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M holly's avatar

James started out with Devos money funding him and likely still has that. I can’t find anything substantial he has done while in Congress so we just need someone that actually works to beat him.

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Jonathan's avatar

none of that matters at all; he's a vote getter and we need someone other than Marlinga to take him down; it won't be easy to do

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M holly's avatar

Why and what do you mean by ‘vote getter’?

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LiberalBuffalo's avatar

He has nearly beaten a Democratic incumbent senator and he has held a competitive house seat ever since.

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Zero Cool's avatar

It's still a Lean GOP district and John James hasn't exactly been tested just yet as an incumbent while Trump has been POTUS. Remains to be seen in the 2026 midterms how Trump's popularity affects James when he runs for re-election.

However, I also wouldn't be under any illusion that unseating James in MI-10 will be easy.

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Kevin H.'s avatar

He doesn't seem especially better than anyone else at winning votes. This is a lean repug district, that's where his advantage is.

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Zero Cool's avatar

Democrats first have to unseat John James in MI-10 and get a superior-than-Marlinga Democratic Nominee who can do so.

James only is at an advantage if he keeps on increasing his margin of victory every re-election battle he has.

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M holly's avatar

That would have been bad if he beat Peters. Peters is a worker in the senate. He actually gets things done instead of sitting in front of cameras he’s working.

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Jonathan's avatar

good or bad is not the point..winning is

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Mark's avatar

He outperformed the baseline and expectations in two consecutive Senate races.

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sacman701's avatar

He usually overperforms, although he didn't in 2022 which was a bad year for the GOP in Michigan. He doesn't come off as a crazy man.

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