The Republican Party’s nominee to replace recalled State Representative Paul Scott in the 51st House District will be Genesee County Commissioner Joe Graves.
Mr. Graves became the nominee after an interesting tiebreaker. After the second round of voting, Mr. Graves and fellow County Commissioner Miles Gadola were tied with seven votes each from the 14 members of the executive and statutory committee members that live in the 51st District.
Options after the second vote were a coin toss or picking slips of paper. Mr. Graves became the nominee when he chose the paper labeled, “elected.”
Genesee County Democratic Party Chair Art Reyes has indicated that the party is in the process of choosing a date and location for the convention when they will select among the roughly six candidates for the Democratic nominee to run for the marginal House seat. It remains to be seen what, if any, role former Rep. Scott will play in the election.