| The Republican primary in Michigan’s 10th Congressional District is getting messier and messier.
Macomb Daily reported that Justin Kirk went after Mike Bouchard Jr. for “relying upon his family name to go to Congress” while failing to vote for Donald Trump in 2020 – “missing nearly three-quarters of statewide elections dating back to 2012.”
MIRS noted that Bouchard Jr. has “by far, the thinnest voting record of all 55 congressional candidates running in Michigan.” Data shows “Bouchard failed to vote in every election between November 2016 and February 2024.”
This is the latest attack Bouchard Jr. faces from his primary opponents, after he was booed by a crowd of grassroots Republicans last month.
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Macomb Daily: GOP congressional hopeful Kirk blasts Bouchard for ‘dismal’ voting record
- Republican 10th Congressional District candidate Justin Kirk went on the attack Wednesday against fellow GOP hopeful Michael Bouchard, issuing a news release criticizing Bouchard for missing nearly three-quarters of statewide elections dating back to 2012.
- “Mike Bouchard is relying upon his family name to go to Congress, but can voters depend on him to show up and vote on the House floor,” Kirk said in the release. “Bouchard’s dismal voting record is evidence of a candidate not willing to perform the most basic duty in our form of government.”
- Kirk based his assertion on a report from Michigan’s Qualified Voter File… The file indicates Bouchard failed to vote in every election between November 2016 and February 2024. He voted in the November 2012 general election, the March 2016 presidential primary election (absentee), the November 2016 general election, the August 2024 primary election, and the November 2024 general election.
- Kirk acknowledged Bouchard’s honorable service in the United States Army during much of the in question, but said Bouchard’s voting record falls “far below” the average of active-duty service members. He also pointed out Sheriff Bouchard ran in four elections that his son did not vote in.
- “Bouchard failed to vote for President Trump in the crucial 2020 election,” Kirk said.
- By contrast, Kirk, a lifelong Macomb County resident, says he voted for Trump in all three elections when he was on the ballot.
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