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December 7, 2008

Welday withdraws

It’s official - former House District 37 Republican candidate Paul Welday has withdrawn from consideration for the state party chair position vacated by Saul Anunzis.
Wonder what’s next?

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November 25, 2008

Welday watch

When we last left Paul Welday, former Republican House candidate, he was being approached to run for state party chair and circling the wagons.
Apparently, he’s also getting on the bus. As reported in the Michigan Republican Party Watch earlier this month, Welday has launched “the GOP Road to Renaissance Bus Tour into each of Michigan’s fifteen [...]

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November 11, 2008

This just in: Welday launches campaign for state party chair

This morning’s Detroit News reports that Republican House District 37 candidate Paul Welday, who lost to State Representative-elect Vicki Barnett, is one of many folks now on the radar for the state GOP chair. Current chair Saul Anunzis hasn’t made a formal announcement, but appears to be looking for a way out.
Welday supporters got the [...]

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October 29, 2008

In the numbers

Some interesting figures emerge from a review of House District 37 campaign finance statements now on-line at www.mi.gov/sos:

Vicki Barnett reported 260 contributions pre-primary; Welday reported 224.
Each has received more than 40 contributions from Political Action Committees, “Leadership” committees and candidate or party related committees.
They’re about even when it comes to total out-of-district contributions - Welday [...]

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October 29, 2008

Trashing Paul Welday

A couple of pieces arrived in our mail box today. One, a bright and positive, informative piece, came from Vicki Barnett’s local campaign. The other, which imposed Paul Welday’s photo at the bottom of a pile of trash (he has lobbied on behalf of trash haulers), came from the state Democratic party.
Barnett has made a [...]

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