Just one more note on the whole Meijer/Gibbs/Democrat thing. Meijer was censured by his own party for voting for impeachment. The party chairman jokingly(?) called for his assignation. How many mainline "Republicans" came to his district to campaign for him. The ads he Democrats ran told it like it is about his opponent, that he was backed by Trump, lied about the 2020 election, etc.
How exactly did the ads hurt Meijer?