Election conspiracy theories related to the 2020 presidential race live on in Michigan’s GOP primary

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — This year’s presidential election was going to be it for Sheryl Guy, who was looking forward to retiring after more than four decades working in the clerk’s office in northern Michigan’s Antrim County.

The outcome of Tuesday’s primary could scramble those plans.

Five candidates are competing in the Republican primary to succeed her as the county’s top elections official, a position she has held for the past 12 years. The winner will be favored in the Republican-leaning county in November.

One of those candidates has peddled election conspiracies and been a vocal critic of the elections office since the 2020 presidential election, when Antrim County found itself in the national spotlight as then-President Donald Trump pushed to overturn the results in Michigan and other swing states.

If the election skeptic wins the primary, Guy said she plans to run as a write-in candidate in the general election.

“I fear for the taxpayers and the county becoming part of their agenda,” she said. “I can’t just turn over an office that I have worked in for over 45 years to an election conspiracist.”

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