Team Gendebien

Why does Team Gendebien include people who hate the North Country?

01 - The Handler

Aziz Yakub

On a WKTV interview, Gendebien did not get to decide which questions were allowed. Yakub did. July 11, 2025, camera off, he cut in: “Before starting this, we talked about talking broadly about the campaign.”WKTV, Jul 11, 2025

02 - The Communist

Ximena Nieves

Gendebien hired the author of “The Unholy Trinity: Racism, Capitalism and Mass Incarceration,” a piece that calls to eradicate capitalism. She argued slavery was never truly abolished, called police and prison guards racist, and wrote that overpolicing, bias, and wrongful convictions “function for the benefit of the prison industrial complex.”Townhall, Sep 22, 2026

03 - The Foreigner

Gabriela Grabovski

Born in Kyiv. Entered the United States on August 13, 2022. FEC filings, under the name Gabriella Grabovska, show thousands of dollars paid to her. The FEC is currently is investigating.NCPR, Oct 5, 2026

04 - The Liberal

Maeve Kelly

City & State named her the campaign spokesperson. The same story has Gendebien saying he does not do campaign work before noon.City & State, Sep 3, 2026

05 - The Radical

Rodericka

Rodericka Applewhaite was Director of Black Media at the White House. She has worked for Majority Democrats, the Michigan Democratic Party, Pete Buttigieg, SKDK, and EMILY’s List. From Washington she posts Gendebien’s rating shifts and calls the criticism petty games.Her posts, Oct 2026