Laura Cox reenters Michigan GOP chair race, accuses Ron Weiser of ‘secret’ payments
Updated Feb 07, 2021;
Posted Feb 04, 2021
Michigan Republican Party Chairman Laura Cox speaks during the Keep America Great Rally at 215 Central Ave., Holland, Mich., on Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2019. (Cory Morse | MLive.com)
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LANSING, MI - Laura Cox is back on the ballot in the race for Michigan Republican Party chair, entering the fray days before Saturday’s election.
The current party chair went in swinging at Ron Weiser, a two-time former party chair who was previously considered the presumptive incoming co-chair alongside 11th District GOP Chair Meshawn Maddock. Cox sent an email to activists alleging that Weiser in 2018 made a “secret deal” involving a $200,000 payment to convince a political candidate to bow out of a race.
by Allan Lengel Michigan Republican Party Chair Laura Cox is accusing her predecessor and
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facto successor of using $200,000 of party funds to pay a candidate not to run for secretary of state in 2018, claiming it s a potential campaign finance law violation. In an explosive letter Thursday to state Republican committee members obtained by Deadline Detroit, Cox alleges former chair Ron Weiser of arranging payments totaling $200,000 to Shelby Township Clerk Stan Grot to skip a statewide campaign three years ago. The letter comes two days before the state party convention and highlights division in the party at a time when the national GOP is similarly split.