Mitt Romney Comes to Michigan Again to Aid Pete Hoekstra

Yesterday was a great day for Captain Hoekstra. Tons of pictures and links to audio/video can be found here.

Early in the morning, Dr. James Dobson endorsed Pete and the Hoekstra campaign began airing a radio ad of the endorsement which can be heard here. Soon after that announcement, brace yourselves… The Michigan Teamsters announced their support of Pete Hoekstra. When you add those endorsements to the likes of David Barton (constitutional expert and founder of Wallbuilders), Jim DeMint, Newt Gingrich, Former Speaker Dennis Hastert, Rick Santorum, and many others, Pete is putting together the most impressive coalition I can remember seeing in Michigan politics.

Next came the first of two fundraisers Mitt attended with Pete. The first fundraiser was in Grosse Point at the beautiful home of the Liggett family.

This event was very well attended and organized. The food was fantastic as well. When Pete came in with Mitt, he remarked that he was blown away by the attendance. There was an overflow room with an audio feed of the remarks Mitt and Pete gave to the audience. The campaign also distributed more yard signs than they anticipated which was great to see.

Then, in between the first and second fundraiser, Mitt and Pete met up with Candice Miller at a press stop at American Coney Island in Detroit. They talked to a lot of business owners about the problems they are facing in Michigan.

Finally, after some more positive poll numbers for the Hoekstra campaign were released, the second fundraiser began.

This event was also very successful. Mitt used to live down the street from the Kiriluk family where this event was held. Several people sent in money to the Hoekstra campaign for this event even though they could not attend in person. Congressman Hoekstra is extremely fortunate, thankful, and deserving of all the help Mitt and the Free & Strong America PAC has given him. Today was just another example of a plethora of examples we can point to of Mitt doing everything he can to bring America back. Think about this: Mitt has endorsed over 100 candidates for the 2010 elections and has been doing approximately three personal appearances a day for months now. Mitt’s hard work is going to be paying dividends for our entire country for years to come.

If you live in Michigan, please sign up to join Team Hoekstra for a statewide door-to-door campaign called Super Saturday (July 17th). Even if you can’t come, try to recruit some people who can.

Also, no matter where you live in the U.S., even a $10 donation will go a long way to helping Congressman Hoekstra win the Republican nomination to be the next Governor of the state of Michigan. The Hoekstra campaign has been outspent by a huge margin, but Congressman Hoekstra has made the most of his resources and has maintained a lead despite the millions of dollars being spent by his opponents. Until this week, the Hoekstra campaign had spent only $5,000 total in television ads. Please join Mitt’s PAC and make a donation to Pete if you can.

Pete Hoekstra Releases First Major Ad Buy of the Campaign

Pete Hoekstra, Republican candidate for Governor, talks about the role of government in job creation.



If you want to help Pete keep this ad on the air and/or be able to release new ads, please donate to the campaign at https://govhoekstra.securesites.net/donations.php

Two More HUGE Endorsements of Pete Hoekstra for Governor

Help Us get Pete a New Couch

Sleeping on a couch isn’t very comfortable.
But Pete didn’t go to Washington to get comfortable.



For 18 years as a Michigan congressman, Pete Hoekstra has slept on his office couch in Washington. He didn’t want to get too comfortable there because, for Pete, Michigan is home.

And as our congressman, he's been watching our pennies in Washington. In fact, Pete has been recognized year after year for his record on reducing taxes and spending by organizations like Americans for Tax Reform, the Council for Citizens Against Government Waste, and the National Federation of Small Business.

Pete knows that, in these challenging times, it's more important than ever that our leaders in Lansing are watching our pennies, too. That's why Pete's running for Governor. He knows Michigan needs leadership in Lansing that will cut bureaucracy, simplify our tax code and free hard working Michigan families, business owners and entrepreneurs to innovate, invest, build and succeed.

Michigan needs Pete Hoekstra.

“People can’t believe I’ve slept on my couch in DC for 18 years. But I didn’t want to get too comfortable in Washington. I knew that I worked IN DC, but FOR the people of Michigan.”

—Pete Hoekstra

Michigan needs a leader who works FOR the people and against government waste. Pete Hoekstra has the background—and priorities—to get the job done. We need your help to get Pete into the Governor’s office ... and maybe, even, to buy him a new couch (one that can double as a bed).

Can you help put Pete on the job for Michigan with your donation of $50, $75 or even $100?

Pete Hoekstra Opens up Commanding Lead in New Poll for GOP Nomination for Michigan Governor

Exclusive Detroit Free Press Poll

A recent flurry of campaign advertising in the Republican gubernatorial primary has not dislodged U.S. Rep. Pete Hoekstra as the front-runner, but Ann Arbor businessman Rick Snyder would be the GOP’s strongest candidate in the fall, a Free Press/WXYZ-TV poll shows.

Hoekstra maintains a solid lead among Republicans with 30% of likely primary voters, followed by Attorney General Mike Cox (18%), Snyder (17%), Oakland County Sheriff Mike Bouchard (16%) and state Sen. Tom George (2%).

Except for George, any of the Republicans have significant leads over either of the two Democrats, House Speaker Andy Dillon and Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero.

Please click on the link and vote for Pete!

Pete Releases TV ad in Response to Attacks

It was inevitable that Pete was going to be attacked after being the front-runner for so long, but the pathetic and ridiculous nature of the attacks should tell us all we need to know. Pete is leading in the polls for a reason...he's the best candidate to bring Michigan back! If you haven't seen it yet, here's the video:



I find this to be a great ad because it doesn't resort to the mud-slinging that has poisoned our politics for far too long. It addresses the attacks made by others, but it focuses on a positive vision for what Pete is the man to get Michigan back on track. We can learn a lot about a candidate based on their friends, and Pete has surrounded himself with great people like the Family Research Council, Mitt Romney, David Barton, and so many more!

Hoekstra Takes Aim at Obama on Day of President's Address to Michigan Grads

Rep. Pete Hoekstra (R-Mich.) launched a preemptive attack on President Barack Obama on Saturday, warning the president to heed Michigan's poor economic condition while he's in the state.

Hoekstra, who's running for governor of Michigan, said he welcomed Obama to the state, where the president will deliver the commencement address at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, but said Obama should also look around in the state for the effects of policies Hoekstra had said adversely affected the state's economy.

"Today, President Obama will deliver the commencement address at the University of Michigan, my alma mater," Hoekstra said in the weekly Republican radio address. "I join with Michiganders across the state in welcoming President Obama to our home."

“We also welcome the opportunity to show the president – first-hand – the painful plight of the people of Michigan," the congressman added.

The president chose to deliver the speech at Michigan to emphasize the role of education in growing the economy, the White House said in a statement previewing the speech.

"President Obama will challenge graduates to write the next chapter in our nation's great story," the statement said. "He will ask them to eschew partisan rancor and come together to move the country forward as generations of Americans facing critical moments in our history have before them."

Obama will visit a state hit especially hard by the current recession. The state's unemployment rate stands at 14.9 percent through the end of March, and the administration had to take drastic steps in 2009 to bail out General Motors and Chrysler, two main contributors to the state's traditional auto economy.

Hoekstra took aim at the president for what he said were unkept promises on ending bailouts and the effects of the stimulus, saying Michigan voters have little reason to trust the president.

"Republicans are standing with the American people and the people of Michigan by fighting for an end to permanent bailouts, ending wasteful Washington spending, and proposing a plan that would address the root causes of the financial crisis," he said. "We are standing for real solutions."

"Today’s graduates at the University of Michigan are looking for the economic freedom and opportunity of every previous American generation," the congressman, the ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee, added. "Let’s give it to them."