The Michigan Republican Party has ruled out hosting a party for state activists and elected officials on Election Night, according to a new report.
Michigan’s GOP will re-route funding to local races there instead, The Detroit News said Monday.
{mosads}“It is a costly endeavor and we are using all available resources to elect Republicans,” said Sarah Anderson, communications director for the Michigan Republican Party, Monday.
The Detroit News said the Michigan GOP also cited having no statewide race at the top of Congressional tickets this year as another factor in its decision.
The state’s Republicans, it said, additionally lack any special connection with GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump or his running mate, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence.
The Detroit News said the Michigan Democratic Party, meanwhile, is planning an Election Night celebration at the MGM Grand casino in Detroit.
Both major political parties typically host competing events on Election Night to observe voting results.
Such parties provide a rallying point for news media, political pundits and activists while giving candidates a platform for victory and concession speeches.
The Detroit News added the Michigan GOP conducted an Election Night party in Lansing during the 2012 presidential election.
Michigan native Mitt Romney was the Republican presidential nominee that cycle, and there was also a statewide Senate race.
Trump’s campaign in the Great Lakes State has not said whether it would host its own party on Nov. 8.
A Detroit News/WDIV poll released earlier this month found Hillary Clinton nearly 12 points ahead of Trump in Michigan.
Clinton, the Democratic presidential nominee, took 42 percent in the Oct. 12 survey to Trump’s 31 percent.
A Fox 2 Detroit/Mitchell Research & Communications survey out Monday, meanwhile, found her 8 points ahead of Trump in Michigan.
Clinton leads Trump by about 5 points nationwide, according to the latest RealClearPolitics average of polls.