Gretchen Whitmer and Tudor Dixon will participate in the first gubernatorial debate of the 2022 election season on Thursday night in Grand Rapids.

Senator Gary Peters has increased his lead over Republican challenger John James heading into the final stretch of the 2020 election, a new WDIV/Detroit News poll shows. Gary Peters now leads John James by a margin of 48.4%-38.8%, with 8.7% of voters remaining undecided. Voters who are undecided in the US Senate race are splitting their vote equally in the Presidential race. By a margin of 47.2% Democratic to 40.1% Republican, Michigan voters prefer the Democratic Party to control the U.S. Senate. John James name identification is breaking 33.3% favorable to 40.4% unfavorable.

In early September, Biden lead senior voters by only 7.5% -- that lead has exploded to a 32%-point lead. Trump leads with men, Biden leads with womenDonald Trump leads Joe Biden among men by a margin of 50.9%-40.1%, driven exclusively by his support among white men without a college education. But Joe Biden holds a lead of 57.7%-33.2% among Michigan women – a staggering 24.5% Biden lead among women. Biden leads Metro Detroit, suburbsJoe Biden’s lead is driven by Metro Detroit voters where he leads 56.8%-32.3% -- a 24.5% lead for Biden. Biden leads in early voting, Trump leads with in-person voters34.0% of Michigan voters have already cast their ballot as of October 25.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Watch live coverage of the final presidential debate of the 2020 election between President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden. Thursday’s debate, starting at 9 p.m. EDT, from Nashville, Tennessee, marks the candidates' second and final face-to-face meeting, with Election Day less than two weeks away. Welker will be the first Black woman to serve as the moderator of a presidential debate since Carole Simpson in 1992. Watch the debate in the video player below and follow the live fact-check with Local 4′s Trust Index team below the video player. More: Viewers' Guide: After chaotic debate, Trump, Biden try againWatch live debate coverage below:Follow live fact-checking during the debate below (or click here):

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Watch live coverage of the final presidential debate of the 2020 election between President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden. Thursday’s debate, starting at 9 p.m. EDT, from Nashville, Tennessee, marks the candidates' second and final face-to-face meeting, with Election Day less than two weeks away. Welker will be the first Black woman to serve as the moderator of a presidential debate since Carole Simpson in 1992. Watch the debate in the video player below and follow the live fact-check with Local 4′s Trust Index team below the video player. More: Viewers' Guide: After chaotic debate, Trump, Biden try againWatch live debate coverage below:Follow live fact-checking during the debate below:

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Watch live coverage of the final presidential debate of the 2020 election between President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden. Thursday’s debate, starting at 9 p.m. EDT, from Nashville, Tennessee, marks the candidates' second and final face-to-face meeting, with Election Day less than two weeks away. The debate will be moderated by NBC News White House correspondent Kristen Welker. Welker will be the first Black woman to serve as the moderator of a presidential debate since Carole Simpson in 1992. More: Viewers' Guide: After chaotic debate, Trump, Biden try againWatch live debate coverage below:Follow live fact-checking during the debate below:

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Watch live coverage of the final presidential debate of the 2020 election between President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden. Thursday’s debate, starting at 9 p.m. EDT, from Nashville, Tennessee, marks the candidates' second and final face-to-face meeting, with Election Day less than two weeks away. The debate will be moderated by NBC News White House correspondent Kristen Welker. Welker will be the first Black woman to serve as the moderator of a presidential debate since Carole Simpson in 1992. More: Viewers' Guide: After chaotic debate, Trump, Biden try againWatch live debate coverage below:Follow live fact-checking during the debate below:

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Watch live coverage of the final presidential debate of the 2020 election between President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden. Thursday’s debate, starting at 9 p.m. EDT, from Nashville, Tennessee, marks the candidates' second and final face-to-face meeting, with Election Day less than two weeks away. The debate will be moderated by NBC News White House correspondent Kristen Welker. Welker will be the first Black woman to serve as the moderator of a presidential debate since Carole Simpson in 1992. More: Viewers' Guide: After chaotic debate, Trump, Biden try againWatch live debate coverage below:Follow live fact-checking during the debate below:

DETROIT – How are Michigan voters feeling on important races and issues heading into the final stretch of the 2020 election? Older voters now support Biden over Trump by a margin of 59.1%-29.2% -- a nearly 30-point lead for Joe Biden. More: Biden bolsters lead over Trump in Michigan after first debatePeters boosts lead over James in Senate raceMichigan U.S. 57.7% of Michigan voters say the Supreme Court should leave the Affordable Care Act in place. Only 28.1% of Michigan voters believe the Affordable Care Act should be overturned and ruled unconstitutional.

Majority oppose overturning Roe v. WadeMichigan voters strongly oppose overturning Roe v. Wade. 54.4% of Michigan voters STRONGLY OPPOSE overturning Roe v. Wade while only 18.5% STRONGLY SUPPORT overturning the decision. Catholic voters oppose overturning Roe v. Wade by a margin of 30.1% support/56.3% oppose. 49.2% of Catholic voters STRONGLY OPPOSE overturning Roe v. Wade. 34.8% of evangelical voters STRONGLY SUPPORT overturning the decision while 37.8% STRONGLY OPPOSE overturning the decision.

