Jim Runestad, of White Lake Township, defeated Trump's endorsed candidate, Meshawn Maddock, of Milford, on the second ballot at Huntington Place, taking close to 63% of the votes cast by about 1,900 delegates.

With Trump as president, the state GOP is free to go after its immediate needs and refocus on building a structure to win in 2026. That's the work Pete Hoekstra began when he took over the party last year from ousted Chair Kristina Karamo.