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GOP push to defeat Whitmer threatened by candidates’ baggage

Michigan Republican candidates for governor Ryan Kelley, of Allendale, left, and Garrett Soldano, of Mattawan, appear at a debate in Grand Rapids, Mich., Wednesday, July 6, 2022. (Michael Buck/WOOD TV8 via AP) FILE - Michigan Republican candidate for governor Garrett Soldano, of Mattawan, appears at a debate in Grand Rapids, Mich., July 6, 2022. The Republican primary for Michigan governor is shaping up as a battle of whose personal baggage is the least disqualifying. (Michael Buck/WOOD TV8 via AP, File) Michigan Republican candidates for governor Tudor Dixon, of Norton Shores and Kevin Rinke, of Bloomfield Township, appear at a debate in Grand Rapids, Mich., Wednesday, July 6, 2022. (Michael Buck/WOOD TV8 via AP) FILE - Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Mich., speaks during a news conference in Lansing, Mich., Jan. 25, 2022. The Republican primary for Michigan 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 nature of the Aug. 2 contest could hobble the party’s effort to defeat Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File) FILE - Michigan Republican candidate for governor Tudor Dixon, of Norton Shores, appears at a debate in Grand Rapids, Mich., July 6, 2022. The Republican primary for Michigan governor is shaping up as a battle of whose personal baggage is the least disqualifying. (Michael Buck/WOOD TV8 via AP, File) FILE - Michigan Republican candidate for governor Ryan Kelley, of Allendale, appears at a debate in Grand Rapids, Mich., July 6, 2022. The Republican primary for Michigan governor is shaping up as a battle of whose personal baggage is the least disqualifying.(Michael Buck/WOOD TV8 via AP, FIle) FILE - Michigan Republican candidate for governor Kevin Rinke, of Bloomfield Township, appears at a debate in Grand Rapids, Mich., July 6, 2022. The Republican primary for Michigan governor is shaping up as a battle of whose personal baggage is the least disqualifying. (Michael Buck/WOOD TV8 via AP, File) FILE - Michigan Republican candidates for governor Ryan Kelley, of Allendale, from left, Garrett Soldano, of Mattawan, Tudor Dixon, of Norton Shores and Kevin Rinke, of Bloomfield Township, appear at a debate in Grand Rapids, Mich., July 6, 2022. (Michael Buck/WOOD TV8 via AP, File)