Haley Stevens is widening her lead in Michigan's 11th. She's now 6 points ahead with 44 percent of precincts reporting. That's interesting. The one independent poll I saw on this race had State Rep. Tim Greimel solidly in the lead. Likewise, several Republicans I spoke with in the 11th District expected Greimel to win the Democratic nomination. And that matters, I think.
In our story about science candidates, we talked a lot about how Republicans and Independents have been favoring candidates who haven't held public office before. And how the last two people to hold the 11th district seat fit that bill when they were first elected. It's probably safe to say that a race between Republican front-runner Lena Epstein (a first time candidate) and Stevens (a first-time candidate) would look pretty different than a race between Epstein and Greimel.