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Mich GOP Chair Laura Cox accuses Ron Weiser successor of 'secret deal'


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 email, saying she in good conscience cannot sit quietly and watch Weiser be elected when he cannot and should not be the Republican Party chair because of  a secret deal she says he orchestrated with party funds. ....

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