

Jaye has his own challenges to overcome, including that he lives a couple miles outside the newly drawn district. On my mom’s side, there’s a lot of Democrats,” Jaye said as he sat in a restaurant near Romeo, “But one thing I’ve seen correlate and stay consistent is that a woman doesn’t like to be told what to do with her own body.” “On my dad’s side of the family there’s a lot of Republicans. Jaye supports Democratic-sponsored legislation in Congress to put abortion rights protections into law.something he thinks has more support than might be expected in the 9th district. McClain says the issue should be left up to the states. Jaye sees abortion as a key issue in the campaign. “I think its affected voters,” said Jaye, “And I think it could hurt her in November.” He believes Thumb voters are listening to negative stories about the former president. Jaye is the Democratic nominee in the 9th district. “I spoke to President Trump about this rally.and about our fight here in Michigan to turn this state red,” McClain said, which drew cheers from the audience.īrian Jaye thinks McClain’s ties to the former president may provide a path for a challenger in a district redrawn to include more Democratic voters. “Who is excited to see our favorite president today.” McClain asked an excited crowd of Trump supporters at the former president’s rally in Warren on October 1, a little more than five weeks before the November election.

In fact, she was one of three Michigan members of Congress who voted against certifying the 2020 election results from Arizona and Pennsylvania.Īnd McClain’s support for the former president continues. McClain won her congressional seat two years ago, as a dedicated supporter of then President Donald Trump. She represents the sprawling district that stretches from the tip of the Thumb south to some of Detroit’s northern most suburbs. McClain says Washington should be doing more to rein in inflation.
