Former Republican New York Gov. George Pataki backed rockstar Kid Rock’s potential bid for Senate in a tweet Tuesday.
The rocker, whose real name is Robert Ritchie, has been flirting with a 2018 Senate run in Michigan, and last week a prominent super PAC linked to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Ritchie should run. Pataki’s tweet Tuesday solidifies that the Republican establishment could rally around a rocker who has a history of vulgar lyrics.
“Kid Rock is exactly the kind of candidate the GOP needs right now,” Pataki wrote.
Kid Rock is exactly the kind of candidate the GOP needs right now. #KidRockForSenate @KidRock
https://t.co/gWagkLPcBb— George E. Pataki (@GovernorPataki) August 15, 2017
Recent polling shows Ritchie with a huge lead in the Republican primary and neck-to-neck with Democratic incumbent Debbie Stabenow. Ritchie has yet to announce whether he will run, but said in a recent statement, “The democrats are ‘shattin’ in their pantaloons’ right now…and rightfully so!”