Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has leads over all five of her potential GOP challengers less than four months before Election Day, raising doubts about whether a Republican wave will make landfall in Michigan.
Whitmer’s advantages over the Republican candidates for governor range from 9 percentage points against real estate broker Ryan Kelley of Allendale to 15 points against Pastor Ralph Rebandt of Farmington Hills, according to a new statewide survey commissioned by The Detroit News and WDIV-TV (Channel 4)…
Near majorities of poll participants hadn’t heard of each of the five GOP gubernatorial hopefuls. Kelley, the most well-known Republican, gained national headlines because he was arrested in June on misdemeanor charges related to the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol.
“Michigan does not appear to be showing signs of a red wave,” said Richard Czuba, founder of the Lansing-based Glengariff Group, which conducted the survey. “In fact, it shows signs of keeping its incumbents in office.”
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