A major Detroit newspaper has endorsed Republican Senate candidate John James six years after endorsing his current Democratic opponent, Sen. Gary Peters.

“This is the right moment for John James,” the Detroit News editorial board wrote this week. “He is waging his campaign at a time when America is trying to work through its long history of racial animus. As an African American, a conservative, and a Republican, James would add an important perspective to policy-making aimed at vanquishing racial inequity.”