Granholm, 43, was sworn in today just before noon as Michigan’s first female governor, becoming the second Democrat to hold that post in 40 years. Her inauguration capped a meteoric rise in Michigan ...

Michigan’s Advocate Jennifer Granholm is the first female governor of Michigan. In office since 2002, she now presides over one of the most economically troubled states in the nation.

In recent decades, more Michigan governors have been homegrown, but the state's first 17 governors were all born elsewhere.

When Governor Gretchen Whitmer took to the podium to deliver her State of the State Address in January, the second-ever woman governor of Michigan stood in front of the state’s first female ...

As term-limited Jennifer Granholm prepares her exit as Michigan’s first female governor, guest blogger Quinn Klinefelter offers analysis on what some say is a mixed legacy.

For the first time in Michigan’s history, the two major-party candidates for governor are women. It’s one of five women-only governor’s races in the nation this fall, and one of only nine ...

LANSING, Mich. – Michigan Democrats ushered in a new era of legislative leadership Thursday by selecting Winnie Brinks as the Senate's first female majority leader and Joe Tate as the first ...

UPDATED at 4:30 p.m.: Crowds braved overcast and wintry weather to see Gretchen Whitmer inaugurated as Michigan’s forty-ninth Governor.Whitmer, a… ...