KALKASKA COUNTY, MI-- A candidate for Michigan’s first congressional seat has been injured in a car accident downstate.
The Kalkaska County Sheriff’s Office says Saturday around 9 p.m. Jerry Cannon, 67, had to be extricated from his vehicle, which overturned on Ingersoll Road after it hit a patch of black ice.
Cannon was taken to Munson Medical Center, where he remains in fair condition.
Cannon will face fellow Democrat Lon Johnson in the August 2016 primary.
