One gubernatorial candidate is skipping the Mackinac Republican Leadership Conference at the Grand Hotel, opting instead to hold a rally at an Antrim County farm. In this file photo, the Grand Hotel is pictured.
While most Republican gubernatorial candidates gather at the Mackinac Republican Leadership Conference later this month, Garrett Soldano will be up north for a different event: a grassroots rally in Antrim County.
He has said he’s not attending the leadership conference out of concern that a “straw poll” the party typically conducts measuring support for candidates will be rigged.
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