Michigan voters have an outsize impact on who will win the White House and which party will carry the House and Senate in 2024. In this series, Great Stakes: The fight to be hailed as victors in Michigan, the Washington Examiner will look at the thorny politics and unique matters that will swing the critical battleground state. Part six, below, examines the dysfunction at the Michigan Republican Party.

SHELBY TOWNSHIP, Michigan — A Michigan Republican Party civil war could hobble the state GOP before Michigan becomes a battleground for the White House, House, and Senate.

But amid the political and legal skirmishes, the chairman endorsed by former President Donald Trump and recognized by the Republican National Committee, Pete Hoekstra, a nine-term Michigan congressman and Trump-era ambassador to the Netherlands, is projecting confidence before November.