MINNEAPOLIS – Police are investigating a shooting at a downtown Minneapolis light rail station Tuesday evening that left a teenager dead.
It happened at the METRO Blue Line’s Nicollet Mall Station at about 5:45 pm, promoting a shutdown in service that lasted until 8 pm
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MPD and Metro Transit officers responded to reports of shots fired and found the victim, a teenage boy, who was pronounced dead at the scene.
Surveillance footage led to the suspect’s arrest within an hour of the shooting. Police say it was a Metro Transit bus operator who recognized the person from the description and alerted officers.
Investigators believe the shooter and victim knew each other, and the victim was targeted. A single shell casing was found at the scene.
Dozens of Twins fans headed to the game had to get off the train at US Bank Stadium and walk to Target Field. They were naturally disturbed by what happened – this is the kind of thing that makes people reluctant to come downtown pic.twitter.com/UgF4jtisPV
While train service was stopped, masses of Minnesota Twins fans in jerseys and hats were dropped off to walk the rest of the way to Target Field. A lot of them were shaken. And for some, this makes them rethink how much time they want to spend downtown.
“I’ll come in on light rail, but at night if I don’t feel safe, we’ll go home on Uber,” said St. Paul resident Elaine Eyre. “We have that option to do that but not everybody does. And it’s just a shame for everybody involved, you know, that this is the situation.”
This is the city’s 53rd homicide of 2022, which has the city on pace for 90. Last year there were 97 homicides.
Anyone with information on this case can submit an anonymous tip online to Crime Stoppers, or call 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).
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RALEIGH, NC (AP) — A 911 call from air traffic controllers suggests that a co-pilot may have jumped from a damaged plane before the other pilot made an emergency landing in North Carolina, according to a recording of the call that was released Tuesday .
It’s been unclear exactly how or why Charles Hew Crooks, 23, exited the small cargo plane on Friday afternoon about 30 miles (48 kilometers) south of Raleigh-Durham International Airport. He did not have a parachute, and his body was found in a backyard in the town of Fuquay-Varina.
Two unnamed Federal Aviation Administration employees can be heard telling a 911 dispatcher that the plane was heading to the airport. The pilot onboard had apparently told them that his co-pilot had “jumped out of the aircraft,” news outlets reported.
“We have a pilot that was inbound to the field,” a controller told the 911 dispatcher, according to WRAL. “His co-pilot jumped out of the aircraft. He made impact to the ground and here are the coordinates.”
The call lasted about 13 minutes, with the controllers stating several times that the co-pilot had jumped.
Wake County Emergency Management Chief of Operations Darshan Patel said the initial 911 call prompted the search for Crooks.
The airplane sustained substantial damage to its landing gear and fuselage, according to preliminary information gathered by the National Transportation Safety Board. The investigation is ongoing.
An attorney who fought for acquittal in a different Wisconsin stabbing self-defense case finds challenges for both sides in Nick Miu’s case.
HUDSON, Wis. — Four people continue to recover after being stabbed on the Apple River over the weekend.
The suspect told police he acted in self-defense in the incident that killed 17-year-old Isaac Schuman.
And that’s had a lot of people asking: Does Nick Miu have a valid self-defense claim?
The details of what led up to the stabbing are complicated, and ultimately, it could come down to if Nick Mui had the opportunity to walk away before he began stabbing.
Details of the fatal Apple River stabbing — laid out in the criminal complaint — paint a chaotic picture.
“If I were his lawyer and were raising a self-defense claim, I would point out the fact that he, being called names, that he felt intimidated by multiple people — that he was somewhat surrounded or felt like he was surrounded. There’s certainly evidence, video evidence, of him being pushed, punched — things of that nature,” said Twin Cities defense attorney Eric Nelson.
Nelson successfully represented a client in a high-profile stabbing self-defense case in Wisconsin in 2015. The case ended in acquittal on all counts.
