Grand Traverse County Republican Party

09/29/2026

Coming Together for Life

Thursday, October 15 · 6:00–7:30 p.m.

GTGOP Action Center · 1744 S. Garfield Ave., Traverse City
Pie. Coffee. Purpose.

Join Grand Traverse County Republicans and our guest, Grand Traverse Area Right to Life, for a warm Get Out the Vote evening.

Featured speaker: Senator John Damoose (District 37), founder of the Legislative Pro-Life Caucus.

Come hear how we can turn concern for life into votes this fall. Bring a friend who cares about life — and leave ready to help get out the vote.

Free to attend. Everyone welcome.

Pie & coffee will be served.

Questions: (231) 633-2913 · [email protected] · gtgop.org

09/28/2026

Thank you to every veteran who joined us Saturday for our Second Annual Veterans Appreciation Day at the GTGOP Action Center. 🇺🇸
It was a full house, and a real honor to recognize the men and women from our community who have served. We're grateful for your service and glad you spent the afternoon with us.

09/21/2026

Thank you to everyone who showed up to the Fall Picnic! Special shout out to Creston from Mike Rogers, Cameron Dundas from MI GOP & Edwin Dean for State Representative !

09/21/2026

Thank you Mr. President! Let us know in the comments what your favorite is🇺🇸

Donald Trump doesn’t have an accomplishment problem. Republicans have an information problem. It’s on each of us to change that.

09/17/2026

239 years ago today.

On September 17, 1787, thirty-nine delegates signed the Constitution at the Pennsylvania State House in Philadelphia. Four months of argument, four handwritten pages, and no guarantee that any of it would hold.

It held. In 239 years it has been amended 27 times — the first ten of them ratified in a single batch in 1791 because several states would not sign on without them.

Michigan has written four constitutions of its own in that time: 1835, 1850, 1908, and the one still in force, ratified in 1963.

Every office on your November 3 ballot exists because one of those documents created it. The governor's office, the seat in Congress, the county sheriff and the county clerk, the Michigan Supreme Court — each one traces back to a line someone argued over and then wrote down.

Worth reading the original at least once. It takes about half an hour: constitution.congress.gov

09/16/2026

🔴 LIVE NOW: Hear John James make the case for Michigan.

Detroit PBS is livestreaming today’s Detroit Economic Club event with the two 2026 gubernatorial nominees.

Congressman John James and Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson each get solo time on stage. James will have the chance to lay out a clear contrast: lower taxes, less government control, and a state that works for families and businesses again — not more of the same.

If you want to hear the Republican nominee for governor speak for himself — not through attack ads — this is the time.
Watch live:

https://www.youtube.com/live/vCHfMVjgOGQ

Share it. Watch it. Let’s make sure Michigan hears the conservative case.

Candidates Benson and James will each have solo time on stage to an...

09/15/2026

Meet Judge Casandra Morse-Bills — Tuesday, September 22

Judge Casandra Morse-Bills, Republican nominee for the Michigan Supreme Court, is coming to Traverse City, and we would like you to meet her.

Tuesday, September 22
4:00 – 5:00 PM
GT GOP Action Center, 1744 S. Garfield Ave.
Free — light refreshments served

Judge Morse-Bills is the Presiding Judge of Michigan's 23rd Judicial Circuit, hearing Probate, District and Circuit Court cases across Alcona, Arenac, Iosco and Oscoda counties. She was first elected to the bench in 2018 and re-elected in 2024. Before that she served as Oscoda County Prosecuting Attorney and ran her own practice. She also sits on the Michigan Judicial Council, which produced Michigan's first statewide judicial strategic plan.

One thing worth knowing before you vote: Michigan Supreme Court candidates are nominated by the parties at convention, but they appear in the nonpartisan section of the ballot — usually on the back. You will not find her in the Republican column, so remember to flip your ballot over.

Casandra welcomes your questions and looks forward to meeting you. Bring a question, stay for coffee.

Questions? Michelle Davis, (231) 943-4870
Full details: https://gtgop.org/event/meet-greet-casandra-morse-bills-candidate-for-michigan-supreme-court/

09/14/2026

Some of our favorite door knockers!

Roscommon County Republican Party chair & vice chair Jeff & Bonnie Zabel doing some door knocking for John James and Mike Rogers in Traverse City. With Cameron Dundas & Darcy Pickren.

09/14/2026

In case you missed it John James & Rep. Jack Bergman stopped by our very own Action Center yesterday! 🇺🇸🚁

Thank you all for your continued support and for helping us keep the momentum going!

09/12/2026

John James is at the Action Center tomorrow at noon.

That's the first of nine things happening between now and September 22 — the Fall Festival out at Silver Lake on the 19th, a meet and greet with Michigan Supreme Court candidate Casandra Morse-Bills on the 22nd, and the first Put the 'Pub' Back in Republican downtown this Tuesday.

Absentee ballots go out September 24. Everything on the list happens before then, or just after.

Full rundown — plus a one-tap link to put our calendar on your phone:
https://gtgop.org/mid-september-newsletter-update/