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The top fundraisers among Michigan statewide elected offices

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Tudor Dixon wins the Republican nomination for Michigan governor

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Tudor Dixon, a conservative commentator and first-time candidate who won the backing of powerful allies, including former President Donald Trump, will be the Michigan Republican Party's nominee to challenge Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in November.

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Michigan Republican Party calls Tudor Dixon winner of primary race for governor

LANSING, Mich. — The Michigan Republican Party declared conservative commentator Tudor Dixon the winner of the GOP primary race for governor Tuesday night.

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Disqualified Michigan Republican gubernatorial candidates spent about $11 million

LANSING, Mich. — The campaigns of five Republican candidates for Michigan governor who were disqualified from the ballot because of a wave of fraudulent petition signatures collectively spent about $11 million on their bids for the state's highest office, according to new disclosures.

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Pandemic petition woes derail candidates, ballot initiatives

James Craig, a former Detroit police chief who was running for Michigan governor, said he remembers pleasant conversations with petition circulators at his campaign events this spring and never suspected anything untoward was happening.

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In Michigan, James Craig sues petition circulators; Perry Johnson meeting with lawyers to file suit

LANSING, Mich. — Two Republican gubernatorial hopefuls disqualified from the August primary ballot because of a wave of fraudulent petition signatures plan to sue the companies and individual circulators accused of forging thousands of signatures.

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Craig files as write-in for Michigan GOP governor primary

Former Detroit police Chief James Craig has filed to run as a write-in candidate for Michigan governor after being tossed from the Aug. 2 Republican primary ballot

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James Craig to run as write-in for Michigan GOP primary

Former Detroit police Chief James Craig says he'll run as a write-in candidate in the Republican primary for governor

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Craig announces write-in campaign in Mich. governor's race

DETROIT — Former Detroit Police Chief James Craig, who was disqualified from the gubernatorial ballot for the August primary amid alleged petition forgeries, announced Thursday that he intends to run as a write-in candidate.

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Donald Trump isn't ready to endorse in Michigan governor's race, 2 allies say

LANSING, Mich. — Former President Donald Trump isn't ready to make an endorsement in Michigan's Republican primary race for governor, two of his top allies in the state contended on Tuesday.

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Mich. "voter fraud" fight hit with fraud

More petition fraud in Michigan: Another GOP campaign in the Mitten State gets sidetracked by phony signatures

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Craig, off ballot, says campaign's not over: 'I'm not going to let this go'

Former Detroit police Chief James Craig vowed that his fight to advance in Michigan's Republican primary for governor would continue, two days after the Michigan Supreme Court declined to place him on the August primary ballot.

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Michigan Supreme Court leaves GOP gubernatorial candidates Johnson, Craig and others off ballot

DETROIT — The Michigan Supreme Court on Friday ended the chances of at least three Republican gubernatorial candidates to appear on the August primary ballot, siding with the state Bureau of Elections in ruling a deluge of forged signatures were enough to keep them off the ballot.

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Republicans take fight to get on primary ballot to Michigan Supreme Court

DETROIT — Two Republican candidates for governor who have been knocked off the ballot because of a gush of alleged petition forgeries have asked the Michigan Supreme Court to immediately hear their cases and intervene to put their names on the August primary ballot.

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Heart of the Primaries 2022, Republicans-Issue 25 (June 2, 2022)

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Why several Republican candidates for Michigan governor were blocked from the ballot

State officials blocked five GOP candidates from the ballot after signatures they submitted included alleged forgeries. The Republicans said they were unaware of problems with the signatures.

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Ex-Detroit top cop loses bid to get on ballot for governor

A judge has declined to put a former Detroit police chief on the Republican ballot for Michigan governor

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GOP candidate for Michigan governor denied spot on ballot in court ruling

DETROIT — The Michigan Court of Appeals rejected Wednesday a lawsuit from Republican businessman Perry Johnson, who asked the judges to revive his campaign for governor by giving him a spot on the August primary ballot.

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GOP candidate for Michigan governor loses key ballot ruling

A Republican candidate for Michigan governor has lost his bid to get on the Aug. 2 primary ballot

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GOP defends candidates busted for fraud

“This is of a magnitude beyond my imagination,” GOP election lawyer says, accusing candidates of "despicable abuse"

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Five Republican candidates for Governor of Michigan will remain off ballot

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Board of canvassers deadlocks, blocking 5 candidates for governor from ballot

LANSING, Mich. — Michigan's Board of State Canvassers deadlocked 2-2 Thursday, keeping, for now, five GOP candidates for governor who were entangled in an alleged wave of petition forgeries off the August primary ballot.

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Board may find Michigan GOP governor candidates ineligible

Two leading contenders for the GOP nomination for Michigan governor could be ruled ineligible for the primary ballot

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Republican Michael Brown withdraws from Michigan governor's race after petition forgery report

LANSING, Mich. — Republican Michael Brown, one of five candidates caught up in a wave of reportedly fraudulent petition signatures, withdrew Tuesday morning from the race to be Michigan's next governor.

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