This past weekend the MIGOP held their state convention in Lansing to elect a new party chair to replace the outgoing chair, Ron Weiser.
After three rounds of voting, by the 2000+ delegates, a victoress emerged from the crowded field of candidates - Kristina Karamo - who ran for Secretary of State and championed election integrity.
Emmet County's Bob Wiley, who attended the convention as an alternate delegate and served as an 'official' observer, wrote: "In District 1, Kristina won on the first ballot by 4 votes over [Matt] DePerno. On the second ballot she beat DePerno by 11 votes. On the third and final vote, she won by 23 votes, in District 1.
So went District 1, so went the convention vote ... Kristina beat DePerno by 16% points.
I am very happy for Kristina that she had a decisive victory. This signals a clear changing of the guard in the Republican Party. Hallelujah!!!"
Here's WoodTV capturing a portion of Kristina's fiery nominating speech. (Dr. Wiley appears at around the 2:40 mark.)
Congratulations to Kristina and the rest of the team who have much work to do in the coming months to rebuild and fundraise. We wish them well!
Replying to lynnhyattbrown: I suspect most Democrats, many RINOs, and some mainstream Republicans would agree with your opinion. Informed Michigan Republicans celebrated her victory, just like the majority of the delegates in Lansing. In the final one-on-one ballot, she beat Matt DePerno by 16 percentage points. Most patriotic Republicans feel that the Michigan election system is broken and that the 2020 and 2022 elections were fraudulent. Many Republicans, like myself, believe that election integrity is the number one issue. Kristina convinced the delegates that she could not only grow the party, but that she would also be the best one to lead the way for Michigan on the path to free and honest elections. When I went to Lansing f…
This is horrible news. Now all rational reasonable people will leave the GOP, candidate quality will get worse, and nobody will win. Why would anyone think a person who lost state election BIG would be a good leader? Cripe!