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Hoekstra enters race for Michigan governor
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| Contributor | COSDem |
| Last Edited | COSDem Mar 30, 2009 09:27am |
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| News Date | Monday, March 30, 2009 03:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | With a catch phrase of "Michigan's Future Begins with Us," U.S. Rep. Pete Hoekstra kicked off his campaign for governor in Detroit this morning.
"We need to begin the process of rebuilding a strong Michigan," said Hoekstra, 55, a Republican from Holland, at press conference at the Inland Pipe Rehabililtation Co. in Detroit. "We will create new opportunities to not only keep our family members, friends, neighbors and our great businesses here at home in Michigan, but attract new companies and residents to our great state."
Hoekstra was first elected to Congress in 1992 and rose through the ranks to become chairman of the powerful House Intelligence Committee, a position he held until Democrats won control of the House of Representatives in 2006. He remains the ranking minority member of the committee.
Before winning elective office, Hoekstra was an executive at Herman Miller Furniture Co. in Zeeland. |
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