The ousted Republican incumbent Lucy Ebel had previously described Ottawa County as "very conservative."

Republican county commissioner has been unseated in Michigan after losing to her Democratic challenger by 20 percentage points.

Chris Kleinjans won an Ottawa County election on Tuesday with 60 percent of the vote share, while the Republican incumbent Lucy Ebel lost, having received 40 percent.

Michigan is a battleground state that will be key to November’s presidential election. Donald Trump won the county with 61 percent of the vote in 2020.

  • rbesfe@lemmy.ca
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    8 months ago

    13% of democrats submitted a protest vote. That is not the same as refusing to vote for Biden in November. I hope that anyone who supports the Palestinian cause can recognize just how much worse it will get under a Trump administration.

    • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      That is not the same as refusing to vote for Biden in November.

      That’s a clear signal by registered Democrats of their abstention of support for Biden.

      House Reps aren’t seeing these huge protest votes.

      I hope that anyone who supports the Palestinian cause can recognize just how much worse it will get under a Trump

      I hope that Biden realizes he can’t wait until 2025 to change course in Palestine. Not when 1.4M lives are on the line.