Nelson said the details in the Nick Miu case are more complex. And despite Miu having a self-defense claim, Nelson points out problems with that claim.
“The most notable thing, in my opinion, is there are several references [in the criminal complaint] to ‘route of egress,’ or his ability to flee the situation,” Nelson said.
According to the criminal complaint, video evidence “shows opportunity for Miu to leave the confrontation.”
Nelson said Wisconsin essentially has a duty for someone to retreat, if possible, before using deadly force.
There is another detail that would hurt a self-defense claim.
A woman involved in the confrontation told police “what started the physical assault was Miu punched the woman.”
“You can’t claim self-defense if you’re the first aggressor or you’re engaged in unlawful conduct that provokes another to assault you,” Nelson said.
That punch is apparently not caught on the bystander video, which is not publicly available.
Nelson predicts it will be a complicated trial.
“There’s a clear self-defense claim established. It’s not a perfect one. But also, the state’s going to have some problems with their case too,” Nelson said.
Miu still apparently has not hired an attorney. There is a short hearing scheduled Friday to determine what his plans are, then the next substantive court hearing is scheduled for Friday, Aug. 12.
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People living near Route 216 west of Highway 197 have been told to evacuate. An evacuation shelter is being set up at Dufur High School.
WASCO COUNTY, Ore. — Gov. Kate Brown has declared that a wildfire near Maupin now constitutes a conflagration, freeing up firefighting resources from throughout the state to help.
Evacuations have been underway west of Highway 197 near Maupin due to the fast-moving wildfire, the Wasco County Sheriff’s Office said.
The Miller Road Fire, alternatively referred to as the Juniper Flats Fire and Dodge Fire, has burned more than 1,000 acres west of Maupin, according to the latest update from Gov. Brown’s office. Fire officials say it was first spotted shortly before 1 pm on Tuesday.
Fire officials said that two airtankers, a heavy helicopter and two single-engine air tankers were involved in the initial response. With the Emergency Conflagration Act invoked, Brown’s office said that a Lane County task force pre-positioned in Deschutes County was now headed to the Maupin area.
“I have invoked the Emergency Conflagration Act to make more state resources available to the fire crews on the front lines in Wasco County at the Miller Road/Dodge Fire,” Brown said in a statement. “With many fires actively burning across the state and several weeks of peak fire season ahead of us, I am urging all Oregonians to be prepared and do their part to help prevent wildfires — just one spark can light a fire that will quickly spread.”
The Emergency Conflagration Act can be invoked under Oregon law when the governor determines that a “threat to life, safety and property exists” due to a fire, beyond the ability of local firefighters to control.
The Blue Incident Management Team from the Office of the State Fire Marshal will assume command of the fire Wednesday morning, Brown’s office said, bringing with it five more firefighter task forces from counties throughout Oregon. Agencies already on the scene include the Juniper Flats Fire District, Klickitat County Fire District from Washington state, and Hood River Fire.
Dodge/Miller Fire: Overnight 02/08 – 03/08 At this time all of the most recently updated evacuation orders (previous post, update 3) will remain in place through the night. Command will reassess conditions in the morning and we will update as needed. In the meantime, watch for emergency alerts or door-to-door notifications if conditions drastically change. Be attentive, be smart, and be safe!
Posted by Wasco County Sheriff’s Office on Tuesday, August 2, 2022
The Wasco County Sheriff’s Office has issued a series of fast-evolving evacuations for the area:
East from Victor Road and Walters Road along the north and south side of State Route 216 to Highway 197.
All of Tygh Valley Road, all of Fred Ashley Road, all of Davidson Grade Road.
East side of Highway 197, all of Oak Spring Road to State Route 216.
All of the city of Maupin, both sides of the Deschutes River.
State Route 216 is closed from Pine Grove to Highway 197.
An evacuation shelter is being set up at Dufur High School, the sheriff’s office said. The Dalles Riders Club is open for horses and the fairgrounds are open for both horses and livestock.
