Trump fatigue looms large in west Michigan, once a conservative stronghold

In what was once a wellspring of conservatism, two congressional candidates in west Michigan are fighting over the center lane.

First-term U.S. Rep. Hillary Scholten is the first Democrat to represent Grand Rapids in Congress in nearly 40 years, pitching herself as a heterodox voice more interested in issues than partisan politics.

Her Republican challenger, attorney Paul Hudson, promises to exemplify traditional Republican values while avoiding the thrall of the Make America Great Again movement that has seized his own party.

till, in interviews with Bridge, both sought to draw their opponent into the presidential fracas that could decide down-ticket races, including battles for the state and U.S. House.

Hudson called Scholten a “rubber stamp” for President Joe Biden in Congress, while Scholten said Hudson is ready to take marching orders from former President Donald Trump.



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