| And update from YAF Watch on YAF member activites. In the primaries three YAFers ran for office, with two earning Republican positions, one internal, one for public office. Read full story at Michigan Messenger and YAF Watch. Former YAF Chair Kyle Bristow was elected to a seat be a Republican Pecinct delegate. This is a win not only for Bristow, but for Michigan Republican Party State Chair Saul Anuzis, who calls Bristow "exactly the kind of kid we want" Dennis Lennox considered a run for the state house, but instead ran for the Republican Primary for drain commisioner for Cheyboygan county in an uncontested race. From the Traverse City Record Eagle "There are two candidates for drain commissioner, a four-year position, including incumbent Democrat John Pietrangelo and Republican challenger Dennis Lennox. " Democratic incumbency and Lennox's lack of any experience in environmental engineering should make this a win for Piterangelo.
Tyler Whitney, one of the YAF participants in the anti-gay rally in Lansing who later came out, came in fourth out of five in a Republican primary race for commissioner in Bath Township. |