More information on the Miller Road Fire can be found on the Wasco County Sheriff’s Office Facebook page.
This story will be updated with more information as it becomes available.
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CLEAR CREEK COUNTY, Colo. (KDVR) — Human remains found in Clear Creek County have been identified as a woman last heard from in February, when she called 911 saying she was stuck in the snow.
Melinda Tafoya-Deltoro, 38, had been missing since Feb. 13, according to the Clear Creek County Sheriff’s Office. How she died is still under investigation.
Tafoya-Deltoro called 911 around 4:30 pm that day and said she was stuck in the snow in the Miner’s Candle area. Responding deputies found her vehicle from her.
But “an extensive search of the area at the time of her disappearance and in the following months showed no signs of the missing woman,” the Sheriff’s Office said.
Teams eventually found her body on June 4, as the snow melted.
FOX31 met Tafoya-Deltoro’s family in Lakewood days after her disappearance. They were looking for answers, saying they did not know why she was up in Clear Creek County in the first place and that she did not snowboard or ski.
Anyone with information on the case is asked to call 303-679-2354.
Trump enjoyed the chaos caused by his vague endorsement in the Missouri primary, per Rolling Stone.
Trump revealed in watching both candidates named Eric Duke it out, a source told the outlet.
The source said Trump “thought it was a thing of beauty” to see both parties claim the endorsement.
Former President Donald Trump privately revealed in the chaos sparked by the vague endorsement message he posted that appeared to support two Missouri GOP primary candidates named “Eric,” Rolling Stone reported on Tuesday.
The outlet spoke to a source close to Trump, who said the former president had enjoyed watching the candidates — Eric Greitens and Eric Schmitt — rush to claim the endorsement.
Per Rolling Stone, the source said that Trump “thought it was a thing of beauty and too goddamn funny” to watch the situation unfold.
On Monday, Trump appeared to endorse Greitens and Schmitt in a post on Truth Social but left it ambiguous about which “Eric” he was supporting.
“I trust the Great People of Missouri, on this one, to make up their own minds, much as they did when they gave me landslide victories in the 2016 and 2020 Elections, and I am therefore proud to announce that ERIC has my Complete and Full Endorsement!” Trump wrote in his post about him.
Schmitt, the state’s attorney general, and Greitens, a former governor, scrambled to assert that Trump was referring to them.
Politico reported that Trump’s strange endorsement was due to him having run out of time after imposing a deadline for himself to decide between Greitens and Schmitt.
Per the outlet, an unnamed third party had floated the suggestion that Trump could leave the statement ambiguous and endorse “Eric” without specifying a last name.
According to Politico’s sources, Trump went for the double endorsement after checking that both first names were identical.
Decision Desk has called the race for Schmitt, who at press time had pulled away from Greitens with a clear 45.7% of the vote compared to the latter’s 19.22%.
Greitens’ defeat could represent a victory from factions of the GOP who did not want the MAGA-linked candidate to win his race.
Missouri Republicans, for one, ran attack ads against Greitens, who was accused of blackmail by a woman with whom he had an affair, and of domestic abuse by his ex-wife.
Trump’s endorsement record has come under scrutiny amid the GOP midterm primaries, particularly following the bombshell testimonies heard during the January 6 hearings about the former president’s conduct on the day of the Capitol riot.
High-profile GOP figures like former Vice President Mike Pence and Sen. Ted Cruz also appear to have broken away from the former president by throwing their weight behind opponents of Trump-backed candidates.
However, a Trump endorsement still appears to hold some sway among the ranks of the MAGA-faithful.
Former Trumpworld loyalist Mo Brooks, for one, unsuccessfully appealed for Trump’s re-endorsement Trump to re-endorse him. This was after Trump rescinded his backing of Brooks in March, saying the congressman “went woke” over the 2020 election.
