All seven Democracts and Republicans in Michigan’s 2018 governor race sat together, addressed each other, answered questions in an extrodinary candidate forum Thursday at a Michigan Press Association conference in East Lansing.

Candidates in attendance included Jim Hines (R), Patrick Colbeck (R), Gretchen Whitmer (D), Bill Schuette (R), Shri Thanedar (D), Brian Calley (R), and Abdul El-Sayed (D).

Related: Michigan’s governor candidates call for financial disclosure. Not all have done so.
Analysis: Michigan GOP governor candidates actually focus on substance in first full debate

Watch the full video of the 2018 Michigan governor race candidates

Highlights of the fireworks at the conference from reporters.

Colbeck getting into his claims about the Muslim Brotherhood trying to infiltrate the United States. Again names El-Sayed in this theory. Doesn’t offer evidence. Complains about unfair media coverage of his claims.

— Zach Gorchow (@ZachGorchow) May 10, 2018

El-Sayed to Colbeck: “You may not hate Muslims but Muslims definitely hate you.” https://t.co/eK12KCKHFF

— Ron Fournier (@ron_fournier) May 10, 2018

All GOP candidates say they support bill to make English the official state language. All Dems opposed. “That’s racist,” says El-Sayed. https://t.co/PhIRi0ts81

— Jonathan Oosting (@jonathanoosting) May 10, 2018

Big throwdown between Calley and Schuette on financial disclosure. Calley claims Schuette is moving some of his assets around contrary to blind trust claims, Schuette says false accusation, Calley’s desperate.

This will take some time to flyspeck.

— Zach Gorchow (@ZachGorchow) May 10, 2018

Schuette says “all my assets are in blind trust.” Says Calley “so desparete, so behind.” Accusation “pathetic.” Calley: “It’s his statements on the forms, signed by Bill Schuette while attorney general” https://t.co/9sUAgxykYI

— Jonathan Oosting (@jonathanoosting) May 10, 2018

.@pjcolbeck also says he believes in financial disclosure. He did not respond to @BridgeMichigan‘s request https://t.co/yyclTJMYPs

— Lindsay VanHulle (@LindsayVanHulle) May 10, 2018

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Watch Dem, GOP Michigan governor candidates share a stage for the first time

by Bill Emkow, Bridge Michigan
May 10, 2018

<h1>Watch Dem, GOP Michigan governor candidates share a stage for the first time</h1> <p class="byline">by Bill Emkow, Bridge Michigan <br />May 10, 2018</p> <p>All seven Democracts&nbsp;and Republicans&nbsp;in Michigan’s 2018 governor race sat together, addressed each other,&nbsp;answered questions in an extrodinary&nbsp;candidate forum Thursday at a Michigan Press Association conference in East Lansing.</p> <p>Candidates in attendance included Jim Hines (R), Patrick Colbeck (R), Gretchen Whitmer (D), Bill Schuette (R), Shri Thanedar (D), Brian Calley (R), and Abdul El-Sayed (D).</p> <p><strong>Related:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.bridgemi.com/public-sector/michigans-governor-candidates-call-financial-disclosure-not-all-have-done-so">Michigan’s governor candidates call for financial disclosure. Not all have done so.</a><br /> Analysis:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.bridgemi.com/public-sector/analysis-michigan-republican-governor-candidates-actually-focus-substance-first-full">Michigan GOP governor candidates actually focus on substance in first full debate</a></strong></p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">Watch the full video of the 2018 Michigan governor race candidates</h2> </p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading rtecenter">Highlights of the fireworks at the conference from reporters.</h2> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"> <p>Colbeck getting into his claims about the Muslim Brotherhood trying to infiltrate the United States. Again names El-Sayed in this theory. Doesn’t offer evidence. Complains about unfair media coverage of his claims.</p> <p>— Zach Gorchow (@ZachGorchow) <a href="https://twitter.com/ZachGorchow/status/994624079218036736?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 10, 2018</a></p> </blockquote> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"> <p>El-Sayed to Colbeck: “You may not hate Muslims but Muslims definitely hate you.” <a href="https://t.co/eK12KCKHFF">https://t.co/eK12KCKHFF</a></p> <p>— Ron Fournier (@ron_fournier) <a href="https://twitter.com/ron_fournier/status/994626449045884928?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 10, 2018</a></p> </blockquote> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"> <p>All GOP candidates say they support bill to make English the official state language. All Dems opposed. “That’s racist,” says El-Sayed. <a href="https://t.co/PhIRi0ts81">https://t.co/PhIRi0ts81</a></p> <p>— Jonathan Oosting (@jonathanoosting) <a href="https://twitter.com/jonathanoosting/status/994623488500658178?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 10, 2018</a></p> </blockquote> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote twitter-tweet"> <p>Big throwdown between Calley and Schuette on financial disclosure. Calley claims Schuette is moving some of his assets around contrary to blind trust claims, Schuette says false accusation, Calley’s desperate.</p> <p>This will take some time to flyspeck.</p> <p>— Zach Gorchow (@ZachGorchow) <a href="https://twitter.com/ZachGorchow/status/994618959520501762?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 10, 2018</a></p> </blockquote> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote twitter-tweet"> <p>Schuette says “all my assets are in blind trust.” Says Calley “so desparete, so behind.” Accusation “pathetic.” Calley: “It’s his statements on the forms, signed by Bill Schuette while attorney general” <a href="https://t.co/9sUAgxykYI">https://t.co/9sUAgxykYI</a></p> <p>— Jonathan Oosting (@jonathanoosting) <a href="https://twitter.com/jonathanoosting/status/994618358564839424?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 10, 2018</a></p> </blockquote> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"> <p>.<a href="https://twitter.com/pjcolbeck?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@pjcolbeck</a> also says he believes in financial disclosure. He did not respond to <a href="https://twitter.com/BridgeMichigan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BridgeMichigan</a>‘s request <a href="https://t.co/yyclTJMYPs">https://t.co/yyclTJMYPs</a></p> <p>— Lindsay VanHulle (@LindsayVanHulle) <a href="https://twitter.com/LindsayVanHulle/status/994619434907131910?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 10, 2018</a></p> </blockquote> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://bridgemi.com/michigan-government/watch-dem-gop-michigan-governor-candidates-share-stage-first-time/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://bridgemi.com&quot;&gt;Bridge Michigan&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/bridgemi.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/cropped-android-chrome-192x192-1.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;&lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://bridgemi.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=9008&amp;amp;ga4=G-1E2G9MSHX5&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://bridgemi.com/michigan-government/watch-dem-gop-michigan-governor-candidates-share-stage-first-time/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bridgemi.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;</p> Copy to Clipboard

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