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Robert Young (Campaign photo)
After months of lackluster fund-raising, ex-Michigan Supreme Court Chief Justice Robert Young Jr. said Wednesday he is ending his U.S. Senate candidacy, Michael Gerstein and Melissa Nann Burke of The Detroit News report.
Young, a Detroit native and Republican, tells WJR’s Frank Beckmann that he is hoping Republicans can coalesce around a "principled conservative" in the campaign to unseat Democratic U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow.
"The only way to successfully retire Debbie Stabenow is through the early selection of a consensus conservative candidate who will remain true to conservative values and the rule of law, and who can focus the party’s resources on winning in November," Young says in a statement.
"I want to thank the donors, volunteers and party leaders who have backed my campaign, and I urge you to join me in continuing the important work of retiring Debbie Stabenow in 2018."
