Tea party candidate Kerry Bentivolio won the GOP primary in Michigan’s 11th District after trouncing a write-in challenge from party establishment pick, former state Sen. Nancy Cassis.
Tea party candidate Kerry Bentivolio won the GOP primary in Michigan’s 11th District after trouncing a write-in challenge from party establishment pick, former state Sen. Nancy Cassis.
What was set to be an uneventful re-coronation of U.S. Rep. Thaddeus McCotter during Michigan’s August 7 primary has suddenly become a competitive race between a political outsider and a last minute write-in candidacy vetted by the Republican party establishment.