Ex-House Republican who voted to impeach Trump drops Michigan Senate bid

Former Rep. Peter Meijer, R-Mich., announced Friday evening that helium had dropped retired of the contention to correspond Michigan successful the U.S. Senate.

"I got into this contention due to the fact that I believed I had the strongest accidental of winning successful November to enactment to close this vessel and reverse trendlines that person lone gotten worse implicit these past months," Meijer, whose household founded the Meijer supermarket chain, said successful a statement posted connected X.

"The hard world is the fundamentals of the contention person changed importantly since we launched this campaign," helium continued. "After prayerful consideration, contiguous I withdrew my sanction from the superior ballot. Without a beardown pathway to victory, continuing this run lone increases the likelihood of a divisive superior that would distract from the indispensable extremity — blimpish victories successful November."

Meijer, who represented Michigan's 3rd Congressional District from 2021 to 2023 and mislaid his re-election bid to a GOP challenger successful the state's 2022 Republican superior election, was 1 of 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach erstwhile President Donald Trump for his relation successful the Jan. 6, 2021, protests astatine the U.S. Capitol.

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Former Rep. Peter Meijer, R-Mich., announced Friday evening that helium had dropped retired of the contention to correspond Michigan successful the U.S. Senate. (Sarah Rice for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Shortly aft Meijer released the statement, Trump took to Truth Social and congratulated "all Good Republicans" and insisted "the 10 Impeachers are conscionable astir gone."

"Peter Meijer, 1 of the 10 Impeachers of your Favorite President, ME, and idiosyncratic thought of to person a precise bully governmental future, has conscionable withdrawn from the Senate Race successful the Great State of Michigan," the former president wrote. "Once helium raised his precise small and delicate manus to Impeach President Trump, his Political Career was OVER!"

"Last clip helium mislaid successful the Primary to a nice, but unknown, person, and present helium mislaid to a GREAT Candidate, Mike Rogers, who volition easy WIN the Nomination, and spell connected to WIN the Senate, BIG, successful Michigan," Trump added. "Happily, the 10 Impeachers are conscionable astir gone."

The 2 remaining Republicans who voted to impeach Trump that stay successful bureau are Reps. Dan Newhouse of Washington and David Valadao of California.

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Shortly aft Meijer released the statement, Trump took to Truth Social and congratulated "all Good Republicans" and insisted "the 10 Impeachers are conscionable astir gone." (Daniel Steinle)

The different 8 — Reps. Liz Cheney of Wyoming, Anthony Gonzalez of Ohio, Jaime Herrera Beutler of Washington, John Katko of New York, Adam Kinzinger of Illinois, Tom Rice of South Carolina and Fred Upton of Michigan — either retired from Congress oregon were defeated successful their respective superior elections.

Trump noted successful his station connected Truth Social that helium believes Newhouse "will beryllium next" to suffer re-election.

"Newhouse, successful Washington State, volition beryllium adjacent - VOTE FOR JERROD SESSLER," Trump wrote.

There are present 10 Republicans, including erstwhile Michigan Reps. Mike Rogers and Justin Amash, who are seeking their party's information for the presumption successful the precocious enclosure to regenerate retiring Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich.

Rogers, who is presently the favored Republican candidate successful the contention and has received enactment from the National Republican Senatorial Committee, volition apt look disconnected against different fashionable Michigan person if helium wins the state's superior predetermination and moves connected to the wide election.

Former Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich., and Rep. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., are some candidates moving to regenerate retiring Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich. (Getty Images)

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Rep. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., is presently the highest polling Democrat seeking the position, outpacing her top challenger successful the race, histrion Hill Harper.