When last we spoke about the Michigan Republican Party, a faction led by election truther and Trump supporter Kristina Karamo was fighting with a second faction, also led by Trump supporters, that said it had voted to replace her as state chair with a former congressman named Pete Hoekstra. (Karamo’s critics accuse her of mismanaging the party’s finances and allege that it is on the verge of bankruptcy, while her allies argue that she is being attacked because her grassroots authenticity is threatening to Republican elites. Hoekstra served as the U.S. ambassador to the Netherlands under Trump.)

The two sides were seemingly faced with a March 2 deadline for figuring out whom the real state chair was, since a caucus-style convention was set to be held that day in Detroit for the purpose of selecting delegates to the Republican National Convention. (This year’s GOP convention will be held in Milwaukee in July.)

With March 2 now just days away, the feud has pulled in national Republicans , spread into the courts, and resulted in the concurrent planning of two nominating conventions. One of those conventions may or may not have just been abandoned, but what’s clear is that the underlying conflict has not been resolved.

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