Will the Real Candice Miller Please Stand Up?

National Republicans have spent the last few months losing out on back-to-back recruiting prospects in Michigan’s 8th congressional district as Bill Schuette, who was considered a “big name to watch,” bowed out of running and Tim Kelly turned down a rematch.

Now they’ve finally found an alternative to run against failed candidate Paul Junge. The only problem: despite sharing a name with former Congresswoman Candice Miller, no one has ever heard of the “political novice” who announced her campaign last week. And former Congresswoman Miller is already distancing herself according to reports in Deadline Detroit:

“It’s important that people there realize it is not me,” the ex-representative tells Jonathan Oosting of Bridge Michigan.

“I don’t know who she is,” Candice Miller the First said in a call Monday, the reporter tweets.

“Apparently the best Republicans can do in Michigan’s Eighth Congressional District is someone no one has ever heard of before,” said DCCC spokesperson Elena Kuhn. “Just like Schuette and Kelly, Republicans know that whoever they put up is already destined to lose and mid-Michiganders will send Dan Kildee back to Congress.”

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