I know of Sam and met him before, but I don't really know much about him except that he's active. I do know that Kent County has a good cross section of the good, bad, and ugly of politics, so if he handled that well, then it's a good sign.

Can he fundraise? Did he lead the party to tough wins? I think Amash was a tough defense that went well, but I don't know about the commissioner seats. Was he involved in that Roy Schmidt fiasco or was he blindsided like most others? Does he keep the peace with respect between both tea party and establishment wings (without being doubleflanked by both sides)? Who would be his executive director and which consulting firms (if any) does he prefer? (FYI - I'm mostly in campaign finance compliance, and MRP's campaign finance person has been there through several chairs and does a real good job so I'm not angling for an admin position there). What would he change and what would he keep from the last two years at MRP?