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LANSING – Long-simmering tensions within the Michigan Republican Party exploded into accusations and recriminations Thursday morning, two days before the state party convention. Michigan Republican Party Chair Laura Cox, who was scheduled to step down at the convention Saturday, is calling on members to instead reelect her on a temporary basis, accusing her proposed successor, Ron Weiser, of making improper payments to keep a candidate out of a party race in 2018, when Weiser earlier served as chairman. Cox made the accusations against Weiser, who is a U-M regent, in a Thursday morning ...

Michigan GOP chair Laura Cox accuses proposed successor of 'secret deal' with party funds Paul Egan, Detroit Free Press President Joe Biden honors officer Brian Sicknick in Capitol Rotunda Replay Video UP NEXT LANSING – Long-simmering tensions within the Michigan Republican Party exploded into accusations and recriminations Thursday morning, two days before the state party convention. Michigan Republican Party Chair Laura Cox, who was scheduled to step down at the convention Saturday, is calling on members to instead reelect her on a temporary basis, accusing her proposed...

by  Allan Lengel Michigan Republican Party Chair Laura Cox is accusing her predecessor -- and de facto successor -- of using $200,000 of party funds to pay a candidate not to run for secretary of state in 2018, claiming it's a potential campaign finance law violation.  In an explosive letter Thursday to state Republican committee members obtained by Deadline Detroit, Cox alleges former chair Ron Weiser of arranging payments totaling $200,000 to Shelby Township Clerk Stan Grot to skip a statewide campaign three years ago. The letter comes two days before the...

Michigan GOP chair claims Weiser made 'secret deal' to pay for exit of candidate Lansing — Ron Weiser, who's poised to return as chairman of the Michigan Republican Party, is now facing a claim of brokering a "secret deal" that involved paying a former secretary of state candidate $200,000 in undisclosed GOP funds. In a development that could alter the future of state Republican politics two days before the Saturday chair election, current party Chairwoman Laura Cox sent an email to activists Thursday morning, revealing her concerns about the payments. In the message, Cox said Stanley Grot ...