He joins former U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers and former Detroit Police Chief James Craig in the Republican field, while the Democratic field has been led by U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin and includes actor Hill Harper.
But a vote to impeach Trump just two weeks into Meijer’s first-term made him an immediate target of Trump loyalists.
Meijer was among 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach Trump in 2021 following the deadly mob siege of the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
Questions still linger about whether a moderate candidate who voted to impeach Trump can survive a Republican primary.
Trump won Michigan in 2016, and his endorsed candidates have overwhelmingly won primaries before losing by wide margins in general elections.
Persons:
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