DAVISON, MI (AP)— The leader of the Flint-area Republican Party has pleaded guilty to making a harassing phone call to a Democratic official in Houghton County.
Matthew Smith says his actions were “totally inappropriate.”
Smith is chairman of the Genesee County Republican Party and a member of the Davison School Board. He is facing a recall campaign in Davison.
Jennifer Kelly, the elected clerk in Houghton County, says the caller threatened to poison her dogs during a phone call in the wee hours in March 2020. Smith says a friend was running for office against Kelly.
Kelly was subsequently reelected.
