Gallup, Damoose Face Off in 37th Senate Race
By Bill O'Brien | Oct. 23, 2026
Two candidates with divergent views on campaign finance, health care expansion and state education funding are squaring off in the state Senate’s 37th District race ahead of the Nov. 3 general election.
Incumbent Republican Sen. John Damoose of Harbor Springs is being challenged by Leelanau County resident and Democrat Kate Gallup to represent the expansive district that stretches across Northern Michigan into the eastern U.P.
Damoose, 54, earned a political science degree from the University of Michigan, and went to work for the Christian Broadcasting Network in Virginia. He started a broadcast production company with his father back in 2000 called 45 North Productions that specialized in patriotic documentaries. He …
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All Media Juried Exhibition
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Atmospheres: Photography by Steve Loveless
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