DETROIT – Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has increased his lead over President Donald Trump in Michigan following the first debate, according to a new WDIV/Detroit News poll. Biden boosts lead over TrumpFollowing the first debate of the 2020 election, Joe Biden has taken his largest lead of the Presidential race in Michigan, leading Donald Trump 48.0%- 39.2% -- a lead of 8.8%. Older voters now support Biden over Trump by a margin of 59.1%-29.2% -- a nearly 30-point lead for Joe Biden. Joe Biden has cut that lead in half with Trump now leading white voters by 6.2%Joe Biden holds a 24-point lead in Southeast Michigan leading Donald Trump 56.7%-32.2%. In out-state portions of Michigan, Donald Trump holds a lead of 46.4%-39.2% -- a lead of 7.2%.

WASHINGTON (AP) – The Commission on Presidential Debates says it’s adding new “tools to maintain order” to the upcoming debates after a chaotic first debate between President Donald Trump and Joe Biden. Trump’s frequent interruptions of the Democratic presidential nominee defined Tuesday night’s debate, with Biden frequently unable to complete a sentence. Moderator Chris Wallace of Fox News pleaded with Trump several times to allow Biden to speak uninterrupted, to no avail. The nonpartisan commission has organized every general election presidential debate since 1988. In a statement, the commission said the first debate “made clear that additional structure should be added to the format of the remaining debates to ensure a more orderly discussion of the issues.”The commission says it “intends to ensure that additional tools to maintain order are in place for the remaining debates.”And the commission says it’s “carefully considering the changes that it will adopt and will announce those measures shortly.”More coverage:

DETROIT – During the first presidential debate on Tuesday night, former Vice President Joe Biden dropped a word only known to a person who grew up with Arab parents. Biden dropped an "Inshallah" at the debate. But NPR’s Asma Khalid confirmed with the Biden campaign that he did indeed say inshallah. — Shadi Hamid (@shadihamid) September 30, 2020Did Biden say Inshallah? We made it lmaooooo — Hamed Aleaziz (@Haleaziz) September 30, 2020did Biden say “InshAllah” after asking “When?” indicating the proper use of InshAllah as meaning “never”?

Health care remains a top issue for voters, particularly during the spread of the coronavirus as millions lost their jobs and health insurance over the course of pandemic. According to the non-partisan Kaiser Family Foundation roughly 25 million people get their health care through the federal ACA marketplace or the ACA’s Medicaid expansion. Here’s one from President Trump about Biden’s plan:“The bigger problem that you have is that you’re going to extinguish 180 million people with their private health care,” Trump said. While estimates differ, the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services do estimate that roughly 180 million Americans have private health insurance. Biden’s plan creates a public option for low income Americans but does not get rid of private insurance.

The Trust Index team was busy fact-checking Tuesday night’s presidential debate between President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden. And we continue. Let us know if there was a statement from this first Trump-Biden debate that you want fact-checked -- let us know here.

What statement(s) would you like us to fact check from the Sept. 29 presidential debate? If there is a specific statement made by one of the candidates that you want us to check out, let us know here:Related: Fact-checking 5 claims about mail-in voting

CLEVELAND – Watch the first presidential debate of the 2020 election between President Donald Trump and Former Vice President Joe Biden and moderated by Chris Wallace. Watch live coverage starting at 8 p.m. Follow live fact checking from the Trust Index team below (app users click here):

CLEVELAND – Watch the first presidential debate of the 2020 election between President Donald Trump and Former Vice President Joe Biden and moderated by Chris Wallace. Watch live coverage starting at 8 p.m.

CLEVELAND – Watch the first presidential debate of the 2020 election between President Donald Trump and Former Vice President Joe Biden and moderated by Chris Wallace. Watch live coverage starting at 8 p.m.

CLEVELAND – Watch the first presidential debate of the 2020 election between President Donald Trump and Former Vice President Joe Biden and moderated by Chris Wallace. Follow live fact checking with Local 4′s Trust Index team below the video player. Watch live coverage starting at 8 p.m. Follow live fact checking from the Trust Index team below (app users click here):

CLEVELAND – Watch the first presidential debate of the 2020 election between President Donald Trump and Former Vice President Joe Biden and moderated by Chris Wallace. Follow live fact checking with Local 4′s Trust Index team below the video player. Watch live coverage starting at 8 p.m. Follow live fact checking from the Trust Index team below (app users click here):

Are you ready to cast your vote for President? Perhaps you’ve already done so now that mail-in voting is fast underway in Michigan. If you haven’t already cast your ballot, do you think the series of presidential debates has any chance of changing your mind about either former Vice President Joe Biden or President Donald Trump? Do you think the debates could change anyone’s mind? Take the quick poll, then tell us why:Trust Index: What do you want fact-checked from presidential debate?

With the election less than 40 days away, ClickOnDetroit and Local 4 will be factchecking the upcoming presidential and vice presidential debates -- live. Vice President Joe Biden and the conventions of both parties. The first is Sept. 29 where President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden will debate in Cleveland, Ohio. What do you want fact-checked from presidential debate? During the debates Grant will factcheck the debates on Twitter which will also be live streamed on ClickOnDetroit.

The first presidential debate between President Donald Trump and former vice president Joe Biden is set for Tuesday, Sept. 29. Tuesday’s debate will be held at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland. Here at ClickOnDetroit, the Trust Index team will be watching and fact checking statements made by the candidates. Reporter Grant Hermes will be your source for fact checking throughout the debate, and in the next presidential debates (Oct. 15 and Oct. 22). More: Trust Index -- fact checking and fighting misinformation