In her new book, Jocelyn Benson targets 2026 gubernatorial rival Mike Duggan for trying to recruit a White male opponent to Gretchen Whitmer in 2018.

The Michigan GOP alleges Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson violated state campaign finance law when she used a state-owned building as part of her newly launched campaign for governor. The complaint filed Monday stems from how Benson rolled out her announcement last week as a Democratic candidate in the 2026 governor’s race.

Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson becomes the first major Democratic candidate to launch a bid to be Michigan's next governor.

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

Michigan’s Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson may have accidentally announced her run for governor. The Secretary of State supposedly posted a Tweet on X (formerly Twitter) announcing her run before quickly taking the post down,

Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson said that her focus if she’s elected governor in 2026 would be on “efficiency and transparency” in state government. Benson spoke to reporters in Lansing while filing paperwork to officially declare herself as a candidate for the Democratic nomination after announcing her campaign earlier in the day.

Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson is running for governor. She shared her intention to succeed Gretchen Whitmer on Wednesday.

Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson announced she will be running for governor in 2026. Benson, a Democrat, is the latest person to throw their name in the gubernatorial race.

Benson said she's running for governor to "bring real solutions, not political games, conspiracy theories, or inaction" to Lansing.

LANSING, Mich. (WILX) - After an accidental post on social media Tuesday hinted at a gubernatorial run, Michigan’s Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson made her campaign official early Wednesday morning. Benson enters what is expected to be a highly contested race to replace Governor Gretchen Whitmer who is in the middle of her second term.

Benson has been serving as Secretary of State since 2019. Her office says operations of the Secretary of State have improved under her leadership with the department moving from some of the longest waits in the country to creating more than 150 self-serving stations for Michiganders.

LANSING — Republican Mike Cox is flexing his ability to self-fund a potential run for governor. Cox, a former Michigan attorney general who owns and operates a law firm in Livonia, filed a campaign-finance report showing he gave roughly $1 million to his newly formed candidate committee in December.