Pete Hoekstra Elected Leader of Michigan GOP Faction Amid Power Struggle
The former U.S. ambassador's election intensifies the legal battle for control of the party, with current chairwoman Kristina Karamo refusing to step down.
- 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.
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