He cited Gerald Ford and Peter Secchia as two among many leaders of the past who instilled good values and culture in the community, even as he was ambiguous about what those values and culture were. Regardless of Tuesday’s results, he is proud of the rich political history of the region. But I like to meet who I vote for … and so I would look for that opportunity to have that meeting, and then continue down the process from there.”Ī Gibbs win would not be “a long term or long standing change for our community,” Brann said.
“There’s a high likelihood that I would because I typically politically will lean more conservative. “I’d like to meet John Gibbs at that point,” he said when asked about how he might vote in a Scholten-Gibbs matchup in November. supported Meijer but hasn’t ruled out voting for Gibbs in the general election. (Because Michigan is an open primary state, voters from either party can vote in either primary.) His strongest precincts were in Kent County, particularly in the suburbs of Grand Rapids, where his appeal to Trump-skeptical pro-business Republicans and moderate Democrats found more resonance. Meijer is on track to lose all three counties that make up the district-Kent County, where the city of Grand Rapids is located, as well as Ottawa County and Muskegon County. “The very fact that somebody can move into the district and leverage Trump’s endorsement to be competitive, particularly in a community that has prided itself on having a rich local political culture … to me is an indication of nationalizing forces,” Dan Hopkins, a political science professor at the University of Pennsylvania, told The Dispatch before the polls closed on Tuesday. Both the Trump endorsement and the DCCC meddling contributed to that nationalization.
“There are certainly plenty of folks who wanted to nationalize the outcome of this race in one direction,” Meijer told reporters shortly before midnight. “I know I’m not alone in that opinion … and I wish they hadn’t done it.” Stark said he wants Democrats to focus on promoting Democratic candidates instead of trying to influence the outcome of Republican primaries. Because there’s always a possibility that they’re going to win in the long term, and we don’t want to have contributed to that.” “It is playing with fire if the intent was to promote the most extreme candidates,” he said. Stark was uncomfortable with the DCCC ad buy and is concerned it could backfire. In the last week of the campaign, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee spent $435,000 on ads designed to boost Gibbs. National Democrats had been crystal clear about their desire to run against Gibbs rather than Meijer, whose reputation as a moderate was a liability on Tuesday but could have been a strong asset in a general election environment. Multiple current and former GOP operatives believe Scholten is now favored. In response to Gibbs’ win, Dave Wasserman of the Cook Political Report changed the district’s rating from toss-up to Democratic-leaning. “She has run once before and has learned a lot from it and has a much better political district to run in. “ has a strong campaign,” Gary Stark, who served as the chair of the Kent County Democratic Party during the 2020 election, told The Dispatch on Monday. Joe Biden won the area that makes up the new district by 9 points in 2020. Gibbs will face off against former Justice Department attorney Hillary Scholten, who lost to Meijer two years ago, when the district was much more Republican-leaning. Peter Meijer, who voted to impeach former President Donald Trump, fell short in the Republican primary on Tuesday, losing to John Gibbs, a former Trump administration official who has promoted conspiracy theories and said he does not believe Joe Biden was legitimately elected. And for the first time since Watergate, it won’t be a moderate conservative. GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan-In January 2023, a new member of Congress will be sworn in to represent Michigan’s 3rd Congressional District. (Photo by Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
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