In May, Trump claimed that his endorsement record was “unparalleled” and that Republican candidates should fear him and fall in line. However, Trump appears to have a habit of endorsing candidates who would win anyway, while his riskier picks like JD Vance and Dr. Mehmet Oz have enraged some of his supporters of him.
BURLINGTON, Wis. — After months of toying with Robin Vos, who as the speaker of the Wisconsin Assembly is the most powerful Republican in state politics, former President Donald J. Trump endorsed Mr. Vos’s long-shot primary challenger on Tuesday in a futile effort to push the state’s Republicans to decertify the results of the 2020 election.
Mr. Trump backed Adam Steen, a largely unknown and underfunded far-right Republican who said he would aim to claw back the state’s 10 Electoral College votes from 2020 — a legal impossibility — and enact sweeping changes to the state’s voting laws.
Mr. Steen’s far-right views are not limited to elections. He is opposed to all abortions under any circumstances and he said in an interview on Monday that he would seek to make contraception illegal in Wisconsin.
“This is way deeper than a political discussion. This is a moral issue,” he said. “To me, you’re ending a life. Yes, I would definitely outlaw contraception.”
In his endorsement message, Mr. Trump blamed Mr. Vos for blocking efforts to conduct a “full cyber forensic audit” of the 2020 election and said he had “refused to do anything to right the wrongs that were done.”
“Speaker Vos had 17 years to prove to Wisconsin residents that he has their best interest in mind, but even in his own campaign efforts, Vos has tried to mislead his constituents, sending out mailers that feature a picture he took with me — trying to make voters believe I am a Vos supporter, which I am not,” Mr. Trump said. “I do not come close to supporting him.”
Mr. Steen, 38, is running on a platform that echoes the former president’s election grievances. He said that if Mr. Vos, who has been Wisconsin’s Assembly speaker for a decade, were removed from office, new leadership would be more amenable to holding a decertification vote, which Mr. Vos has blocked on grounds that it is impossible to decertify the results of a past election.
“I would have voted to pull back our electors because fraud vitiates everything,” Mr. Steen said in the interview on Monday, using a phrase common on the far right among those seeking to overturn past election results. “When you’re looking at the fact that we have an election that has lots of questions, I’d say, ‘Why, why?’ Could you tell me why Robin doesn’t want to look at it? I don’t know.”
Mr. Steen’s voting platform also includes limiting voting to a single day at in-person precincts. He said he would forbid all absentee and early voting except for a limited number of active military members and older adults who are confined to their homes.
Mr. Vos did not respond to interview requests. His spokeswoman said he would not be available to comment until after Wisconsin’s Aug. 9 primary.
The suspect involved in an unprovoked attack on a 59-year-old Asian woman in New York City on Sunday has been arrested and charged with a hate crime, police said.
The NYPD arrested Anthony Evans, 30, on Tuesday in Manhattan and charged him with assault as a hate crime and criminal possession of a weapon.
The woman was pulling a shopping cart behind her when a man, believed to be Evans, approached her and sliced her hand with a boxcutter on 42nd Street near Times Square before running off, police said.
The woman is so frightened by the attack that she won’t leave her home, she told ABC News New York station WABC, adding that the attack caused heavy bleeding.
Surveillance video shows the alleged assailant in an incident where a woman was slashed with a box cutter in an while she was walking in Midtown Manhattan, New York, July 31, 2022.
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Year-to-date, hate crimes in New York City are up 13.3%, according to crime data from the NYPD.
On Sunday, a 70-year-old Asian woman was attacked by four people in the lobby of a San Francisco housing complex, according to the San Francisco Police Department.
The woman said the four suspects began talking to her but did not understand her because of a language barrier, the SFPD told ABC News.
The four suspects, described by cops as juveniles, followed her into the building, attacked her, stole her belongings and left the scene, police told ABC News.
The woman exclusively told ABC News San Francisco station KGO that the alleged assailants came back, attacked her and stole her keys.
