Surging crime, fentanyl crisis at forefront of Michigan governor's race
foxnews.comLANSING, Mich. – Less than a month until November’s gubernatorial election, Republican candidate Tudor Dixon is urging voters to hold the state’s Democratic governor accountable for rising crime rates. "It's a problem.
People are feeling it in areas they've never felt crime before," said Dixon in an interview with Fox News on Friday. Dixon, who has trailed Whitmer in recent polls, believes voters are fed up with spikes in fentanyl overdoses and drug related gun violence.
Michigan Republicans have tried to label Whitmer as soft on crime amid recent FBI data showing crime rates rising in cities like Detroit, Saginaw, and Lansing.
Incumbent Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, left, and Michigan GOP gubernatorial candidate Tudor Dixon, right. (Erin Kirkland/Bloomberg, Nic Antaya/Bloomberg via Getty Images) "I think it's important to look at her record.
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