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Michigan could play a decisive role in a third straight presidential election as its voters decide competitive races that could tip the balance of power in both chambers of Congress as well as the state House of Representatives .
The state was one of three presidential battlegrounds, along with Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, that narrowly won for Republican Donald Trump in 2016 after nearly 30 years of supporting Democrats for the presidency.
Four years later, Democrat Joe Biden won back all three states for Democrats, with a margin in Michigan of about 154,000 votes out of more than 5.5 million votes cast.
Trump and Harris have campaigned intensively in pursuit of Michigan’s 15 electoral votes since becoming their parties’ nominees, focusing on vote-rich Detroit and its suburbs and Kent County in west, home to Grand Rapids and a key swing area of the state. .
