Michigan’s Attorney General Dana Nessel said the state’s Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson has been found to have violated the Campaign Finance Act, but will face no penalty due to a quirk in the statute.
Both Benson and Nessel are Democrats.
A May 19 advisory from Nessel’s office stated that on Jan. 22, 2025, Benson hosted a press conference announcing her candidacy for governor of Michigan inside the Richard H. Austin Building, a state government-operated office facility in Lansing that houses the Department of State, the Bureau of Elections, and other state agencies.
The advisory stated that Benson’s use of the lobby of the Richard H. Austin Building was for a partisan political purpose, in violation of the Michigan Campaign Finance Act (MCFA)….