Peter Meijer leaves GOP race for US Senate
Peter Meijer, R-Grand Rapids Township, on Friday abandoned his race for the Republican nomination to Michigan's open U.S. Senate seat this year. Meijer — a member of the family that founded and owns the eponymous grocery store chain who announced he was running last November — put out a statement Friday afternoon saying he was leaving the race to save the Republican Party a fractious primary in August.