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An influencer found a candidate she liked, leading to questions of paid promotion
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In a story headlined, “Secret paid influencer campaign backing Stevens floods Michigan Senate race,” Stevens’ campaign denied to MS Now paying influencers and social media users to promote their candidate.
Jennopalis__/Screenshot via Instagram/After 68 days without posting content to Instagram, Jennopalis returned, with a question: “Why are we paying so much more in Michigan???”
“I live in Michigan,” Jennopalis said in a video on June 10, identifying her place of residency for the first time.
Four days later, on July 20, Jennopalis posted the video on Instagram.
On July 23, Jennopalis posted two videos about Stevens’ legislation requiring Congress members and congressional candidates to publicly release their tax returns.