SPARTA, MI — Just more than a year before the 2026 election, Michigan Republicans gathered in Sparta for a debate between candidates vying to be the party’s choice for governor next year.

While the six gubernatorial hopefuls participating in the Wednesday, Oct. 29, debate discussed how to boost Michigan’s lagging population growth, which taxes to slash and about reinstating a Right to Work law, some also took aim at another candidate for not debating.

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