Many state and national Republicans have expressed concern that similar defeats could become commonplace without a course correction within the state Republican Party. “It’s hard to think of a state where Republicans lost more than in Michigan,” said Stu Sandler, a national Republican consultant. The state party wasn't the traditional partner it had been in the past, he said, in part due to a chair he described as not very active. Michigan Republican Party spokesperson Gustavo Portela said the party would have no further comment about the chair competition. The former tax lawyer rose to prominence in the party by pushing Trump’s lies of a stolen election in the state following the 2020 presidential election.

Source: ABC News December 04, 2022 03:28 UTC