026 to succeed term-limited Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D-MI).

Benson: So all those years of night school… you were a detective, and then you became a prosecutor… you’re going to let a manipulator like Harris Vernon take it all away from you?