Zoe Clark
Political DirectorZoe Clark is Michigan Public's Political Director. In this role, Clark guides coverage of the state Capitol, elections, and policy debates. Her passion for understanding and explaining politics led Michigan Public to create the position in 2022 for the first time in station history. She offers regular on-air political analysis and hosts the November election-focused edition of Stateside on Fridays.
She co-hosted, with Michigan Public Radio Network's Senior Capitol Correspondent Rick Pluta, It’s Just Politics, a weekly look at Michigan politics. Clark regularly appears on WKAR’s Off the Record, WDIV’s Flashpoint and offers political analysis on NPR, PBS, and CNN.
Clark is an award-winning journalist, including the prestigious Peabody for overseeing the station’s first nationally distributed podcast Believed.
Clark previously was the station’s Program Director and is the founder and former Executive Producer of Stateside. She began at the station by producing Jack Lessenberry’s daily interviews and essays, and producing Michigan Radio’s Morning Edition.
Clark began her collegiate studies at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. She holds degrees in Communication Studies and Political Science from the University of Michigan and lives in Ann Arbor, where she was born and raised.
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For the first time in nearly forty years both chambers of the Michigan Legislature - the state House and state Senate - will be controlled by Democrats.
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Tuesday is Election Day!
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A county clerk explains what happens if your vote is challenged at the polls, and the It's Just Politics panel answers your questions about about election day.
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With just 10 days to go before Election Day, host Zoe Clark and the panel talk about what to expect at polling locations on Nov. 8, as well as do some debate analysis.
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We hear an interview with state Sen. Tom Barrett. Then Colin Jackson helms the show to talk about the competitive down-ballot races.
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First a discussion with Rep. Elissa Slotkin. Then a dissection of the debate between Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Republican candidate Tudor Dixon.
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We took a deep dive into Proposal 1 on the statewide ballot — what it is, what it might do, who likes it and who doesn't.
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We are 39 days away from election day and there's a lot going on in Michigan politics this week. Catch up on this week's news on absentee voting, bipartisan legislation, and an upcoming visit from former President Donald Trump.
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American culture wars flare up in Michigan politics.
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Tudor Dixon and fellow Republicans give their reaction to the state superintendent advising that teachers do not disclose gender identity to their students’ parents, and old writing from congressional candidate John Gibbs which says he thought women should not be able to vote.