Paul Junge has clawed his way out of the crowded Republican primary in Michigan’s eighth congressional district. The Republican will face off against freshman Democrat Elissa Slotkin in November.
After narrowly leading grassroots conservative Mike Detmer for most of the night, Paul Junge pulled ahead in the race for Michigan’s eighth congressional district.
The district is heavily gerrymandered and stretches across Ingham, Oakland, and Livingston counties. Junge won over voters in Ingham and Oakland counties but lost to Mike Detmer in deep red Livingston county.
“You know I never expected I was going to win 50 % of the vote, so I feel very good about the fact that we got strong support in all three counties of the district,” said Junge.
The former TV anchor will go up against Congresswoman Elissa Slotkin who flipped the district from red to blue in 2018 after President Trump carried the district in 2016.