Republican gubernatorial candidate Ryan Kelley’s recent arrest by the FBI for his suspected involvement in the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol appears to have boosted his name recognition and favorability among GOP voters in Michigan, new polling conducted in the days following his arrest indicates.That's not a huge level of support, but it puts him in the lead (45% of respondents are still undecided). He's even ahead of this guy, who would seem to have an unbeatable message going into a Republic primary:
Kelley was arrested June 9. In a June 10-13 poll conducted for the Detroit Free Press and our outstate polling partners by EPIC-MRA of Lansing, 17% named Kelley as their preferred candidate for the August primary to determine which Republican candidate challenges Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in November.
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Kelley also had the highest total favorability and name recognition among Republican gubernatorial contenders; 39% of respondents said they viewed the Ottawa County real estate agent favorably.If getting arrested for participating in the Trump riot is good for a Republican campaign, then the January 6 hearings ought to give a poll boost to Trump himself, at least among GOP voters. On the other hand, if Fox News and other right-wing media outlets continue to downplay the hearings, maybe Trump won't see any benefit at all. (Perhaps that's what the Murdochs are thinking: Don't give publicity to Trump and maybe he'll seem diminished relative to Ron DeSantis.) We watch the hearings and see guilt. Fox fans would see a hero under attack. Ron DeSantis is lucky that right-wing news outlets aren't giving Trump that gift.
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