Posted on 04/21/2018 11:19:34 AM PDT by Republican Wildcat
SAGINAW, Mich. – Michigan Republican John James is officially in the senate primary race.
Today he filed petition signatures to qualify.
Afterwards, James toured general machine services in Saginaw.
That's a manufacturing business.
The West Point graduate and army combat veteran operates a family business.
He believes that experience will help him lead the state saying he has a passion for service.
“It’s the same reason I came back to Michigan when there’s area of home that look worse than the combat zone I’m flying in. It’s the same reason I’m going to Washington now to fight four our condition, to fight for Michiganders and to fight for opportunities for our future,” said James.
James will face two other republican primary candidates.
If he wins, he will then face an incumbent Democrat Debbie Stabenow.
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I hope Kid Rock campaigns for him. He’s very popular in MI and since he let us all down by teasing us with his own Senate race - he owes this to America. LOL
Maybe we should get this guy’s name and profile out to the conservative talk show hosts, and hopefully, they will have him on their shows.- he sounds great!
Maybe James wasn’t in the race at the time. President Trump needs to take a page out of Rush Limbaugh’s playbook, and not endorse in primaries, at least not until one has secured the nomination.
I have heard him on Hugh Hewitt before when going to work in the morning...but he needs more exposure than that.
I remember back in 2010 when Christine O'Donnell was able to raise over $10 million in a few days due to the backing of the talk radio circuit. If only that could somehow be replicated for John James - with all due respect to Ms. O'Donnell, James is a much better candidate and he is running in a state - Michigan - where it is easier for Republicans to win than Delaware. $10 million for John James would definitely put this seat in play - and he's not a conventional candidate than any generic "Republican" which would also be to his advantage - a military veteran, successful businessman. Also being young and good looking are a plus for a candidate's stage presence (those things shouldn't matter, but in the mass media age, we know that they do). Being African-American doesn't hurt him either...difficult for Stabenow and the Democrats to use the "racist" card against him which is a default attack on Republicans.
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