Paul Junge gained the GOP main for Michigan’s eighth Congressional District, securing the Republican nomination. He’ll now transfer on in hopes of changing retiring Democrat Rep. Dan Kildee.
Junge defeated Mary Draves and Anthony Hudson with 73%, when the race was known as by the Related Press.
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Rep. Dan Kildee is leaving Congress on the finish of the present time period
Junge, who twice ran unsuccessfully for the eighth Congressional District seat, served within the Division of Homeland Safety in the course of the administration of former President Donald Trump and was an investigative counsel for Senate Judiciary Committee chair Sen. Chuck Grassley.
He ran the 2024 marketing campaign on preventing in opposition to inflation and the border disaster, citing the opioid epidemic for “devastating forgotten communities.”
“Stopping the rising cost of goods and improving the economy for working families is a top priority to my campaign,” Junge instructed the Midland Every day Information. “Equally as important, I will fight to stop the flow of illegal immigrants and poisonous synthetic opioids across our southern border, which are devastating forgotten communities across our state and across our country.”
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Draves, who runs an auto restore enterprise along with her husband, argued for power independence and border security in the course of the marketing campaign.
“The United States was energy independent when President Trump was in office, meaning we were a net exporter of energy. If we have enough energy here, we don’t have to rely on foreign sources for energy and then we can innovate and grow our businesses here,” Draves instructed the Midland Every day Information. “The number one thing we need to do is stop the influx of illegal immigrants coming into this country and the flow of fentanyl over our border. A strong America is a safe America and a prosperous America.”
GOP Congressional candidate Mary Draves. (Draves marketing campaign)
Hudson, a native of Texas and an Military veteran, was making his second bid to symbolize the eighth Congressional District and ran a marketing campaign centered round border safety and jobs.
“I am just the average, everyday American citizen that is upset with where our country is headed and wants to run for office so that we can make the positive change that is necessary,” Hudson instructed the Midland Every day Information. “I want to help in getting people to move back to the state of Michigan by bringing jobs to Michigan and be on the front lines of fighting all these Chinese companies that (Gov.) Gretchen Whitmer wants to bring into our state.”
Democratic Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer speaks at a United Auto Staff rally, Detroit, Sept. 15, 2023. (AP Picture/Paul Sancya, file)
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Jung will now face the winner of the Democratic main, through which three candidates will search to switch Kildee.
Kildee has represented Michigan’s eighth Congressional District since 2012, however introduced he wouldn’t run for re-election final November.
