Michigan finds itself in the eye of a presidential campaign storm with 10 days to go until election results are tallied in a race for the White House that’s felt like riding the Corkscrew at Cedar Point.

Just since Independence Day, there were two assassination attempts on former President Donald Trump, President Joe Biden dropped out of the race, Vice President Kamala Harris jumped in and the swing state of Michigan has experienced dozens of campaign rallies by the presidential hopefuls, their running mates, congressional candidates and high-profile surrogates ranging from sports legends Magic Johnson and Calvin Johnson to U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson.

That’s not to mention the hundreds of millions of dollars in advertising on television, radio, websites, emails, text messages and glossy flyers in the mail that have bombarded Michiganians in a bid to get their votes.

Michigan has been at the epicenter because the state’s 15 electoral votes are critical to how presidents are elected: The first candidate who wins the popular vote in enough states to capture 270 electoral votes becomes the nation’s leader.

The presidential election will likely shape the outcome of down-ballot races for U.S. Senate, at least three highly competitive U.S. House races and control of the Michigan House of Representatives.

Nationally, political handicappers favor Republicans to win control of the U.S. Senate without Michigan. But if Republican former U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers prevails over Democratic U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin in Michigan, it would give the GOP one more seat in its majority, which often can be the difference maker in passing legislation through the upper chamber of Congress.

This is why national Republicans have dumped tens of millions of dollars into this race in recent weeks to aid Rogers, who is trying to do what no Republican has done since 1994 — win a U.S. Senate seat from Michigan.

In the battle for the U.S. House, Democrats are defending two seats in mid-Michigan — the Lansing-centered 7th District and the 8th District encompassing Flint, Saginaw and Bay City — and trying to pick up a seat in the northern suburbs of Detroit.

These are electoral battlegrounds within the battleground state that could swing with the whims of voters and will likely be heavily influenced by the outcome at the top of the ticket.

The 10th District race featuring freshman Republican U.S. Rep. John James of Shelby Township and longtime Macomb County Democratic politician Carl Marlinga is a rematch from 2022, when James eked out a 1,600-vote victory despite Marlinga getting little help from national Democrats in a Republican-leaning district. The district encompasses all of southern Macomb County south of M-59, plus Shelby Township, parts of Macomb Township as well as Rochester and Rochester Hills in Oakland County.

In the 8th District, there’s an open seat because longtime Democratic U.S. Rep. Dan Kildee is retiring. Kildee succeeded his uncle, Dale, in representing the Tri-Cities in Congress, meaning this is the first year since 1976 that a Kildee hasn’t been on the ballot. State Sen. Kristen McDonald Rivet, a Democrat from Bay City, faces Republican Paul Junge of Grand Blanc for the seat. Junge lost to Kildee in 2022.

In the Lansing area, the 7th District seat is open because Slotkin is running for the Senate. That race has attracted two former state Senate colleagues vying for the job — Republican Tom Barrett of Charlotte and Democrat Curtis Hertel Jr. of East Lansing. Barrett lost to Slotkin in 2022. But this time around, he doesn’t face an incumbent, and he’s got Trump at the top of the ticket.

In all three U.S. House races, Trump’s performance in these districts could shape the result. Trump won Michigan in 2016 by the thinnest of margins — 10,704 votes — and then lost to Biden in 2020 by 154,000 votes.

In the battle for control of the state House, Democrats are trying to defend a 56-54 majority they won in 2022 when Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s performance at the top of ticket and an abortion rights constitutional amendment helped put them in complete control of state government.

Republicans are banking on Trump to propel their candidates to victory in key swing districts in Oakland and Macomb counties, as well as the Downriver region of Wayne County. They also hope the former president helps in a handful of swing districts in corners of the state, such as Calhoun and Grand Traverse counties.

Further down the ballot, there are seats at stake on the governing boards of Michigan State University, Wayne State University and the University of Michigan. The State Board of Education also has two seats on the ballot. Votes for those positions are historically driven by partisan preferences of voters.

There are also two seats on the bench of the Michigan Supreme Court up for grabs.