Michigan Republicans reject Trump-backed candidate in election of state GOP chair

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President Donald Trump’s candidate to lead the Michigan Republican Party lost her bid to become the GOP’s state chairwoman. 

Trump endorsed Meshawn Maddock, the former co-chairwoman of the state party, on Thursday, two days before 1,900 delegates gathered to elect the next party chair at a Detroit convention. 

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