Snyder gives rousing defense of Brian Calley
By Paul Egan, Detroit Free Press | |
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The convention was awaiting results shortly after
"I would hope that everyone will get behind the results of today," Snyder told reporters as the 2,124 convention delegates voted shortly after
The convention vote capped a protracted battlle that featured a fight for precinct delegates and raucous disputes over the election of state convention delegates at some county conventions.
Earlier, Snyder gave an emphatic defense of Calley as he opened the
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"He's a strong conservative voice in our administration," Snyder shouted to the crowd. "We don't always see eye to eye, but he speaks up and we work as a team."
Nakagiri of
Many of Nakagiri's supporters shouted, "No," when Snyder said: "We need to keep Brian in this position."
Snyder touted his administration's record since Republicans swept all major statewide offices in 2010 and said: "Let's sweep again in 2014."
Snyder said jobs, personal income and population are all recovering. "We're hitting on all cylinders," and "this is not the time to go back to the past, to those old broken
State Republicans have repeatedly said a vote for the Democratic gubernatorial candidate, former congressman
Calley's wife Julie and Nakagiri's wife Donna gave nominating speeches for their husbands. U.S. Rep.
Calley and Nakagiri didn't address the convention before the voting, but each showed a campaign video, after which supporters marched around the convention hall waving placards.
Delegates are also formally nominating the party's candidates for statewide offices in the
The convention is also nominatingn candidates for the
Calley, a former state representative and banker from
"It sends a message to the governor," he said. "It would send a clear message to him that you need to start acting like a conservative."
"I like
Dr.
He said he is OK with Calley and likes the fact Calley is pro-life, as he is, but he's concerned about some of the positions Calley has taken and his role in the passage of the now-repealed Michigan Business Tax.
"I would prefer Wes," Forster said.
State Rep.
"I think there will be a lot of sound and fury and Calley will pull it out in the end," Heise said on the convention floor.
"Wheter you're moderate, libertarian or conservative in this party I think we're all conservatives and we need to pull together."
The other contentious Republican contest was for the
The other candidates are:
Three candidates competed for two ballot spots for the MSU Board of Trustees --
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