Arrests have not been made and an investigation is ongoing, SFPD said in a statement.
Still, Trump’s chosen candidate for Arizona secretary of state, Mark Finchem, has maintained a lead. He’s a poster child for election deniers, and he could conceivably win in November should he clinch the nomination.
One win was the most technical yet: Trump announced late Monday that “ERIC has my complete and total endorsement!” It left voters to make up their minds as both Senate “ERIC” candidates rushed to thank Trump. In the end, state attorney general Eric Schmitt came out with the victory, much to the relief of top Republicans nationwide.
The former president also endorsed more down ballot candidates in Michigan than anywhere else, making good on his promise from when he visited the state in April: “This is not just about 2022… This is about making sure Michigan is not rigged and stolen again in 2024.”
Arizona wins so far
AZ04
Rep. Paul Gosar
Won with 64 percent of the vote. I have voted to overturn 2020 election results.
Trump endorsed the incumbent representative the day after Gosar’s chamber passed a resolution to remove the congressman from committee assignments for posting an anime video appearing to attack Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and President Joe Biden.
Gosar has been on the margins within the House this year, even gaining rebuke from House minority leader Kevin McCarthy for speaking at a white nationalist event in March. But Trump said the congressman “he has been a loyal supporter of our America First agenda, and even more importantly, the USA.”
AZ08
Rep. Debbie Lesko
Unopposed. She voted to overturn 2020 election results.
Still pending in Arizona
Kari Lake (governor)
abraham hamadeh (Attorney General)
Mark Finchem (Secretary of State)
Blake Masters (Senate)
David Schweiker (AZ01)
Eli Crane (AZ02)
wendy rogers (State Senate District 7)
Rob Scantlebury (State Senate District 9)
David Farnsworth (State Senate District 10)
Anthony Kern (State Senate District 27)
Janae Shamp (State Senate District 29)
Kansas wins
GOVERNOR
Derek Schmidt
Won with around 81 percent of the vote.
SENATE
Jerry Moran
Won with around 81 percent of the vote.
KS01
Rep. Tracey Mann
Unopposed. She voted to overturn 2020 election results.
missouri wins
MO03
Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer
Won with 70 percent of the vote. I have voted to overturn 2020 election results.
MO06
Rep. Sam Graves
Won with 76 percent of the vote.
MO08
Rep. Jason Smith
Won with 82 percent of the vote. I have voted to overturn 2020 election results.
Michigan wins so far
GOVERNOR
Tudor Dixon
Won with around 40 percent of the vote.
Trump gave a last-minute endorsement to Dixon last week, ahead of an already competitive and chaotic gubernatorial election, in which five contenders were disqualified and one was charged with misdemeanors related to the Jan. 6 riots. By the time Trump got involved, two of the front-runners had been removed from the race and Dixon had already attracted high-profile supporters, including former Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos’ family.
Even so, Trump credited himself with boosting his campaign “like a rocket ship.”
“When I met Tudor Dixon, she was not well known, but I could tell she had something very special,” he said in his endorsement.
ATTORNEY GENERAL
Matthew DePerno
Not chosen by a primary vote — expected to receive the party’s nomination at a convention later in August.
SECRETARY OF STATE
kristina karamo
Not chosen by a primary vote — expected to receive the party’s nomination at a convention later in August.
Karamo, who is part of the same coalition of secretary of state hopefuls as Finchem, gained prominence as a poll challenger in 2020 after claiming Michigan’s election machines were fraudulent. Trump said Karamo was strong on crime, adding, “Good luck, Kristina, and while you’re at it, check out the Fake Election results that took place in the city of Detroit.”
MI02
Rep. Bill Huizenga
Unopposed.
MI03
John Gibbs
Won with around 53 percent of the vote.
Gibbs, Trump’s former director of the Office of Personnel Management, faced a key rival: Rep. Peter Meijer, one of 10 House Republicans who voted in favor of impeachment.
