As Donald Trump prepares for return to Michigan, cracks appear in his GOP support

2023/06/24

Craig Mauger
Beth LeBlanc

LANSING, Mich. — When Donald Trump arrives in Michigan on Sunday to campaign for a return to the White House, the former president likely won't have the same entourage of elected Republican leaders who were closely aligned with him in the past.

Only a handful of the 72 Republicans who serve in the Michigan Legislature had publicly endorsed Trump's bid for another term as president by Thursday, a trend that highlights concerns among some GOP leaders in a state that once helped propel him to the White House.

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The problems at the top of the ticket helped Republicans lose control of the state House and state Senate for the first time in nearly four decades. Earlier this year, Trump endorsed DePerno to become chairman of the Michigan Republican Party, a contest he lost to Kristina Karamo, the former secretary of state candidate.

Since Trump won Michigan over Democrat Hillary Clinton by about 10,700 votes in 2016, Republicans have lost nine of the statewide races at the top of ballots in the battleground state: a presidential election in 2020, U.S. Senate contests in 2018 and 2020, and races for governor, attorney general and secretary of state in 2018 and 2022.

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