Andrew Roth

Covering Michigan politics and policy. Work in @MichiganAdvance, @DetroitNews, @nytimes, @rollingstone and more. Available for assignment. Also @RothsReviews.

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This is so cool. Thanks for the shout-out @WashingtonPost (and thanks to whoever suggested me)! https://t.co/ApDDY2ERRY

[Rachel Karten @milkkarten]

the fastest growing instagram account in the last 14 days? @abdulelsayed. according to social blade, he has gained 4.7m followers in that very short timeframe.

[Hendro Munsterman @HendroM]

Me: "You did your secondary school in Holland."
Pope Leo XIV: "The town next to where I grew up was South-Holland, Illinois. And then I went to high-school in Holland, Michigan. The Tulip Festival was always part of my life." 🌷

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Favorite tradition the day after an election is when my Apple Watch tells me I didn’t get enough sleep.

It’s been a long two days covering election results. Tomorrow, attention turns to how the numerous new federal, state and local leaders will shape policy for years to come.

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Lawrence called Barrett “a worthy opponent in this hard-fought campaign” and said he was “gracious in defeat.”

“He’s overperformed in many cycles, and he certainly did not make this an easy race in a tough environment on his side of the aisle,” Lawrence said.

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Democrat William Lawrence unseated U.S. Rep. Tom Barrett in battleground MI-07. He spoke before the race was called.

“We've been saying throughout this campaign that we will, and I am excited to say right now, but not too excited to say, that we very well may have," he said.

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U.S. Rep. Tom Barrett called Lawrence to concede shortly after 2 am but did not deliver remarks at his election night watch party.

He individually thanked the handful of supporters who remained around 3 am before departing.

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Democrats at Will Lawrence's election night watch party sing and dance to "FDT" after the campaign announces that Democrats are projected to win control of both chambers of Congress.

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The audience at William Lawrence's election night watch party in Lansing erupts in applause after MS NOW projects that Democrats have won control of the U.S. House.

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The New York Times app on iPhone has a live activity for election results, complete with needles, if you want to track control of the U.S. Senate like the score of a sports game.

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Students at the MSU Union tell me they've waited 60-90 minutes to vote. There's still a line now that polls are closed.

The precinct chair at the Kellogg Center tells me this is the busiest Election Day they've seen since they started working the polls in 2020.

[Garrett Haake @GarrettHaake]

If someone who works in politics texts you this today, it is a sign of great respect in their culture.

[Andrew Kaczynski @KFILE]

I can’t believe it’s finally here, everybody — the start of the 2028 primaries tomorrow….

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@EstebanwithanR Add me to the list please 🙏

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Haley Stevens endorses Mike Rogers for U.S. Senate, saying she was asked to avoid campaigning with her party’s nominee and former primary rival Abdul El-Sayed in the final days of the election.

MDP Chair Curtis Hertel says Stevens “abandoned everything she claims to care about.”

[Haley Stevens @HaleyforMI]

I am endorsing Mike Rogers for the United States Senate today.

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The Detroit Zoo opens its new Arctic Ring of Life Exhibit in Royal Oak, Michigan.

The 4.2 acre, $14.9 million exhibit is the largest polar bear exhibit in the world and contains a 70-foot long viewing tunnel that runs beneath a 300,000 gallon chilled saltwater pool and other arctic wildlife such as seals, snowy owls, and arctic fox.

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CNN is now in possession of film depicting American Airlines Flight 11 impacting the North Tower of the World Trade Center, and they show it to the public.

The footage was filmed by French filmmaker Jules Naudet, as he was accompanying the NYPD in a gas leak investigation. 

At the very end of the day, we show you a piece of footage from the very beginning:

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There are reports that many survivors under the rubble of the World Trade Center are making cellphone calls to the surface.

Rescue attempts are ongoing.

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A firefighter combing for survivors at the World Trade Center site reports that he and his crew found “a girl, a young girl, definitely dead, all her clothes burned off her…she looked to be pregnant…she was encased in rubble. We had her halfway uncovered, and then they told us to run, and we ran. It would’ve felt good to let at least one family have a decent funeral [for the woman and her unborn child].”

Several firefighters are reporting the same: attempts to retrieve bodies are stymied by burning, shifting rubble, which crushes what little remains.

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President Bush addresses the country from the White House. He says, in part, “today, our fellow citizens, our way of life, and our very freedom came under attack in a series of deliberate and deadly terrorist attacks. The search is underway for those behind these evil acts, and we will make no distinction between the terrorists who committed these acts and those who harbor them.”

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Film director James Cameron surfaces from a submarine dive to the wreck of the Titanic, only for actor Bill Paxton to personally inform him about today’s attacks.

The entire event is caught on film-quality video.