Michigan Democrats want to flip the state House. Can they?

Updated: Oct. 22, 2020, 5:12 p.m.
Published: Oct. 22, 2020, 3:06 p.m.

Governor Whitmer and Christine Morse speak with community members in Kalamazoo

For Christine Morse and a handful of other Democrats vying for a seat in the state House this cycle, running in a competitive district carries even more weight than usual.

Democrats across the state and country are banking on Morse — a Kalamazoo County commissioner who’s running against small business owner Bronwyn Haltom in the open 61st House District — to be one of four candidates to flip a seat currently held by Republicans and deliver a Democratic majority in the House for the first time since 2010.

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