CANTON TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM) – He isn’t the darling of Michigan’s Republican establishment, and for Patrick Colbeck, that suits him just fine.
The term-limited state Senator from Detroit’s western suburbs is currently a distant third in the latest gubernatorial polls behind Lieutenant Governor Brian Calley and Attorney General Bill Schuette, but Colbeck is hoping that the anti-establishment sentiment that led Donald Trump to the presidency last year is still strong enough among the state’s GOP rank-and-file to accept his “principled solutions” campaign by next August’s primary.
In a Monday interview on “WHTC Morning News,” Colbeck said, “The people’s voice has not been heard in government, both at the state level and, frankly, at the federal level. I think that it’s important that we start putting forth policies that respect the people that put us into office.”
In what some see as an effort to pressure Colbeck out of the race, he was stripped of his committee assignments earlier this fall by Senate Majority Leader Arlan Meekhof of West Olive, purportedly because Colbeck made a fundraising appearance in Meekhof’s district without informing him ahead of time.
