Michigan GOP party chair race: James Craig out, Matthew DePerno in
Dave Boucher
Detroit Free Press
November 14, 2022
James Craig, the ex-Detroit police chief and a former GOP candidate for governor this year, won't run to be the Michigan Republican Party's next leader. But Matthew DePerno, the Republican candidate for attorney general recently bested by Democratic Attorney General Dana Nessel, says he's running to take the reins of the GOP.
The announcements come days after Tudor Dixon, the Republican gubernatorial candidate who lost to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, blasted party leaders and confirmed she, too, is weighing a leadership bid.
The party's leadership race, expected to culminate in an election at a party convention early next year, is heating up after Republicans suffered losses up and down the ballot. Republicans in Michigan and across the nation are grappling with the party's future, and whether former President Donald Trump will be at its center.
It's still unclear whether Michigan Republican Party Chairman Ron Weiser or Co-Chair Meshawn Maddock plan to ask delegates to return them to their leadership posts. In 2021, Weiser downplayed the idea of a reelection campaign while speaking with Lansing-based politics and government publication Gongwer News Service.
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I wonder if he could do the job from jail...
