MeShawn Maddock talks about health of Michigan GOP and focus on 2022 elections
Meshawn Maddock, cochair of the Michigan Republican Party, is “laser” focused on getting more Republicans elected to public office in 2022 and bringing the party together.
Maddock, the Milford resident and outspoken supporter of the GOP on the local, state, and national levels, was elected co-chair of the state GOP on Feb. 6 with Ron Weiser, a University of Michigan regent, elected chair for the 20212022 term. She recently served as a
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A advisory board member. . In my first days as maintain a majority in Maddock also founded the co-chair of the Michigan the State House and Senate Walled Lake-based Michigan Republican Party, heading into the 2022 Conservative Coalition our immediate focus is elections? How will you and Michigan Women clear: We are building a work to recruit qualified for Trump groups. Her husband strong party infrastructure candidates for other offices in State Rep. Matt and working on a such as governor, attorney Maddock (R-Milford). roadmap to victory in general, secretary
In an email, Maddock 2022. Longer term, our of state, Supreme Court, spoke to MediaNews Group goal is to bring the party and Board of Education? Press about her goals for the together, to advocate for . What needs to be
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Michigan Republican Party, conservative values and . There is a lot of done to make the what needs to be done to to tackle the threat represented work before us—and I party healthier, stronger, strengthen the state GOP, by Whitmer and am confident we will prevail. and more united? and how she plans to recruit her far-left cronies. We We will need the help Republican for state will achieve our goals of our great base of Republicans and local office. through good policy, laser-like throughout the Here are her answers: focus and an energy state, who are more than reflected in our beliefs ready to maintain and about what makes build on our majority in Michigan and America the state House and Senate. great. There is no shortage
of great, qualified Republican
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. As co-chair of the Michigan Republican Party for 2021-2022, what are your goals and how
will you achieve them?
candidates to run for office. Stay tuned.
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. Do you believe that redistricting will help or hurt Republican candidates in future elections, including 2022? If so, how? If not, why not?
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. While we have . We will attract the House and Senate Republican best candidates the majorities, there way we always have: With is much to be done before a recognition of their conservative the map is expected to be values and leadership finalized, so we will have as well as by the effectiveness to wait and see how the of their policy citizen redistricting process ideas and track record of unfolds. success. More on this later.
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. How would you describe the state of the Republican Party at both the state and national level?
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. We are a party with great ideas and ideals, and we have the people and the passion to lead our state and nation to victory in 2022 and beyond.
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. We must recognize what unites us— our commitment to liberty and strong conservative values—and rivet our attention to the great task at hand: defeating the farleft officeholders.
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. How will the state party work to attract and recruit qualified and electable candidates heading into 2022? Where are you finding them? What has the party done to improve the quality of candidates?
Q. What is your reaction to Laura Cox’s “secret deal” claim that Chairman Ron Weiser paid Macomb County Republican Stan Grot $200,000 to drop out of the 2018 race for Secretary of State? What work did Grot perform that warranted those payments? Are there party documents available to prove his work was legitimate?
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. Laura is a failed party chair who desperately sought to hold onto her position and paycheck by making reckless and baseless allegations. Suffice it to say, Stan played a key role in organizing record turnout in Macomb County, a crucial area that is now a Republican stronghold.