A property owner in Lapeer County and a Congressman, long-time Republican Paul Mitchell, who has represented the northern Detroit suburbs and Thumb Region in Congress for four years, announced Monday that he is quitting the party.
Paul Mitchell will apparently spend the final weeks of his career outside the Republican Party. Mitchell told a national media outlet he is disgusted with President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn this year’s election result and believes Trump campaign’s battle to discredit election results will lead to long-term and irreparable harm to American democracy.
Mitchell, who owns a farm in Dryden, did not run for re-election this fall.
Republican Lisa McClain of Macomb County’s Clinton Township beat Democrat Kim Bizon of Lexington to keep the 10th Congressional District seat under GOP control for two more years.
Mitchell first was elected to Congress in 2016 and he easily won re-election in 2018.
