With McCotter gone, chaos rules 11th District race

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The incumbent wanted to run again but abruptly resigned. The lone Republican on the ballot is a little-known former school teacher who raises reindeer. Top GOP officials are backing a write-in candidate. One of two people running as Democrats says President Barack Obama should be impeached.

And to think that just months ago, the race for Michigan’s 11th Congressional District was shaping up to be uneventful.