As the congressman’s poll numbers dropped for his vote decision, Gibbs was able to overcome Meijer’s household name status and funding. Unlike Meijer, the “terrible representative of the Republican Party… [Gibbs] will not turn his back on Michigan,” Trump said in his endorsement.
MI04
Rep. John Moolenaar
Won with 65 percent of the vote.
MI07
Rep. Tim Walberg
Won with 67 percent of the vote. I have voted to overturn 2020 election results.
MI09
Lisa McClain
Won with 79 percent of the vote.
MI10
John James
Won with 87 percent of the vote.
STATE HOUSE DISTRICT 36
Steve Carra
Won with 40 percent of the vote.
state senate district 17
Jonathan Lindsay
Won with 61 percent of the vote.
state house district 51
matt maddock
Unopposed.
Still pending in Michigan
Mike Detmer (State Senate District 22)
Rachelle Smith (State House District 43)
Jackie Eubanks (State House District 63)
Kevin Rathbun (State House District 71)
jon rocha (Write in candidate—State House District 78)
angela riga (State House District 79)
mike hoadley (State House District 99)
Still pending in Washington
joe kent (WA03)
loren culp (WA04)
ICYMI: A Maryland win on July 19
GOVERNOR
Daniel Cox
Won with 52 percent of the vote.
Cox is a former state delegate who chartered buses for the Jan. 6 Capitol riot and regularly promoted Trump’s stolen election theories.
His win was a blow to the state GOP’s moderate wing and its ability to influence Maryland voters. But it was especially sweet for Trump, who backed Cox over term-limited Gov. Larry Hogan’s pick, Kelly Schulz. They all have history: Hogan repeatedly criticized Trump while he was in office, while Cox attempted to impeach the Maryland governor in February.
Trump took a hit at both Hogan and Schulz in a statement before the July 19 election, asking voters to “Get rid of Shutdown RINO Larry Hogan who is trying to get another RINO into office, Kelly Schulz.”
Still, Trump’s chosen candidate for Arizona secretary of state, Mark Finchem, has maintained a lead. He’s a poster child for election deniers, and he could conceivably win in November should he clinch the nomination.
One win was the most technical yet: Trump announced late Monday that “ERIC has my complete and total endorsement!” It left voters to make up their minds as both Senate “ERIC” candidates rushed to thank Trump. In the end, state attorney general Eric Schmitt came out with the victory, much to the relief of top Republicans nationwide.
The former president also endorsed more down ballot candidates in Michigan than anywhere else, making good on his promise from when he visited the state in April: “This is not just about 2022… This is about making sure Michigan is not rigged and stolen again in 2024.”
Arizona wins so far
AZ04
Rep. Paul Gosar
Won with 64 percent of the vote. I have voted to overturn 2020 election results.
Trump endorsed the incumbent representative the day after Gosar’s chamber passed a resolution to remove the congressman from committee assignments for posting an anime video appearing to attack Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and President Joe Biden.
Gosar has been on the margins within the House this year, even gaining rebuke from House minority leader Kevin McCarthy for speaking at a white nationalist event in March. But Trump said the congressman “he has been a loyal supporter of our America First agenda, and even more importantly, the USA.”
AZ08
Rep. Debbie Lesko
Unopposed. She voted to overturn 2020 election results.
Still pending in Arizona
Kari Lake (governor)
abraham hamadeh (Attorney General)
Mark Finchem (Secretary of State)
Blake Masters (Senate)
David Schweiker (AZ01)
Eli Crane (AZ02)
wendy rogers (State Senate District 7)
Rob Scantlebury (State Senate District 9)
David Farnsworth (State Senate District 10)
Anthony Kern (State Senate District 27)
Janae Shamp (State Senate District 29)
Kansas wins
GOVERNOR
Derek Schmidt
Won with around 81 percent of the vote.
