Michigan GOP statewide candidates stick to far-right message


              Kristina Karamo, the Republican nominee for Michigan's secretary of state, stops to talk with prominent election denier and former state Sen. Patrick Colbeck outside a rally for President Donald Trump in Warren, Mich., Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022. Colbeck attended the rally with MyPillow chief executive Mike Lindell. (AP Photo/Joey Cappelletti)
            
              Former President Donald Trump, left, brings Michigan Republican gubernatorial candidate Tudor Dixon onstage, during a rally at the Macomb Community College Sports & Expo Center in Warren, Mich., Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022. (Todd McInturf/Detroit News via AP)
            
              Kristina Karamo, the Republican nominee for Michigan's secretary of state, high fives prominent election denier and former state Sen. Patrick Colbeck outside a rally for President Donald Trump in Warren, Mich., Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022. (AP Photo/Joey Cappelletti)
            
              Supporters wait for former President Donald Trump to take the stage at his rally in Warren, Mich., Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022. MyPillow chief executive Mike Lindell and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., also spoke at the event. (AP Photo/Joey Cappelletti)
            
              Former President Donald Trump, left, listens to Michigan Republican gubernatorial candidate Tudor Dixon, during a rally at the Macomb Community College Sports & Expo Center in Warren, Mich., Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022. (Todd McInturf/Detroit News via AP)
            
              Former President Donald Trump, left, and Michigan Republican attorney general candidate Matt DePerno, right, listen as Michigan Republican secretary of state candidate Kristina Karamo addresses the crowd during a rally at the Macomb Community College Sports & Expo Center in Warren, Mich., Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022. With general election voting already underway in Michigan, Karamo stepped on stage as a warm-up act for Trump and hit hard on the main theme of her campaign -- repeating debunked assertions that the 2020 election was stolen from Trump. (Todd McInturf/Detroit News via AP)
            
              Reproductive Freedom for All leaders and supporters await the Michigan Board of Canvassers vote to send their initiative to the November ballot during a Friday, Sept. 9, 2022, meeting in Lansing, Mich. (Joey Cappelletti/Report for America via AP)