Poll: Arrested Riot Suspect Leads GOP Field For MI Gov

The Detroit Free Press reports:

Republican gubernatorial candidate Ryan Kelley’s recent arrest by the FBI for his suspected involvement in the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol appears to have boosted his name recognition and favorability among GOP voters in Michigan, new polling conducted in the days following his arrest indicates.

Kelley was arrested June 9. In a June 10-13 poll conducted for the Detroit Free Press and our outstate polling partners by EPIC-MRA of Lansing, 17% named Kelley as their preferred candidate for the August primary to determine which Republican candidate challenges Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in November.

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The candidate polling second has 13%.

Jan 6 arrest has boosted polling results for candidate for Michigan governor among GOP voters. Let’s hope that’s just name recognition by people who are not yet paying attention to why he has been in the news. The alternative is too disturbing. https://t.co/3kNbHkt7XK via @freep

— Barb McQuade (@BarbMcQuade) June 16, 2022

GOP voters in Michigan are rewarding treason: An insurrectionist gubernatorial candidate rises in polls because of his FBI arrest.

https://t.co/EQCDUHjYrL

— Ron Fournier (@ron_fournier) June 16, 2022