Kelley's surge has early echoes of Doug Mastriano’s primary victory in Pennsylvania and suggests the GOP could soon nominate another election denier to lead a battleground state.
to attack him on substance, for fear of alienating pro-Trump voters. Instead, they quietly worried about his electability against Democrat Josh Shapiro, the state attorney general, who was unopposed for his party’s nomination for governor.
“Ryan’s a grassroots candidate,” Detmer added. “So he’s not made of money. … So for him to have that kind of exposure, that’s worth $10 to $15 million of advertising right there from just free media.” Even then, the conventional wisdom shifted to three other candidates: Garrett Soldano, a chiropractor and activist who gained a statewide following after he protested Whitmer’s pandemic restrictions; Tudor Dixon, a conservative commentator who is backed by Michigan’s influential DeVos family; and Kevin Rinke, another self-funding businessman., released last week by the Michigan Information & News Service, found a three-way tie among Dixon, Rinke and Kelley.
“If you didn’t know me before then, you know me now, right?” he said to the crowd by way of introduction. For the moment, none of Kelley’s rivals appear prepared to hold his arrest against him in the primary. They, along with the state party and other Republicans, have treated Kelley with deference while suggesting that the charges against him are politically motivated.Timmer predicted the show of unity would not last long.
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