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| State Rep. Brandt Iden |
By Brandon Hall
(Email Him At WestMIPolitics@Gmail.com)
Private polling shows State Rep. Brandt Iden is now tied with his Democrat opponent, Western Michigan University Professor Alberta Griffin. Both candidates receive just under 50% support in one of the state's most watched races.
It's a big swing for Iden from Griffin's nearly double digit lead in another poll just a few weeks ago.
The development is disappointing news for Democrats hoping to flip the seat and take back the House. For Republicans, it seems to be yet another sign that the "Kavanaugh effect" is real, the "blue wave" is dead, and grassroots conservatives are fired up.
Iden was a Trump delegate during the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland and an early supporter of the President.
It's unclear whether the Dems will double down and continue to spend money trying to take out Iden. That strategy has failed the last two election cycles, and it doesn't appear to be working this time, either.
Valuable resources squandered on Griffin could help put other candidates in more competitive races over the top.
WMP is watching this race closely, stay tuned!
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Brandon Hall is a lifelong political nerd from Grand Haven, and is the Managing Editor of West Michigan Politics.
Griffin advertises that she wants to repair Oakland Drive because it's in such bad shape. Where? It looks pretty good to me as a lot of it has been redone. I've traveled it enough in the past few years to know if it is in bad shape.
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