Nancy Cassis indicated Tuesday morning she will not actively campaign for the Congressional seat in the special primary election on Sept. 5.
The former state senator from Novi sent emails to local newspapers clarifying her comments from an earlier television show discussing the primary election for the new 11th District in which she ran a write-in campaign against Kerry Bentivolio. Bentivolio won that election Aug. 7 and will face Democratic winner Syed Taj in the Nov. 6 general election.
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“Much has been made of my comments from earlier this summer on ‘Off the Record’ in which I stated that if I did not win the 11th district primary I would withdraw from the special election,” Cassis said. “I would like to clarify that, at that time, I made the remark in the context of only two filed candidates and for one to withdraw would save taxpayers the $650,000 expense of a special election. That all changed when three more people from Livonia filed to run. Thus my name is on the ballot along with four other Republicans and one Democrat.
“So today I want to make it clear that I will not actively campaign for the special election on September 5th. The voters will go to the polls, see the names that are on the ballot, and our democratic process will work itself out as it has done for over 200 years in our great nation.
“It is time to lay our differences aside and work to get our Republican ticket elected in November starting with Mitt Romney.”
Absent in the email was any endorsement of Bentivolio in the new 11th District race.
