After their historic loss at the polls on Nov. 8, conventional wisdom would point to the Michigan Republican Party taking a different path to achieve electoral success.
However, there is little indication that is happening.
Tudor Dixon, who was defeated by Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer by a nearly 11-point margin, and Matthew DePerno, who lost to Democratic Attorney General Dana Nessel by almost 9 points, are the two leading contenders to become the next chair of the Michigan Republican Party.
Dixon indicated she is considering a run, while DePerno made it official earlier this month before appearing with Garrett Soldano last week to announce that they would run as a ticket, with DePerno seeking the chair and Soldano as his co-chair.
Soldano, a Kalamazoo-area chiropractor, is another grassroots GOP favorite who lost to Dixon in the gubernatorial primary and briefly mulled a renegade lieutenant governor bid in August.
“I have a vision as to where we want to take the party,” said DePerno. “We have a plan as to how we create leadership, how we put a plan in place, how we activate, mobilize, and inspire the grassroots network and how we bring the grassroots to the establishment donors and how we bring the establishment to the grassroots, how we unite under one umbrella.”
Also in the running is Tuscola County Republican Party Chair Billy...
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