Overview

• Pete Hoekstra, former U.S. ambassador to the Netherlands under Donald Trump, has been elected as the leader of a faction of the Michigan Republican Party, which is attempting to legally wrestle control of the organization from chairwoman Kristina Karamo.
• Karamo, who was previously supported by Trump, has been under scrutiny for her ability to move the party forward and her failure to improve its reported $500,000 debt.
• The faction of Michigan Republicans convened in Lansing to choose a would-be successor to Karamo, with Hoekstra winning the vote.
• The legitimacy of Hoekstra and the GOP faction hinges on the decision in a lawsuit filed on Friday at the Kent County Circuit Court, and the Republican National Committee would also have to affirm the decision.
• Karamo, who has not accepted the results of the vote, held her own meeting on January 13 and continues to claim she is the party's lawful leader.