February - 2020

ONE FOR THE TEAM

POTS OF GOLD

For candidates seeking to take on an incumbent, or an open political seat, it takes a big ol’ pile of money – especially for anyone looking to unseat Congresswomen Haley Stevens (D-Birmingham, Bloomfield Hills, Troy, western Oakland and Wayne counties) and Elissa Slotkin (D-Rochester, Rochester Hills, northern Oakland County, parts of Livingston and Ingham counties). Both incumbent freshman congresswomen, who flipped long-time Republican seats blue, are sitting on lots of buc

PUT UP THEM DUKES

Another race battling for the bucks – and local supporters – is for the Democratic nominee for Oakland County Prosecutor – not often a hot battle. Incumbent prosecutor Jessica Cooper has no intention of stepping down after her third term, but that has not stopped former Oakland County Circuit Court Judge Karen McDonald from getting in the ring. McDonald asserts she has more contributions, more contributors, more fundraisers – and that she has raised more than anyone previousl

ROLLING IN THE DOUGH

While consistently MIA (missing in action), Republican Senate candidate John James has maintained very good friends in very high places. Take, for example, Grand Rapids’ influential DeVos family – as in, U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, whose father-in-law was a co-founder of Amway products – every candidate would like friends like these. Six members of the DeVos family – although not Betsy, who as a member of the administration cannot contribute – have given a total

AND THE CHALLENGER IS

ON THE RADAR

Four Michigan Republican congressional candidates have been added to the National Republican Campaign Committee (NRCC)’s Young Guns program out of a total of 31 Republic congressional candidates around the country who the committee added to the program. The NRCC’s Young Guns program requires candidates to work toward specific goals and meet fundraising benchmarks throughout the election cycle. Put on the radar and receiving mentorship is Lansing’s Paul Junge, a former Lansing

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THE IMPOSSIBLE DREAM

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