In Michigan, a Swing State, Gubernatorial Race Looks Like Lost Cause for GOP

Whitmer was able to effectively create a public image of her opponent that Dixon ‘did not have the ability to counteract.’

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Abortion rights protesters attend a rally outside the state Capitol at Lansing, Michigan, on June 24, 2022. AP/Paul Sancya, file

The Republican nominee for governor of Michigan, Tudor Dixon, is being left behind as Governor Whitmer’s campaign buries her in negative ads and surges in the polls in what is normally considered a swing state.

In 2020, President Biden narrowly carried the Great Lake State, defeating President Trump by 51 percent to 49 percent. Now, polling from the Detroit Free Press and EPIC-MRA is showing the Democratic governor with a 16-point lead.

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