Aug 2, 2022
Washington — Tudor Dixon has won Michigan’s Republican nomination for governor, NBC News projects, emerging from one of the year’s most turbulent primaries in a state where the general election will have major implications for the next presidential race.
Dixon, who secured Trump’s endorsement last week, will face Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in an election that will have major implications for the next presidential race.
With about 19% of the expected vote in the Republican contest counted, Dixon had 41% of the vote. Businessman Kevin Rinke of Bloomfield Township had 20%, chiropractor Garrett Soldano of Mattawan had 19%, real estate broker Ryan Kelley of Allendale had 15%, and Pastor Ralph Rebandt of Farmington Hills had about 4%.
Dixon of Norton Shores and her supporters have argued that she gives Republicans in the battleground state their best chance to unseat Whitmer. A breast cancer survivor and mother of four, Dixon has built a coalition of supporters that includes the Michigan Chamber of Commerce, the Police Officers Association of Michigan and Right to Life of Michigan.
Dixon was also leading in the initial returns out of Oakland County, where Rinke is from. But there were many more voters to be counted across Michigan.
“I don’t want to see Whitmer get back in,” said Linda Milder, a GOP voter who cast her ballot in the Jackson County village of Springport on Tuesday afternoon. “And I want to make sure that (we get) somebody (who) knows what they’re doing.”
Milder said she voted for Dixon because she views her as being the strongest GOP candidate against Whitmer.
Trump’s endorsement was a factor in her decision but wasn’t the only consideration, Milder added.
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