But some of those hopes were dashed after top Republican candidates didn't make the ballot because they didn't file enough valid nominating signatures and the remaining field struggled to compete in fundraising with Whitmer and her multimillion-dollar campaign fund. Whitmer, who did not have a Democratic opponent, was seen as potentially vulnerable heading into 2022 because of anger over her pandemic restrictions, rising gas and food prices, and her ties to President Joe Biden, whose approval ratings are low. "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." "Frankly Michigan, we deserve better," Dixon said.
She called the first-term governor "the queen of lockdowns" and recounted how her own grandmother died in a nursing home, alone, during the pandemic. Taking the stage at a victory party, Dixon pledged to fight for families who struggled through COVID-19 lockdowns that Whitmer imposed and who can't afford to put gas in their vehicles and pay bills. 6, 2021, riot, as well as the Michigan Chamber of Commerce and several anti-abortion groups. She also had backing from the prominent Michigan Republican family of Betsy DeVos, who was education secretary in Trump's Cabinet but was critical of him and resigned after the Jan. Gretchen Whitmer as anger and division within the state GOP threaten the party's efforts in the battleground state this fall.ĭixon, who was endorsed by former President Donald Trump last week, defeated four male candidates in a race between little-known political newcomers. Businesswoman and conservative commentator Tudor Dixon won the Republican primary for Michigan governor on Tuesday, setting up a tough race against Democratic Gov.
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