{"id":1526821,"date":"2022-06-23T13:34:05","date_gmt":"2022-06-23T17:34:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1526821"},"modified":"2022-06-23T13:34:44","modified_gmt":"2022-06-23T17:34:44","slug":"these-5-gop-gubernatorial-candidates-made-the-ballot-in-a-chaotic-michigan-primary-now-theyre-vying-for-a-chance-to-unseat-gretchen-whitmer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/these-5-gop-gubernatorial-candidates-made-the-ballot-in-a-chaotic-michigan-primary-now-theyre-vying-for-a-chance-to-unseat-gretchen-whitmer\/","title":{"rendered":"These 5 GOP Gubernatorial Candidates Made The Ballot In A Chaotic Michigan Primary. Now They\u2019re Vying For A Chance To Unseat Gretchen Whitmer."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">46<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthese-5-gop-gubernatorial-candidates-made-the-ballot-in-a-chaotic-michigan-primary-now-theyre-vying-for-a-chance-to-unseat-gretchen-whitmer%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1526821&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/michigan\">Michigan<\/a> Republican gubernatorial <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/michigan-supreme-court-ends-gop-candidates-ballot-hopes\">primary<\/a> was thrown into chaos in recent weeks as voters in the Great Lakes State have just over a month to decide who will get their nod for the nomination.<\/p>\n<p>Two of the favorites to win the GOP primary were former Detroit Police Chief <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/james-craig-announces-write-in-campaign-for-michigan-gop-gubernatorial-primary-says-ballot-disqualification-is-crap\">James Craig<\/a> and businessman Perry Johnson, but fraudulent petition signatures <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/michigan-election-chaos-gop-frontrunner-4-others-are-barred-from-ballot-after-board-split\">disqualified<\/a> them, along with three other GOP candidates, from appearing on the August 2 primary ballot.<\/p>\n<p>Now, in a race blown wide open, the five candidates who qualified for the ballot have been cast into the spotlight. So who are these Michigan Republican candidates vying for a chance to unseat <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/gretchen-whitmer\">Gretchen Whitmer<\/a> (D), one of the most well-known governors in the country?<\/p>\n<p>Ryan Kelley\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-400152\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-400152\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Ryan-Kelley-279x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"279\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Ryan-Kelley-279x300-1.jpg 279w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Ryan-Kelley-536x576-1.jpg 536w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Ryan-Kelley-768x826-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Ryan-Kelley.jpg 957w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-400152\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ryan Kelley Campaign<\/p>\n<p>No candidate in the chaotic Michigan primary race has been through more controversy and drama in the last month than Ryan Kelley. On June 9, the Grand Rapids-area real estate broker was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/fbi-raids-home-of-michigan-gop-gubernatorial-candidate-and-whitmer-challenger-takes-him-into-custody-report\">arrested<\/a> by the FBI at his home in connection to his presence at the January 6 Capitol riot in Washington D.C. Days later, a federal judge <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/michigan-gop-gubernatorial-candidate-must-surrender-his-guns-federal-judge-orders\">ordered<\/a> him to surrender his guns as he awaits trial for misdemeanor charges.<\/p>\n<p>But the recent events surrounding Kelley have not distracted him from staying focused on the race, and the latest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freep.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2022\/06\/16\/fbi-arrest-could-boost-kelleys-primary-run-governor-poll-shows\/7626193001\/\">polling shows<\/a> him as the frontrunner for the GOP nomination.<\/p>\n<p>Kelley is running for governor not only because he wants Michigan to improve, but also because he believes the entire country is heading in a bad direction.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m in this race because I love this country,\u201d he told The Daily Wire. \u201cI love our republic. I want to fight for our Constitution and for freedom for the next generation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During the COVID pandemic and Whitmer\u2019s ensuing lockdowns, Kelley led protests and rallies against the governor\u2019s measures \u2014 another reason he cited for jumping into the race. \u201cYou get Gretchen Whitmer back in there, you can expect more of the same and without concern of having to be reelected again at any point in the future,\u201d he argued.<\/p>\n<p>Kelley understands the path to defeating an incumbent governor is not easy. It\u2019s been nearly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nga.org\/former-governors\/michigan\/\">60 years<\/a> since a Michigan governor lost a reelection bid after one term, but he remains hopeful that voters will look poorly on Whitmer\u2019s actions over her first term.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf there\u2019s any time in our history as a state that an incumbent governor could be unseated, now is that time because of the events that have unfolded over the past few years,\u201d Kelley said.<\/p>\n<p>Garrett Soldano<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-396501\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-396501\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Garrett-Soldano-272x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"272\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-396501\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Garrett Soldano Campaign<\/p>\n<p>When the Whitmer administration took one of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/michigans-gov-whitmer-now-under-fire-for-states-covid-19-nursing-home-policy\">strictest<\/a> approaches of any state to respond to the COVID pandemic, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/michigan-gubernatorial-candidate-to-air-new-ad-targeting-radical-gender-theory-in-schools-calling-out-woke-whitmer\">Garrett Soldano<\/a> organized a movement to oppose the lockdowns. Thousands of supporters joined the Kalamazoo chiropractor through Facebook and his group Stand Up Michigan to voice their opposition to Whitmer\u2019s orders.<\/p>\n<p>Soldano admitted that when he first announced his campaign for governor, he knew it was a long shot. But now, he believes the momentum from his movement will help propel him to the Republican nomination and give him the best chance to defeat Whitmer, who he says voters want held responsible for the state\u2019s economic and infrastructure struggles.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re not going to beat Governor Whitmer on policy,\u201d he said. \u201cYou\u2019re not going to get on stage with Governor Whitmer and say you\u2019re going to fix the gosh darn roads better. It\u2019s accountability time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Soldano places a strong emphasis on improving schools in the state, specifically by encouraging parents to get involved in their children\u2019s education.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t have a teacher problem,\u201d Soldano said. \u201cWe\u2019re not going to allow a few bad apples to spoil the whole bunch.\u201d Instead, he sees the solution to the problem in schools is getting more parents \u201cinvolved\u201d and \u201cengaged\u201d with their children\u2019s education.<\/p>\n<p>Soldano has also delved into the culture war, criticizing radical gender theory being aimed at children.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis gender theory and sexual theory that\u2019s being taught in schools, you have no right to do that,\u201d he said. \u201cIf you want to teach my kid critical anything, you teach him critical thinking, critical math, critical reading. You can teach my kid how to critically think, not what to think.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kevin Rinke\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-400155\" class=\"wp-image-400155\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Kevin-Rinke-300x192.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"374\" height=\"239\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-400155\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kevin Rinke Campaign<\/p>\n<p>Businessman Kevin Rinke jumped into the GOP gubernatorial primary because he\u2019s sick of what he sees as historic government failure. \u201cI have never seen government dysfunction like I have seen under the Whitmer administration,\u201d he told The Daily Wire.<\/p>\n<p>Rinke\u2019s main concern is with the state\u2019s approach to the economy, both from the fallout of harsh COVID lockdowns and the state\u2019s taxes levied against citizens and businesses. He said it was \u201ceither leave the state of Michigan like 16,000 other people did last year under [Whitmer\u2019s] leadership,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Michigan Republican gubernatorial primary was thrown into chaos in recent weeks as voters in the Great Lakes State have just over a month to decide who will get their nod for the nomination. Two of the favorites to win the GOP primary were former Detroit Police Chief James Craig and businessman Perry Johnson, but &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":324,"featured_media":1898525,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1526821","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1526821","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/324"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1526821"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1526821\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1898525"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1526821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1526821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1526821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}