rssRep. Pete Hoekstra Surging in Michigan Gubernatorial Bid
Thursday, March 11, 2010 at 12:48 pm
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The ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee — you couldn’t flip on a TV without seeing him in the aftermath of Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab’s botched terrorism attempt — has steadily moved into the lead in the GOP’s primary for governor of Michigan. A new poll for Michigan’s Booth Newspapers has Hoekstra at 28 percent, up 10 points over his nearest rival, and up 16 points over the man long seen as the nominee-in-waiting, Attorney General Mike Cox.
The trendlines since November:
Pete Hoekstra – 28 percent (+7)
Rick Snyder – 18 percent (+13)
Mike Cox – 12 percent (-3)
Mike Bouchard – 8 percent (-5)
Tom George – 2 percent (-1)
Snyder, the businessman who bought an ad during the Superbowl, gets the headlines — he’s moving up faster. But Hoekstra’s clearly benefited from being out front attacking the Obama administration on national security. (Less dramatically, he’s benefited from being the only candidate with strong ties to conservative western Michigan.)
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Comment posted March 11, 2010 @ 10:48 pm
Pete Hoekstra, seldom knows the facts and is easily dis-credited, Mike Cox has shown his true colors by avoiding a subpoena by a Detroit Court in the case of a murdered Exotic Dancer during a party for Ex-Mayor Kilwamee Patrick. The Republicans have a long Michigan History of Setting the state on it's ear and then blaming the Democrats for the problems.. It's true West Michigan is conservative but what would you expect for the birth place of Meijer, Amway, Herman Miller, and the largest concentration of religious organizations out side of Vatican City, Rome
Comment posted March 12, 2010 @ 8:12 pm
The polls don't mean much right now. It is a long time till august and snyder is the only one to run tv ads so far. Hoekstra has been on tv for the attempted air plane bombing. These polls are only showing that more people recognize those two canidates over the others.
Comment posted August 29, 2010 @ 3:38 pm
These polls are only showing that more people recognize those two canidates over the others.
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