By Liz Nass
Gongwer News Service
The national attorneys general organizations are releasing their first ads in Michigan’s campaign for the office on Thursday, with both Democrats and Republicans attacking the other on the prosecutors’ records.
Both the Republican and Democratic associations of attorneys general are starting put money into the campaigns for Washtenaw County Prosecutor Eli Savit on the Democratic side and Eaton County Prosecutor Doug Lloyd on the Republican side.
Savit’s campaign reported over $1 million cash on hand in his most recent campaign finance filing, while Lloyd had around $225,289 on hand.
However, RAGA is now dumping $7 million across 13 states in August, including Michigan, to back nominees in competitive states.
“Fighting crime is on the ballot this November,” RAGA Executive Director Adam Piper said in a statement.
The first ad from the organization first attacks U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed on his “dangerous ideas,” but claims that Savit has “a more dangerous record.”
The ad picks apart Savit’s record including his push to limit cash bail, which he says is unfair to low-income inmates who cannot afford to buy their way out of jail, and dropping murder charges on a teen in 2022, who then six months later was charged with intent to murder. At the time, the prosecuting attorney said the case was dismissed due to additional evidence that rendered them unable to prove it was not in self-defense, as reported in MLive.
The ad also claimed Savit “stopped prosecuting crimes,” a criticism surrounding Savit claiming he is soft on crime, specifically drug crimes and not prosecuting prostitution, and the murder rates rose in the county.
The Democratic association has been swirling a digital ad around the last few weeks on Lloyd’s record, which has now moved over to streaming platforms as well, according to AdImpact.
The ad says Lloyd’s record “raises serious concerns about his ability to keep our kids safe.”
It focuses on two cases including one where his office “cut a deal” with an alleged child predator to get probation, as the ad claims. In 2025, former Delta Township Supervisor Ken Fletcher was sentenced to two years of probation in connection with an online child sex sting. He pleaded guilty to one count of using a computer to commit a crime, a maximum four-year felony after police alleged he engaged in sexual conversation with an undercover detective posing as a 15-year-old boy. The prosecutor’s office dismissed a felony count of accosting a child for immoral purposes and the parties agreed he would face no jail time, according to the Lansing State Journal.
The other case in question was when his office dropped charges against a man who allegedly raped and tried to strangle a 10-year-old girl in Eaton County in March 2014. The charges were dismissed without prejudice in 2015, meaning prosecutors could re-file them later, according to WWMT 3.
Keith Schipper, Lloyd’s campaign spokesperson, said the office dismissed the case because there was insufficient evidence to prove he committed the offense, which “is the prosecutor’s ethical requirement.”
Gongwer News Service
The national attorneys general organizations are releasing their first ads in Michigan’s campaign for the office on Thursday, with both Democrats and Republicans attacking the other on the prosecutors’ records.
Both the Republican and Democratic associations of attorneys general are starting put money into the campaigns for Washtenaw County Prosecutor Eli Savit on the Democratic side and Eaton County Prosecutor Doug Lloyd on the Republican side.
Savit’s campaign reported over $1 million cash on hand in his most recent campaign finance filing, while Lloyd had around $225,289 on hand.
However, RAGA is now dumping $7 million across 13 states in August, including Michigan, to back nominees in competitive states.
“Fighting crime is on the ballot this November,” RAGA Executive Director Adam Piper said in a statement.
The first ad from the organization first attacks U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed on his “dangerous ideas,” but claims that Savit has “a more dangerous record.”
The ad picks apart Savit’s record including his push to limit cash bail, which he says is unfair to low-income inmates who cannot afford to buy their way out of jail, and dropping murder charges on a teen in 2022, who then six months later was charged with intent to murder. At the time, the prosecuting attorney said the case was dismissed due to additional evidence that rendered them unable to prove it was not in self-defense, as reported in MLive.
The ad also claimed Savit “stopped prosecuting crimes,” a criticism surrounding Savit claiming he is soft on crime, specifically drug crimes and not prosecuting prostitution, and the murder rates rose in the county.
The Democratic association has been swirling a digital ad around the last few weeks on Lloyd’s record, which has now moved over to streaming platforms as well, according to AdImpact.
The ad says Lloyd’s record “raises serious concerns about his ability to keep our kids safe.”
It focuses on two cases including one where his office “cut a deal” with an alleged child predator to get probation, as the ad claims. In 2025, former Delta Township Supervisor Ken Fletcher was sentenced to two years of probation in connection with an online child sex sting. He pleaded guilty to one count of using a computer to commit a crime, a maximum four-year felony after police alleged he engaged in sexual conversation with an undercover detective posing as a 15-year-old boy. The prosecutor’s office dismissed a felony count of accosting a child for immoral purposes and the parties agreed he would face no jail time, according to the Lansing State Journal.
The other case in question was when his office dropped charges against a man who allegedly raped and tried to strangle a 10-year-old girl in Eaton County in March 2014. The charges were dismissed without prejudice in 2015, meaning prosecutors could re-file them later, according to WWMT 3.
Keith Schipper, Lloyd’s campaign spokesperson, said the office dismissed the case because there was insufficient evidence to prove he committed the offense, which “is the prosecutor’s ethical requirement.”
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