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Jocelyn Benson (born October 22, 1977) is an American academic administrator, attorney, and politician serving as the 43rd Secretary of State of Michigan since 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, she is a former dean of Wayne State University Law School, a co-founder of the Military Spouses of Michigan, and a board member of the Ross Initiative in Sports for Equality.
Kristina Karamo (born 1985 or 1986) is an American politician and former poll watcher who served as the chairperson of the Michigan Republican Party from 2023 to 2024. Karamo was the Republican Party's nominee in the 2022 Michigan Secretary of State election, losing to incumbent Democrat Jocelyn Benson in a landslide.
The office is currently held by Jocelyn Benson of the Democratic Party, first elected in 2018. As the name implies, the officeholder was originally responsible for much of state government, but now the duties are similar to those of the other 46 secretaries of states across the United States.
Jocelyn Benson revealed on X that she had been a target of the harassment, which involves making a fake 911 call that can lead to a heavily armed SWAT team being dispatched to someone’s home ...
Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson said Monday her home was the target of a pair of swatting attacks within the span of 48 hours, meant to threaten her as the state's top elections official.
The Republican National Committee on Wednesday filed a federal lawsuit pressing an earlier demand that Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson take steps to purge voter rolls of what it ...
The 2022 Michigan Secretary of State election was held on November 8, 2022, to elect the Secretary of State of Michigan.Incumbent Democrat Jocelyn Benson decisively won reelection to a second term, defeating Republican Kristina Karamo by a 14 percentage point margin.
Former U.S. Attorney Barbara McQuade, left, and Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, right, on stage for a Detroit Economic Club event on April 23, 2024.