Grot

Last week’s primary Election Day was bad news for state
House candidate Stan Grot, who is trying to take over the Macomb County
Republican Party, but also for Macomb GOP Chairman Rob Montilla, who is trying
to hold onto the county party.

Grot, of course, lost his no-holds-barred race for House
to Pete Lucido in north Macomb’s 36th District. The margin, about
100 votes, must have been especially bitter for the Shelby Township clerk
because he was so confident of victory.

Montilla

At the same time, Montilla lost his bid for a precinct
delegate spot – to his own wife.

In Macomb Township’s Precinct 29, Rob and Hannah Montilla
were among seven candidates vying for three GOP precinct delegate slots. Hannah
finished No. 1 with 43 votes, Rob come up short, coming in fourth place with
just 34 votes, significantly trailing his spouse by 4.2 percentage points.

We will get a good indication as to who has the upper
hand – Grot or Montilla, both of whom frantically recruited precinct delegate candidates
for months — on Thursday night when the Macomb GOP delegates gather to choose
delegates to the party’s state convention.

Meanwhile, largely overlooked in the election results was
that Grot’s sister, Maria, was also a winner, capturing the GOP nomination for
county commissioner in Sterling Heights’ District 5. She narrowly edged Casey
Petz, a Republican candidate recruited by the Montilla camp.

So, the Montilla name is supposed to be a good name in
Macomb GOP politics. And the Grot name is another prominent name in local
Republican circles.

What to make of Tuesday’s results?

I guess Girls Rule.
 
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This post was corrected to reflect that Maria Grot is Stan Grot’s sister, not his wife, at 6:35 p.m.
 

 

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