SENATE
Jerry Moran
Won with around 81 percent of the vote.
KS01
Rep. Tracey Mann
Unopposed. She voted to overturn 2020 election results.
missouri wins
MO03
Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer
Won with 70 percent of the vote. I have voted to overturn 2020 election results.
MO06
Rep. Sam Graves
Won with 76 percent of the vote.
MO08
Rep. Jason Smith
Won with 82 percent of the vote. I have voted to overturn 2020 election results.
Michigan wins so far
GOVERNOR
Tudor Dixon
Won with around 40 percent of the vote.
Trump gave a last-minute endorsement to Dixon last week, ahead of an already competitive and chaotic gubernatorial election, in which five contenders were disqualified and one was charged with misdemeanors related to the Jan. 6 riots. By the time Trump got involved, two of the front-runners had been removed from the race and Dixon had already attracted high-profile supporters, including former Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos’ family.
Even so, Trump credited himself with boosting his campaign “like a rocket ship.”
“When I met Tudor Dixon, she was not well known, but I could tell she had something very special,” he said in his endorsement.
ATTORNEY GENERAL
Matthew DePerno
Not chosen by a primary vote — expected to receive the party’s nomination at a convention later in August.
SECRETARY OF STATE
kristina karamo
Not chosen by a primary vote — expected to receive the party’s nomination at a convention later in August.
Karamo, who is part of the same coalition of secretary of state hopefuls as Finchem, gained prominence as a poll challenger in 2020 after claiming Michigan’s election machines were fraudulent. Trump said Karamo was strong on crime, adding, “Good luck, Kristina, and while you’re at it, check out the Fake Election results that took place in the city of Detroit.”
MI02
Rep. Bill Huizenga
Unopposed.
MI03
John Gibbs
Won with around 53 percent of the vote.
Gibbs, Trump’s former director of the Office of Personnel Management, faced a key rival: Rep. Peter Meijer, one of 10 House Republicans who voted in favor of impeachment.
As the congressman’s poll numbers dropped for his vote decision, Gibbs was able to overcome Meijer’s household name status and funding. Unlike Meijer, the “terrible representative of the Republican Party… [Gibbs] will not turn his back on Michigan,” Trump said in his endorsement.
MI04
Rep. John Moolenaar
Won with 65 percent of the vote.
MI07
Rep. Tim Walberg
Won with 67 percent of the vote. I have voted to overturn 2020 election results.
MI09
Lisa McClain
Won with 79 percent of the vote.
MI10
John James
Won with 87 percent of the vote.
STATE HOUSE DISTRICT 36
Steve Carra
Won with 40 percent of the vote.
state senate district 17
Jonathan Lindsay
Won with 61 percent of the vote.
state house district 51
matt maddock
Unopposed.
Still pending in Michigan
Mike Detmer (State Senate District 22)
Rachelle Smith (State House District 43)
Jackie Eubanks (State House District 63)
Kevin Rathbun (State House District 71)
jon rocha (Write in candidate—State House District 78)
angela riga (State House District 79)
mike hoadley (State House District 99)
Still pending in Washington
joe kent (WA03)
loren culp (WA04)
ICYMI: A Maryland win on July 19
GOVERNOR
Daniel Cox
Won with 52 percent of the vote.
Cox is a former state delegate who chartered buses for the Jan. 6 Capitol riot and regularly promoted Trump’s stolen election theories.
His win was a blow to the state GOP’s moderate wing and its ability to influence Maryland voters. But it was especially sweet for Trump, who backed Cox over term-limited Gov. Larry Hogan’s pick, Kelly Schulz. They all have history: Hogan repeatedly criticized Trump while he was in office, while Cox attempted to impeach the Maryland governor in February.
Trump took a hit at both Hogan and Schulz in a statement before the July 19 election, asking voters to “Get rid of Shutdown RINO Larry Hogan who is trying to get another RINO into office, Kelly Schulz.”
