Meijer 'isn't viable' in the primary, the NRSC warned in a forceful statement.
Former Michigan Rep. Peter Meijer's entry into the state's Senate race wasn't welcomed by the national Republican Senate campaign arm. | Carlos Osorio/APFormer Michigan Rep. Peter Meijer’s announcement that he would make a run for the state’s Senate seat was met with a less than enthusiastic response from the Senate Republicans’ campaign arm.
The Senate campaign arm has charged forcefully into primary races this cycle after watching controversial nominees botch winnable races in the midterms. Chair— sometimes with Trump’s help — by encouraging certain candidates to stay out and offering endorsements to those he wants to run. Meijer, the scion of the family who owns the eponymous Midwest grocery chain, has great personal wealth and allies who could fund a super PAC. He won a West Michigan House seat in 2020. He lost the GOP primary two years to the Trump-backed John Gibbs. Democratic Rep. Hillary Scholten flipped the district in the fall.
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