Photo courtesy of Julie Maday (left) and Roger Victory (right).
Michigan Republicans nominated Julie Maday and State Sen. Roger Victory as their candidates for Michigan State University’s Board of Trustees.
On Saturday, March 28, the Michigan Republican Party Convention was held in Novi, Mich. Delegates from across the state gathered to nominate Maday and Victory to run for the two available seats in the November election.
Since 2023, Victory has represented Michigan’s 31st district in the state Senate. From 2019 to 2022, he represented Michigan’s 30th district. Before his time in the Senate, he served in the Michigan House of Representatives.
Maday is a former Novi City Council member and parent of an MSU alum. This will be Maday’s second attempt for a seat on MSU’s board. She was narrowly defeated by Trustee Rebecca Bahar-Cook, coming just over 4,000 votes short in the 2024 election.
Trustee Mike Balow, the board’s sole Republican who ran on the same ticket as Maday, has endorsed her, saying, “I was proud to run with her in 2024; the margin was so razor-thin last time, that this time she is going to carry it across the finish line.”
Balow also endorsed Victory, saying in a video to the convention that Victory’s “many years of service to the state house and senate, as well as his background in state agriculture, will bring a valuable perspective to our board.”
Last week, Governor Gretchen Whitmer endorsed current Board Chair Brianna Scott and Trustee Kelly Tebay for the democratic nomination, which will be decided at the state party convention later this month.
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