Front-runner Tudor Dixon could get the boost she needs to win the Republican nomination for governor of Michigan as she finally received the coveted endorsement of Donald Trump on July 29—just three days before the Aug. 2 primary.
At an April rally in Macomb County, Trump raised political eyebrows when, of the then 10 GOP gubernatorial hopefuls, he called out Dixon by name and spoke favorably of her but stopped short of an endorsement. Trump was then silent about Dixon until now, after months of heightened suspense among the five candidates, who all competed fiercely for Trump’s endorsement.
To underscore the importance of Trump’s endorsement, a recent Detroit News-WDIV TV poll taken two weeks before Aug. 2 found 38 percent of likely GOP primary voters remaining undecided….