{"id":806574,"date":"2021-09-23T15:14:09","date_gmt":"2021-09-23T19:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=806574"},"modified":"2021-09-23T15:14:12","modified_gmt":"2021-09-23T19:14:12","slug":"former-police-chief-leads-gretchen-whitmer-in-governors-race-poll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-police-chief-leads-gretchen-whitmer-in-governors-race-poll\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Police Chief Leads Gretchen Whitmer In Governor\u2019s Race: Poll"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/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%2Fformer-police-chief-leads-gretchen-whitmer-in-governors-race-poll%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=806574&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Whitmer-1.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>A new poll released Tuesday for the 2022 Michigan governor race shows former Detroit Police Chief James Craig with a six-point lead over incumbent Gretchen Whitmer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In the poll, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/thetrafalgargroup.org\/MI-Gov-Sept-Poll-Report.pdf\"><span>released<\/span><\/a><span> by the Trafalgar Group, 50.4% percent of respondents indicated that they would vote for Craig, 44.4% said Whitmer was their choice for governor, and 5.2% said that they were still undecided.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>According to the poll, 53.4% of respondents were Democrats, 35% Republicans, and 11.6% identified as Independents. Roughly 81.6% of those surveyed were white, 12.6 percent were black, 2 percent were Hispanic, and 1.5% were Asian. The most common age range polled were those between the ages of 45-64, this range came in at 37.9%.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Craig first announced his run for governor of Michigan in July on Tucker Carlson\u2019s show. In his announcement, he highlighted his record as Detroit Police Chief during the summer of 2020 in preventing riots.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThe best part, the last eight years here in Detroit, we know what happened last year. You know, when other cities were burning, we know that Portland, Seattle, Los Angeles, Chicago \u2014 but Detroit did not burn,\u201d Craig <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/07\/21\/former-detroit-police-chief-james-craig-michigan-governor-tucker-carlson-tonight\/\"><span>said<\/span><\/a><span> on the show.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>After appearing on Carlson\u2019s show, Craig, who had been police chief of Detroit for eight years, waited until last week to officially launch his campaign for governor.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>But before he even has the chance to take on Whitmer, he will need to make it past a number of other Republican candidates who are also seeking the party\u2019s nomination. <\/span><span>Other Republicans in the race <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/elections\/former-detroit-police-chief-enters-crowded-michigan-gubernatorial-race-n1279127\"><span>include<\/span><\/a><span> Detroit pastor Ralph Rebandt, anti-lockdown chiropractor Garrett Soldano, and conservative television host Tudor Dixon.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>During his announcement on September 14, Craig\u2019s kick-off speech was disrupted by rowdy protesters chanting anti-police slogans including \u201cNo justice, no peace, James Craig is still police\u201d and \u201cBlack Lives Matter.\u201d As Craig and his team were forced to leave, the Holland Sentinel <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollandsentinel.com\/story\/news\/politics\/government\/2021\/09\/14\/james-craig-governor-michigan-protests-detroit-will-breathe\/8332194002\/\"><span>reported<\/span><\/a><span> that the protesters flipped them off as well.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cMichiganders deserve competent, consistent leaders who will always put people before politics,\u201d Craig said in an <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/elections\/former-detroit-police-chief-enters-crowded-michigan-gubernatorial-race-n1279127\"><span>email<\/span><\/a><span>. \u201cI spent 44 years protecting and serving my community, including eight years as chief of police in Detroit, and I\u2019m prepared to lead from the front.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Craig has also come under fire from abortion activists after a secret recording showed that he would stop any effort to throw out Michigan\u2019s 1931 abortion ban, which could be reinstated if the Supreme Court decides to overturn Roe v. Wade.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>As the Detroit Metro Times <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.metrotimes.com\/news-hits\/archives\/2021\/09\/21\/secret-recording-captures-gubernatorial-candidate-craig-taking-extreme-position-on-abortion\"><span>noted<\/span><\/a><span>, Craig said that he would block any effort by state Democrats to repeal the abortion ban.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cJames Craig is unapologetically pro-life and opposes liberal efforts for abortion on demand, late-term abortions, and partial-birth abortions,\u201d his campaign said in a written statement.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i>member<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new poll released Tuesday for the 2022 Michigan governor race shows former Detroit Police Chief James Craig with a six-point lead over incumbent Gretchen Whitmer.In the poll, released by &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-806574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/806574","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=806574"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/806574\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=806574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=806574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=806574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}