GOP push to defeat Whitmer threatened by candidates' baggage
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By BRIAN SLODYSKO, SARA BURNETT and THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) _ A leading contender for the Republican nomination for governor in Michigan was sued in the 1990s, accused of using racial slurs about Black people in the workplace and sexually harassing his employees.
One of his rivals pleaded not guilty in federal court on Thursday to misdemeanor charges after authorities said he rallied Donald Trump's supporters to storm the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 insurrection. Another candidate is a chiropractor and self-help guru who hawked supplements he falsely claimed treated COVID-19.
And even the contender who has garnered mainstream support had an ``admittedly lame'' hobby acting in low-budget horror pictures, one of which included a zombie biting off a man's genitals.
In one of the most politically consequential states in the U.S., the Republican primary for governor is shaping up as a battle of whose personal baggage is the least disqualifying. In an otherwise favorable election year for Republicans, the spectacle surrounding the Aug. 2 contest could hobble the party's effort to defeat Democratic incumbent Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in the fall.
``Whitmer can attack every one of them,'' said Bernie Porn, a Lansing-based pollster with...
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