Dan Benishek appears to be damaged goods and I hope he retires. His empty promises have put this seat in jeopardy unnecessarily.
“Johnson, 44, has a home in Kalkaska with his wife, Juliana Smoot, a Democratic fundraiser who served as deputy manager for President Barack Obama’s 2012 re-election campaign.
He ran for the state House out of Kalkaska in 2012 but lost to incumbent Republican Rep. Bruce Rendon by around 2,500 votes. He’s raised his profile considerably since that time, however.”
This Johnson fellow won’t beat Benishek unless Benishek *really* messes up. Yes, the MI-01 was uncomfortably close in 2012, but it still is a conservative distirct (particularly on sociaal issues). And like 45% or so of the district’s voters live in the Upper Peninsula, and Yoopers won’t vote for someone from Kalkaska against a Yooper like Benishek. In fact, the RATs already ran someone from Kalkaska (a retired general and former county sheriff no less) in 2014 and Benishek won by 7%.
What broken promises? Something besides the term limit thing that I doubt many people care about? That would be a broken promise, singular, one that he shouldn’t have ever made.
Why do so many people hate this guy? Rational people I mean, not people mad that he “voted for Boner”, his party’s unopposed nominee for Speaker.
Anyway, as Auh2 said, a non-Yooper rat ain’t likely to win.