{"id":5487,"date":"2023-11-06T10:55:37","date_gmt":"2023-11-06T15:55:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/?p=5487"},"modified":"2023-11-06T11:58:44","modified_gmt":"2023-11-06T16:58:44","slug":"impeachment-republican-launches-longshot-senate-bid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/politics\/impeachment-republican-launches-longshot-senate-bid\/njackson\/2023\/11\/","title":{"rendered":"Impeachment Republican Launches Longshot Senate Bid"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Former Michigan Congressman Peter Meijer (R) announced his campaign for U.S. Senate on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are in dark and uncertain times, but we have made it through worse,\u201d he said in a statement,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VoteMeijer\/status\/1721481674293219654\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">posted on X<\/a>. \u201cThe challenges are great, but so is our country. If we are to see another great American century, we need leaders who aren\u2019t afraid to be bold, will do the work, and can\u2019t be bought.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I am excited to join the race for the United States Senate! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qf2CnCUQNk\">pic.twitter.com\/qf2CnCUQNk<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Peter Meijer for Senate (@VoteMeijer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VoteMeijer\/status\/1721481674293219654?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 6, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Meijer lost his\u00a0House\u00a0seat last cycle after a\u00a0Trump-backed candidate defeated him in the Republican primary \u2014 a challenge brought on after Meijer joined nine other House Republicans in voting to impeach\u00a0Trump\u00a0following the Jan. 6,\u00a02021,\u00a0Capitol riot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Michigan Republican already faces a challenge to win the seat left open by Se. Debbie Stabenow (D) as former Rep.\u00a0Mike Rogers\u00a0(R-Mich.), who was sought\u00a0after by the National Republican Senatorial Committee, and former Detroit Police Chief\u00a0James Craig\u00a0are among some of the names seeking the GOP endorsement.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The nonpartisan election prognosticator Cook Political Report rates Stabenow\u2019s seat as \u201clean Democrat.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rep.\u00a0Elissa Slotkin\u00a0(D-Mich.) is the most prominent Democrat running for the position.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Michigan Congressman Peter Meijer (R) announced his campaign for U.S. Senate on Monday. \u201cWe are in dark and uncertain times, but we have made it through worse,\u201d he said in a statement,\u00a0posted on X. \u201cThe challenges are great, but so is our country. If we are to see another great American century, we need [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5489,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[85,748,893,256,280,405],"class_list":["post-5487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","tag-jan-6-riot","tag-michigan","tag-peter-meijer","tag-politics","tag-senate-2024","tag-trump-impeachment"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Impeachment Republican Launches Longshot Senate Bid - Great America News Desk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/politics\/impeachment-republican-launches-longshot-senate-bid\/njackson\/2023\/11\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Impeachment Republican Launches Longshot Senate Bid - Great America News Desk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Former Michigan Congressman Peter Meijer (R) announced his campaign for U.S. Senate on Monday. \u201cWe are in dark and uncertain times, but we have made it through worse,\u201d he said in a statement,\u00a0posted on X. \u201cThe challenges are great, but so is our country. 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