NOTUS reports:
As the GOP tries to retain control of the House and Senate, Republicans in the White House and on both sides of the Capitol have a simple message for Michigan Rep. Bill Huizenga: Don’t run for Senate. Huizenga hasn’t announced whether he plans to actually jump into the Michigan Senate race, but Republicans are worried he could complicate the primary and potentially hand Democrats one of the GOP’s top pickup opportunities in 2026.
“Democrats and Bill are the only people who want Bill in the Senate race,” one national GOP operative told NOTUS. “Trump surrogates have made it very clear to him that he should not run,” a GOP operative told NOTUS. “A lot of this stems from the fact that nobody wanted to give him a gavel and that he’s upset about that. It’s a vanity project. He doesn’t have a strategic or campaign argument that shows he’s a better choice.”
Read the full article. Huizenga last appeared here in March 2025 when he begged his constituents to stop calling to complain about Trump. He also appeared here in 2020 when he compared pandemic mitigation protocols to the WWII internment of Japanese-Americans.
New: Inside the effort by Republicans to ensure Bill Huizenga doesn’t run for Michigan Senate.
– WH Political Affairs office urged Huizenga not to run
– Chris LaCivita urged Crypto execs not to support Huizenga at the Bitcoin Conference
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— Reese Gorman (@reesejgorman) June 4, 2025