Credit Lester Graham / Michigan Radio
There will be a new Republican serving on the bipartisan state board that certifies election results – most recently President-elect Joe Biden’s Michigan victory last November. Governor Gretchen Whitmer – a Democrat – selected Tony Daunt from a list submitted by the Michigan Republican Party.
Daunt is the executive director of the Freedom Fund, a conservative foundation with ties to the DeVos family.
If confirmed, Daunt will replace Aaron Van Langevelde. He was not re-nominated to serve by the Michigan Republican Party, which submitted a list of three names for Whitmer to choose from.
It was Van Langevelde’s vote that allowed President-elect Joe Biden’s Michigan victory to be formalized.
“Jeanette wouldn’t let me not come,” her mate Mike Teka joked. Lex had fond memories of the venue, where he used to visit to play dominoes in his younger days. “We used to have so much fun, we didn’t want to go back to Invercargill,” he recalled.
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Jeanette Bradshaw, third from left, got a group from Invercargill together to celebrate Christmas at the community lunch in Winton. With her, from left, are Michael Johns, Kay Johns, Lex Bradshaw, Mike Heka, and Richie Percival. Sitting one table over, Tere Webb was celebrating Christmas with her son, daughter-in-law and three grandchildren; after attending a service at the church in the morning.