The event is typically a money-maker for its sponsor – the Michigan Republican Party – helping to fund get-out-the-vote efforts and support campaigns to get Republicans elected throughout the state. And, it was emblematic of deeper problems within the Michigan state party. Her election meant both the chair of the Michigan Republican Party and the Michigan Democratic Party were Black women. "She seemed like the real deal," Mark Forton, the chairman of the Macomb County Republican Party, told CNN. "Michigan has moved increasingly in the battleground-leaning column, even the Trump column, and Republicans desperately need to find a roadmap to win," said Michigan Republican strategist Dennis Lennox.

Source: CNN December 20, 2023 21:33 UTC