Mike Cox drops out of Michigan governor race, backs John James

After railing against President Donald Trump’s pick of U.S. Rep. John James, R-Shelby Township, to be Michigan’s next governor, former Attorney General Mike Cox ended his Republican gubernatorial campaign and vowed to support the president’s candidate in November, describing the primary as essentially over. “Today I leave the race for Governor with great sadness because I never found a better experience than serving the people of Michigan as I did for 21 years as a prosecutor and Attorney General (and before that, as a Marine),” Cox said in a July 17 statement announcing his decision to drop out. With Cox…