Former state Representative Shane Hernandez is officially the Michigan Republican party’s nominee for lieutenant governor.
That’s after overcoming a challenge to win a secret ballot vote at the party’s nominating convention Saturday.
Hernandez says his victory is a reflection of his longstanding involvement within party politics:
"I’ve been a delegate for 12 years now. I came in as a grassroots member myself and they know me, and they know my record and I think that the results show that they trust me."
The convention got off to a rocky start, with crowd members who were unhappy over a Macomb County dispute booing party leadership.
The situation ultimately resulted in the seating of an alternate group of delegates that the state party previously barred from the convention floor.
