Posts Tagged ‘Michigan’

From Freep.com:

With Cox and Hoekstra tangling at the starting gate, the rough stuff is likely to spread.

Tom Shields, a Lansing-based political consultant with Republican roots, said he expects Cox to move on to a third Republican in the race, Ann Arbor businessman Rick Snyder, in fairly short order.

Cox, Hoekstra and Snyder, the only candidate with a significant TV advertising campaign before Tuesday, have led almost all of the public polls on the Republican side of the primary. Also running are Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard and state Sen. Tom George of Kalamazoo.

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From The Oakland Press:

Republican Mike Cox is the latest candidate to turn in the signatures needed to run for governor on Michigan’s August primary ballot.

Cox turned in more than 25,000 signatures to state elections officials on Wednesday. Only 15,000 valid signatures are needed to make the ballot.

Cox is currently Michigan’s attorney general.

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From Greta Van Susteren:

From LSJ.com:

DETROIT – Plans by Michigan Democrats to pick their favorite for attorney general next month have brought an earlier-than-usual intensity to the race pitting attorney Richard Bernstein against Genesee County Prosecutor David Leyton.

On the Republican side, former Court of Appeals Judge Bill Schuette and Senate Majority Leader Mike Bishop have until late August before GOP activists make their choice. Schuette is working to lock up endorsements with an active campaign, while Bishop is hoping his leadership role at the state Capitol will boost his chances.

The Nov. 3 winner will replace Mike Cox, a Republican who has hit the eight-year term limit and is running for governor. He has backed Schuette, but once nominations are settled the general election race could be as hard-fought as in 2002, when Cox won by a mere 5,200 votes out of nearly 3.1 million cast.

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From WXVT:

Republican gubernatorial candidate Mike Cox has picked up an endorsement from Mike Huckabee, the former Arkansas governor who ran for president in 2008.

In a statement released Wednesday by Cox’s campaign, Huckabee describes the Michigan attorney general as a “pro-life, pro-gun candidate.”

Huckabee says Cox is an innovative, strong leader who opposes “runaway tax and spend policies.”

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From the Michigan Messenger:

A new Epic/MRA poll has some very interesting information about the race for governor in Michigan.

The poll, which was of 400 likely Democratic voters and 400 likely Republican voters, showed that Attorney General Mike Cox is leading the Republican candidates with 26 percent. U.S. Rep. Pete Hoekstra is in second place with 22 percent and Oakland County Sheriff Mike Bouchard is in third place with 13 percent. None of the other GOP candidates poll above 3 percent.

On the Democratic side, U of M Trustee Denise Illitch leads the pack with 17 percent support, with the trio of Speaker of the Michigan House Andy Dillon, U.S. Rep. Gary Peters and U.S. Rep. Bart Stupak all at 6 percent. Stupak has already said he is not going to run. Dillon is widely expected to declare his candidacy soon. Peters is not expected to enter the race.

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From the Michigan Messenger:

At least one candidate for governor is not running into the fundraising problems that forced Lt. Gov. John Cherry out of the race. Though not required to do so, Attorney General Mike Cox announced that he has raised nearly $2 million in his race for governor and has most of that still in the bank to spend.

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