MI-GOV: Gretchen Whitmer pulls way ahead in latest primary poll

[RandySF]

A new poll released by Michigan Information & Research Service (MIRS) shows Gretchen Whitmer pulling ahead of Shri Thanedar and Abdul El-Sayed in the race for the Democratic nomination for governor.

MIRS found Whitmer polling at 40 percent, while Thanedar and El-Sayed landed at 19 and 17 percent, respectively. MIRS polled 400 Democratic voters over the phone — 28 percent of the calls went to cell phones — between June 24 and June 26.

That represents a huge swing from polling in early May, which put Thanedar ahead by a small margin. Since then, Whitmer has begun running television ads, and multiple stories questioned Thanedar's progressive credentials. He and El-Sayed are viewed as more progressive than Whitmer, and they appear to be splitting that vote, to a degree.

On the Republican side, MIRS found Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette leading Lt. Governor Brian Calley by a margin of 45 percent to 16 percent.

MIRS also asked 800 voters from both parties and independents who are likely to cast a ballot in the general election who they would choose in head-to-head match ups between Thanedar and Scheutte, and Whitmer and Schuette. That found Schuette at 37 percent in both surveys, and Whitmer and Thanedar at 42 and 40 percent, respectively.

The primary will be held on Aug. 7.


https://www.metrotimes.com/news-hits/archives/2018/07/02/gretchen-whitmer-pulls-way-ahead-in-latest-governors-race-poll

[Cha]

1. KR!

[Hortensis]

2. :) "Fix the Damn Roads" Gretchen Whitmer.

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[RandySF]

3. Thanedar fought an effort to place over 170 dogs and monkeys at his shuttered lab into sanctuaries.

Businessman Shri Thanedar has been weathering accusations of animal neglect after HuffPost reported Wednesday that animal welfare groups had to rescue over 170 dogs and monkeys months after the Oxford, New Jersey, facility shut down in 2010.

On Thursday, the candidate tried to pin the animals’ neglect on Bank of America, which repossessed the property in April of that year. He said the bank sought to sell the animals against his advice.

But court records show that the court-appointed receiver, charged with managing the disputed property, actually tried to place the animals in sanctuaries against Thanedar’s wishes.

In fact, it was Thanedar’s attorneys who unsuccessfully sought to have the animals assessed and sold.

“The lawyers were just using any leverage to keep the bank to do its job,” Thanedar told HuffPost on Saturday. He said the animals were not abandoned.

The candidate owned the lab, AniClin Preclinical Services, through its parent company Azopharma until it was shuttered in April 2010.

In July of that year, two animal welfare groups rescued 118 testing beagles stranded in the laboratory. Prior to the organizations’ intervention, the animals’ caregivers climbed the fences of the shuttered facility to provide the dogs with food and water, according to a USA Today report at the time.

Another animal welfare group intervened later that month to find homes for 55 long-tailed macaque monkeys stuck there. The group reportedly learned about the situation thanks to a tip from a caregiver.



https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/shri-thanedar-misrepresents-efforts-for-lab-animals_us_5ae4aa56e4b055fd7fcc3e9a

[Hortensis]

5. And he's running for office in the U.S.?!!

[roamer65]

4. She won my vote with "fix the damn roads"

Dick Snyder poisoned Flint and let our roads go to shit.