Michigan Rep. Peter Meijer, the only freshman Republican to vote to impeach President Donald Trump last year, won’t be back in Congress next year after losing the 3rd District primary to Trump-backed challenger John Gibbs.
Gibbs, a former Trump administration official in the Department of Housing and Urban Development, had 52 percent of the vote to Meijer’s 48 percent when the Associated Press called the race at 3:03 a.m. Eastern time Wednesday.
Gibbs will face Democrat Hillary Scholten, who was unopposed on Tuesday, in November. Scholten lost to Meijer by 6 points in 2020, but this year she is running in a district that became more favorable to Democrats through redistricting.
