Question 1): The Michigan Republican Party’s 35th Biennial Mackinac Leadership Conference wrapped up a week ago. GOP state Chairman Jim RUNESTAD (R-White Lake) reported that 1,250 people paid for credentials to this year’s policy conference, a significant improvement from two years ago when attendance was scant. Former Chair Kristina KARAMO nearly bankrupted the party at the […] The post AFTER MACKINAC, WHITHER MICHIGAN REPUBLICANS? appeared first on The Ballenger Report.