If you voted for the losing candidate for governor in 2022, you might want to start looking for those Tudor Dixon yard signs stuffed out there in the garage some place. As you are about to read for the first time, she could run again in 2026.
“You know what? 26 is always in the back of my mine,” she reveals during a zoom interview for TV-6 news in Lansing.
And to add an interesting twist to this story, she can thank former Democratic Gov. Jim Blanchard for the face time which resulted in this story.
You see Mr. Blanchard went on statewide public TV and announced that he thought former president Donald Trump allegedly had “three personality disorders.”
Oh my. That most certainly warranted a outreach to the Michigan Trump political apparatus for a response.
“Can you find somebody to respond to the governor’s observations?” was the ask.
And the answer soon came back that Tudor Dixon would do just that.
After getting caught up on how her four girls were getting along, including a set of twins, the Zoom call addressed the Blanchard charge but then turned to her political future.
Would there be one? She first offered that her focus was on 2024 and her efforts to help Mr. Trump return to the White House. Parenthetically, if she ran for governor and Mr. Trump was president, it surely would help her in a crowded GOP primary. After all he embraced her first run for office the last time out and another endorsement from a sitting president is probably something she could use.
But when the question came up, “Do you still have the bug to be governor,” her face broke out in a broad smile.
“Should I interpret that smile as a ‘yes’ to the question?”
“You’ll have to see. You’ll have to find out like everyone else,” she masterfully dodged the direct question.
But the back and forth now moves into second gear and while she definitely did not announce her decision, she most certainly sounded like a candidate in-waiting.
“I do love the state of Michigan. I’m looking closely at what we need in the State of Michigan and I’ve seen what’s happened the last two years and it’s pretty devastating,” she concludes her not so subtle criticism of the women who defeated her named Gretchen Whitmer.
Ms. Whitmer can’t run again which is why everyone and his aunt and uncle who ever wanted to be the top banana in state government will likely get into this thing.
For example former defeated GOP governor candidate Kevin Rinke still has the bug and so does fellow millionaire and unsuccessful contender Perry Johnson. Both have access to a wad of their own money and would not be bashful about dipping into it to defeat Ms. Dixon.
But back to the Zoom call which is about to plow some fertile ground.
Knowing that she would never reveal her decision, probably because she has not made it, there was a Hail Mary to nudge her in that direction.
“With your permission could I report that have not ruled it out?” the H.M. went into the air.
“Yes, that would be fair,” she confirmed thus flipping this scavenger hunt into a legit news story.
And just in case a certain reporter didn’t want to “find out like everyone else,” she was asked, “Will you call me when you decide?”
“You know I will. That’s fine with me.”
Oh by the way, regarding the original purpose for chatting, Ms. Dixon does not believe Mr. Trump has three personalty disorders.
No surprise there.
