 a republican did win the election right  is anyone else uneasy  lansing dennis muchmore a longtime lansing lobbyist and former director of the state rsquo s largest conservation organization will serve as chief of staff in the administration of govelect rick snyder a political moderate muchmore came to lansing in the 1970s to work on the staff of former democratic state sen john bowman so we have andy dillon at treasurer and a staff member of a democrat state senator as chief of staff i would like to believe that governorelect snyder is picking the best people for the job but when he is picking democrats i can t believe that s the case  