RUMOR MILL
We’re hearing from reliable folks that former Congressman David Trott (R-Birmingham) is giving serious thought to running again for Congress – to represent a district in Naples, Florida, which is where he supposedly makes his primary residence now. Trott represented a good portion of Oakland County from 2014-2018, back when it was a solidly red district and before Haley Stevens (D-Birmingham, Bloomfield Township, Bloomfield Hills and most of Oakland County) flipped it blue – something that was once unheard of. The reality is that a good portion of the county has evolved from a strictly Republican bastion to one that is now consistently Democrat. Trott, who grew up and has lived in Birmingham and Bloomfield his entire life, grew disenfranchised with his life in Congress as “one of 435,” after being a top bankruptcy and real estate attorney, along with his growing disdain for former President Donald Trump. If he does run for office in Florida, some are wondering if he’d run as a Democrat, Republican or Independent. It must be noted Trott has always been a Republican, going back to the days when he interned with late Republican Congressman Bill Broomfield in the 1980’s – colloquially, Trott is a “Reagan Republican.” In a MAGA world where those are classified as “RINOs,” anything is possible. But we’ll put our dollars on the R square.