MI-SD35: GOP linked to group touting 'progressive champ' in key Michigan Senate race
Lansing — A group with ties to Republicans has been spending money to influence a Democratic primary race this month, spurring concerns from top Michigan Democrats that GOP forces might be misleading voters in a special election that could sway control of the state Senate.
ProgressiveMI formed a political committee in Michigan on Nov. 24 and has funded mailers and digital advertisements, promoting State Board of Education President Pamela Pugh of Saginaw in the 35th Senate District's contested Feb. 3 Democratic primary.
Some Democrats contended that Saginaw Fire Captain Chedrick Greene has a better chance than Pugh of winning the general election in the 35th District in the Tri-Cities region if he can emerge from the primary.
But ProgressiveMI has touted Pugh, in ads, as a "progressive champion" who can "make Medicare for all a reality."
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