Garrett Soldano leads fundraising among GOP candidates for governor Garrett Soldano (Facebook) and last updated 2021-07-26 21:42:18-04 LANSING, Mich. â Money and politics go hand in hand and all eyes in Michigan Monday were on quarterly campaign filings, showing for the first time how much cash those vying for the GOP nomination for governor are bringing in. WXMI Leading the pack is southwest Michigan anti-lockdown activist and chiropractor Garrett Soldano, who has raised nearly $625,000 since announcing his run in April. âThe greatest thing about this is the power of one can lead to the power of many,â said Soldano. âThat is all pure grass roots, no PAC money, no dark money, thatâs everybody's hard earned money. We've had over 10,000 donations come in and I think the stat was 94% were under $200. So that just tells you that it is pure grassroots and we're very proud of that."