Perry Johnson, former Republican gubernatorial candidate for Michigan, speaks during the Republican National Convention (RNC) at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisc., on Tuesday, July 16, 2024. (Eva Marie Uzcategui/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Johnson ran for president for part of 2023 before dropping out and endorsing President Donald Trump.
Trump responded to the endorsement in a 2023 Truth Social post, calling Johnson "a brilliant Businessman who has enjoyed great success."
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Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer looks on before the game between the Detroit Lions and Philadelphia Eagles on Nov. 16, 2025 at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, Pa. (Kyle Ross/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
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"Perry Johnson is just the latest extreme, out-of-touch candidate to join Michigan’s chaotic Republican primary," Democratic Governors Association Communications Director Sam Newton said in a statement.
"From being all-in on Donald Trump’s harmful, cost-raising agenda and supporting an abortion ban to spending over $7 million dollars on his last failed gubernatorial campaign, it’s clear Johnson will make Michigan Republicans’ already ugly and bruising primary even more chaotic and expensive," Newton added.
Fox News' Paul Steinhauser contributed to this report
Alex Nitzberg is a writer for Fox News Digital.
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