Democrats last week launched a TV ad saying Dixon’s support for gradually eliminating the state personal income tax - a major source of revenue - would slash police funding and threaten officer layoffs, which she has called “baloney.”ĭixon, like every other Republican candidate but Rinke, has falsely said she thinks Trump won Michigan in 2020 - a stance that aligns with GOP voters but not the broader public. Republicans contend that the swing-state governor is vulnerable because of record inflation, a rise in violent crime and an education system whose decline, they say, was exacerbated by her pandemic restrictions. 6 insurrection participant Ryan Kelley (15 percent) and pastor Ralph Rebandt of Farmington Hills (4 percent). Trailing were former car dealership and rehabilitation facility owner Kevin Rinke of Bloomfield Hills (22 percent), who spent millions of his fortune on TV ads Mattawan chiropractor Garrett Soldano (18 percent) Allendale real estate broker and alleged Jan. Capitol.Īs of early Wednesday morning, Dixon had secured 41 percent of the vote with 77 percent counted. She will need to unify the old-guard establishment and Trump’s “MAGA” establishment after her rivals had begged him to stay out of the contest, blasting her support from Betsy DeVos.ĭeVos resigned as education secretary to protest Trump’s rhetoric that led to the deadly Jan. The DeVos family, which is worth billions, was influential in her victory - seeding a pro-Dixon super PAC with $1 million in June, less than two weeks after the race was rocked with the disqualification of two top contenders over forged nominating signatures.Įx-President Donald Trump’s final-weekend endorsement clinched the victory for Dixon, 45, who had been slightly ahead in polling before his announcement. This has been our lives, our business, our children - and you don’t mess with the children.” These aren’t just silly old battles in Lansing. “This is personal for me, and I know it’s personal for you, too. “Now we have the opportunity to truly hold Gretchen Whitmer accountable for the pain she has inflicted on each and every one of us during the past four years,” Dixon said. She also blamed Whitmer for high inflation. Her four daughters, husband and mother stood with her.ĭixon criticized the Democratic governor for COVID-19 pandemic restrictions that closed schools and businesses and kept people from visiting loved ones in nursing homes.
“God is good,” Dixon told supporters while opening her 22-minute victory speech at the Amway Grand Plaza hotel in Grand Rapids. She is also the first Republican from the west side of the state since Amway scion Dick DeVos got the nod in 2006. Gretchen Whitmer this fall.ĭixon, who is from Norton Shores near Muskegon, is the GOP’s first female gubernatorial nominee.
GRAND RAPIDS – Former conservative media host Tudor Dixon won the Republican nomination for Michigan governor Tuesday, advancing from a five-candidate primary field of political newcomers to take on Gov.
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