LANSING, Mich. (Michigan News Source) – A judge declined to put former Detroit police chief James Craig on the Republican ballot for Michigan governor.
Craig is the third candidate to lose a court challenge after the Bureau of Elections said fraudulent signatures appeared on several campaign petitions and kept those candidates from meeting the 15,000-signature threshold.
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Court of Claims Judge Elizabeth Gleicher said she must abide by a Michigan appeals court decision that kept two other Republicans, Perry Johnson, and Michael Markey, off the Aug. 2 ballot.
Five other Republican candidates will appear on the primary ballot. They are Tudor Dixon, Ryan Kelley, Ralph Rebandt, Kevin Rinke, and Garrett Soldano.
The winner will face Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in November.
