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GOP House members want to run in other races. Trump is telling them to stay in their seats

GOP House members want to run in other races. Trump is telling them to stay in their seats

Toronto Star23-07-2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — Michigan Republican Rep. Bill Huizenga was ready to launch a U.S. Senate bid. All he needed was President Donald Trump' s blessing.
But in a White House meeting last week, the president encouraged Huizenga to run for reelection rather than challenge former Rep. Mike Rogers for Senate in the battleground state, hoping to keep his west Michigan seat secure, according to two people with direct knowledge of the conversation.
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