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Tudor Dixon wins Republican 
primary for Michigan governor
Dixon will face off with Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in the 
Nov 8. general election

Tudor Dixon will face off against 
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in the Nov. 8 
general election, projected results for 
Tuesday’s Michigan primary election 
show. With 20% of precincts reporting 
as of 9:45 P.M., Dixon received 41.5% 
of the vote, followed by Kevin Rinke, 
who received the next highest number 
of votes.
Dixon, 
a 
businesswoman 
and 
conservative news anchor, gained media 
attention following former President 
Donald Trump’s endorsement of her 
platform on July 29. This cemented 
her position as the frontrunner among 
the five GOP candidates just a few days 
before the election. The DeVos family, 
the Police Officers Association of 
Michigan and the Michigan Chamber 
of Commerce are among others who 
have endorsed Dixon. 
Dixon worked in sales at her father’s 
steel company before pivoting to media 
as a commentator on conservative 
network Real America’s Voice, where 
she made a number of controversial 

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Summer News Editor

remarks toward people of Color. 
Dixon also founded Lumen News, a 
conservative morning news program 
for students. Like the other candidates 
on the Republican primary ballot, 
Dixon has never held an elected office 
position.
Bridge Michigan reported that 
Dixon outraised the other four GOP 
gubernatorial 
candidates, 
with 
10 members of the DeVos family 
collectively contributing over $70,000 
to her campaign. 
Dixon’s victory follows a turbulent 
Republican gubernatorial race, with 
several candidates being disqualified 
for fraudulent nominating petitions and 
fellow candidate Ryan Kelley’s arrest by 
the FBI in June for his involvement in 
the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Michigan voters will decide between 
Dixon and incumbent Whitmer for 
governor on Nov. 8. FiveThirtyEight’s 
election 
forecast 
for 
November’s 
gubernatorial election shows Whitmer 
being clearly favored to win over Dixon, 
with Whitmer projected as the winner 
95 times out of 100. 

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Residents urged to stay 
out of Huron River 
following chemical spill 
from Wixom Plant
Experts say there is no immediate threat to Ann 
Arbor’s drinking water

The 
Michigan 
Department 
of Health and Human Services 
(MDHHS) 
and 
Department 
of 
Environment, 
Great 
Lakes, 
and 
Energy (EGLE) have advised all 
people and pets in Washtenaw, 
Monroe, Oakland, Livingston and 
Wayne counties to avoid contact with 
the Huron River water between North 
Wixom Road in Oakland County 
and Kensington Road in Livingston 
County following a chemical spill in 
the river.
Officials stressed that there is no 
immediate threat to the community’s 
drinking water and the situation is 
being monitored closely. According to 

time-of-travel modeling, it would take 
several weeks for the contaminants to 
reach the city’s water intakes. 
Tribar Manufacturing, a Wixom 
auto supplier plant, was responsible 
for releasing industrial contamination 
into the Huron River. This is the 
second release that the plant has been 
responsible for in the last four years. 
The plant released hexavalent 
chromium into the Wixom sewer 
treatment system that flows into the 
Huron River. Hexavalent chromium 
is a harmful agent that can cause 
adverse health conditions through 
inhalation, ingestion or skin contact. 
Research has linked the chromium 
compounds in the contaminant to 
lung cancer, asthma and bronchitis.

United States district judge 
approves settlement in 
sexual misconduct lawsuit, 
establishes Coordinated 
Community Response Team

The new body is intended to increase protection against sexual 

misconduct in the U-M community

A 
United 
States 
district 
judge approved the settlement 
reached between the University 
of 
Michigan 
and 
attorneys 
representing 
U-M 
students 
in 
March. 
The 
settlement 
involves 
the 
establishment 
of 
the 
Coordinated 
Community 
Response Team (CCRT), which 
is meant to increase protection 
against sexual misconduct in the 
U-M community.
Recent 
university 
alum 
Josephine 
Graham 
filed 
the 
lawsuit in May 2021 against the 
University on the grounds that the 
University does not maintain or 
properly enforce sufficient policies 
and procedures for preventing and 
responding to sexual misconduct 
on campus. The lawsuit did not 
seek monetary relief.
The class action lawsuit is 
different from the $490 million 
settlement 
reached 
between 
survivors of the late athletic 
Doctor Robert Anderson and the 
University in January. Graham 
claimed 
in 
a 
previous 
press 
conference that the CCRT was the 
“capstone” of the settlement.
The University has faced similar 
allegations of mishandling sexual 
misconduct in the past, including 
over 
a 
thousand 
allegations 
against Anderson. In recent years 
there have also been allegations 

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of misconduct against Computer 
Science 
and 
Engineering 
professors Jason Mars and Walter 
Lasecki, former Music, Theatre 
& 
Dance 
professors 
Stephen 
Shipps and David Daniels, former 
LSA lecturer Bruce Conforth 
and English professor Douglas 
Trevor. There is also an upcoming 
sexual misconduct trial against 
former Computer Science and 
Engineering chair Peter Chen, 
as well as the firing of former 
University 
Provost 
Martin 
Philbert for a series of sexual 
misconduct allegations.
The CCRT will begin meetings 
during the fall semester, with 30 
representatives from all three 
University 
campuses 
meeting 
three times a year to discuss and 
advise the University on “a wide 
range of approaches” to addressing 
misconduct, the University said in 
a statement.
Interim University President 
Mary Sue Coleman said the CCRT 
will help the University achieve its 
goals of becoming a national leader 
in protecting community members 
against sexual misconduct. 
“The structure of the team, 
which 
includes 
leadership 
from 
outside 
the 
university, 
will give a voice to all members 
of our community who have 
a perspective to share on this 
vital effort,” Coleman said in a 
statement.

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