Saturday, June 22, 2024

Michigan Right to Life endorsements

Michigan Right to Life has just issued its endorsements for the 2024 primary.  RTL has influenced a significant number of Michigan primary voters, so its endorsements will decide some races.  Following the passage of a pro-abortion referendum, some candidates are moderating their positions on abortion, and a larger number of incumbents have not sought (or not obtained) the RTL endorsement.  It remains to be seen whether RTL will have as much sway as in past cycles.

RTL will recommend all candidates if they are all pro-life, but if there is a serious non-pro-life candidate, they will pick one pro-life candidate to endorse.  Their noteworthy endorsements are listed below.

https://rtl.org/get-involved/elections/endorsed-candidates/

No endorsements are listed for US Senate.

Congress: All Republican incumbents are endorsed.
3. Michael J. Markey
7. Tom Barrett

State house: All Republican incumbents are endorsed except Brad Paquette, Mike Harris, Donni Steele, Thomas Kuhn, Alicia St. Germaine, and Bryan Posthumus.  Steve Carra was endorsed after not being endorsed in previous cycles.  For seats that are open or have no pro-life incumbent, we have the following. 

27. Rylee Linting solely endorsed.
31. Dale Biniecki
34. Nancy Jenkins-Arno
35. all three endorsed
38. Kevin Whiteford solely endorsed.
44. Steve Frisbie solely endorsed.
48. both endorsed
58. Ron Robinson solely endorsed.
61. Robert Wojtowicz
64. Joseph G. Pavlov solely endorsed.
76. both endorsed
84. John Wetzel solely endorsed.
93. Tim Kelly
103. Katie Kniss solely endorsed.
109. Melody Wagner solely endorsed.

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