Michigan Right to Life has just issued its endorsements for the 2018 primary. RTL swings a significant number of Michigan primary voters, so its endorsements will decide some races.
RTL will recommend all candidates if they are all pro-life, but if there is a serious non-pro-life candidate, they will pick one pro-life candidate to endorse. Their noteworthy endorsements are listed below.
Governor: All Republican candidates meet criteria.
US Senate: John James solely endorsed. Sandy Pensler is not endorsed.
Congress:
All Republican incumbents are endorsed except for Fred Upton. Notably, Upton was endorsed in 2012, 2014, and 2016 despite a past pro-abortion record.
9. Candius Stearns
11. All five Republican candidates are endorsed.
State Senate: All Republican incumbents are endorsed.
8. Both Lucido and Goike
10. All are endorsed
12. McCready and Tedder are endorsed (not Molnar or Whitney).
14. No endorsement of Ruth Johnson.
15. Jim Runestad solely endorsed.
19. Both Bizon and Callton are endorsed.
21. Both LaSata and Pagel are endorsed.
22. Lana Theis solely endorsed.
24. Both Barrett and Roberts are endorsed. Roberts has not been endorsed in past cycles.
26. Nesbitt, Genetski, and Wickstra all endorsed.
29. Chris Afendoulis solely endorsed.
30. Victory, Garcia, DeBoer, Haveman all endorsed.
31. Glenn and Daley both endorsed. Luczak (D) solely endorsed.
33. Rick Outman solely endorsed.
34. Bumstead and Hughes both endorsed.
35. Franz, Vanderwall, and Rendon endorsed (not Urka).
38. Carey, McBroom both endorsed.
State House: All Republican incumbents are endorsed except one.
10. (D) Ronda Barley
36. Karen Lund-Potchynok solely endorsed. Who is not pro-life here?
39. Marsha Kosmatka solely endorsed. Who is not pro-life here?
40. Five endorsed (all but Secrest).
41. Baker and Tietz endorsed (not Dwyer).
43. Andrea Schroeder solely endorsed. Who is not pro-life here?
44. Matt Maddock solely endorsed. Who is not pro-life here?
51. Mike Mueller solely endorsed. Who is not pro-life here?
63. No endorsement for incumbent Dave Maturen or challengers Matt Hall or Paul Foust.
65. Sarah Lightner solely endorsed. Who is not pro-life here?
67. Both endorsed
71. All four endorsed
73. All four endorsed
78. David Mann solely endorsed. Who is not pro-life here?
79. Four endorsed (all but DeMeulenaere).
81. Kenneth Nicholl solely endorsed. Who is not pro-life here?
84. All three endorsed
88. Luke Meerman solely endorsed. Who is not pro-life here?
90. Bradley Slagh endorsed over Orlando Estrada.
91. Greg VanWoerkom endorsed over Alan Jager.
93. All three endorsed
94. Steven Gerhardt solely endorsed. Who is not pro-life here?
98. Annette Glenn solely endorsed.
101. Both endorsed
110. Kirk Schott solely endorsed. Who is not pro-life here?
(8)Nuh Uh.
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So, Ronald Reagan, Donald Trump, and Sandy Pensler, changed their belief on abortion from decades prior to pro-life, which is more accurately stated as anti-abortion because clearly, Reagan and Trump, were/are more than willing to bomb the ever-loving-shit out of whomever is a threat to Americans. As far as U.S. Senate candidates go, both Republicans are anti-abortion, and the one who perpetually campaigns in his "Apache Fighter Pilot" uniform is not "100% Pro-Life."
So, the RLM-PAC is what single-issue bumpkins still hang their hats on? Great way to lose a battle.
"One of the tenants of pro-life activists is to accept converts with open arms because a majority of the country will be needed to win this important fight."
More: http://conservativeintel.com/2017/11/20/pensler-describes-conversion-pro-life-many-years-ago/
It's as if RLM-PAC rhetoric invites frauds within their own group.
Shot: http://www.mlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2010/08/did_right_to_lifes_endorsement.html
Chaser: http://rightmi.com/old/www.rightmichigan.com/story/2012/3/31/93948/6624.html