LANSING, Mich. (WILX) - Michigan lawmakers are squabbling over the state’s 2026 election as Republicans are asking the U.S. Department of Justice to “oversee the state’s 2026 election.”

Senate Republican leader Aric Nesbitt and 21 Republican legislators made the request in a letter sent Thursday to U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi , citing “inherent and unavoidable conflict of interest” as Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, the state’s chief elections official, is also on the ballot for governor.

Nesbitt is also running for governor as Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, a Democrat, nears the end of her second term.

“From issuing driver’s licenses for illegal immigrants to Chinese nationals voting in our elections, all signs lead to the same conclusion: Jocelyn Benson is the worst secretar

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