Michigan Republicans say 'headwinds' were too strong | Insider
Some Key Michigan Republicans said they don't believe there's anything they could have done on the campaign trail to prevent the substantial losses their party took in the Nov. 3 midterm election. In a series of interviews, Republicans in the battleground state cited national frustration with GOP President Donald Trump 's war in Iran, inflation and the price of gas as too much to overcome. Eaton County Prosecutor Doug Lloyd , who was the Republican nominee for attorney general, said he wasn't even certain having $10 million more in campaign money on his side would have mattered. "There were headwinds that had nothing to do with me," Lloyd said. Lloyd lost his race to Democrat Eli Savit , the prosecutor in Washtenaw County, by 8 points, 45% to 53%. Lloyd, who's been the prosecutor in the swing county of Eaton County for more than a decade, lost his home county to Savit, 48%-49%. Asked about Trump, Lloyd replied, "The Democrats made my campaign about him. I attempted to make the campaign about protecting Michigan." As for the secretary of state race, Republican Macomb County Clerk Anthony Forlini lost to Democratic Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist II by about 10 percentage points,
