2010 Endorsements
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GOVERNOR
Gubernatorial Endorsements: All three meet CTVPAC endorsement criteria
Mike Bouchard
Bouchard on the Issues
Bouchard's Endorsements
Mike Cox
Cox on the Issues
Cox's Endorsements
Pete Hoekstra
Hoekstra on the Issues
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Hoekstra's Endorsements
Special Note: CTVPAC Encourages a "NO" Vote on Rick Snyder.
Read article by Tom Gantert with Michigan View on why
CTVPAC Press Release
announcing Endorsement (July 1, 2010)
Watch/Listen the Governor Candidate Debates:
Americans for Prosperity/Clarkston
(GOP candidates)
Detroit Chamber of
Commerce/Mackinac Island (all GOP/DEM candidates)
Grand Rapids/Wood TV (GOP candidates)
MiVote Debate
Oakland University (GOP Candidates) 7/13/10
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JUDICIAL
Special Judicial Endorsements for Primary
District Judge for Antrim, Grand Traverse and Leelanau Counties:
Kevin Elsenheimer
CONGRESS
Primary Endorsements for US Congress:
Dist 1
Jason Allen and
Dan Benishek both meet
endorsement criteria
Dist 2
Bill Huizenga,
Wayne Kuipers and
Jay Riemersma all meet endorsement criteria
Dist 3 Bill Hardiman
Dist 6 Jack Hoogendyk
Dist 7 Tim Walberg
Dist 8
Mike Rogers
Dist 9
Rocky Raczkowski and Paul Welday
both meet endorsement criteria
Dist 11 Thad McCotter
Dist 12 Don Volaric
STATE LEGISLATURE
Primary Endorsements for State Senate
Dist 6
John Pastor
Dist 7 Deborah Whyman
Dist 13 John Pappageorge
Dist 15 Mike Kowall
Dist 16 Bruce Caswell
Dist 17
Randy Richardville
Dist 19 Mike Nofs
Dist 20 Tonya Schuitmaker
Dist 21 John Proos
Dist 22 Joe Hune
Dist 24
Rick Jones
Dist 25 Todd Courser,
Lauren Hager and
Phil Pavlov all meet
endorsement criteria
Dist 26 Dave Robertson
Dist 28
Mark Jansen
Dist 29 Dave Hildenbrand
Dist 30 Arlan Meekhof
Dist 31 Mike Green and
Robert Palmer all meet endorsement
criteria
Dist 32
Roger Kahn
Dist 33 Brian Calley
Dist 34 Goeff Hansen
Dist 36 John Moolenaar
Dist 37 Howard Walker
Dist 38 Tom Casperson
Primary Endorsements for State House
Dist 1 Charles Davis III
Dist 4 Michael Jeffrey Hartt
Dist 5 Jermain Lee Jones
Dist 15 Suzanne Sareini
Dist 20 Kurt Heise
Dist 21 Shannon Price
Dist 22 Darrell McNeill
Dist 28 Marc Goodson
Dist 30 David Bocek
Dist 32 Michael Shmina
Dist 33 Peter Vitale
Dist 36 Pete Lund
Dist 38
Hugh Crawford
Dist 43
Gail Haines
Dist 44 Eileen Kowall
Dist 45 Tom McMillin
Dist 48 Susan Culver
Dist 55 Mary Kay Thayer
Dist 56 Dale Zorn
Dist 57 Nancy Jenkins
Dist 58
Ken Kurtz
Dist 59 Matt Lori
Dist 61 Margaret O'Brien
Dist 62 Steven Mobley
Dist 63 Jase Bolger
Dist 65 Mike Shirkey
Dist 66
Bill Rogers
Dist 67 Jeff Hall and
Tricia Opper
Dist 68 Timothy Moede
Dist 70 Denise Drury,
Ed Sternisha and
Michael VanKleeck all
meet endorsement criteria
Dist 72 Ken Yonker
Dist 73 Bob Becker,
Peter Macgregor, and
Dennis L. Smith all meet endorsement
criteria
Dist 74 Dave Agema
Dist 77 Thomas Hooker,
Rusty Richter and
Nate Vriesman all
meet endorsement criteria
Dist 78 Sharon Tyler
Dist 80 Aric Nesbitt
Dist 81
Jud Gilbert
Dist 85 Ben Glardon,
David Lazar and
Dennis Rainwater all meet
endorsement criteria
Dist 86 Lisa Posthumus Lyons and
Rob VerHeulen both meet
endorsement criteria
Dist 87 Mike Callton
Dist 88 Bob Genetski
Dist 91 Holly Hughes and
Ken Punter both meet endorsement
criteria
Dist 93
Paul Opsommer
Dist 94 Ken Horn
Dist 95 Joyce Seals
Dist 97 Joel Johnson
Dist 98
Jim Stamas
Dist 99 Christina Alwood and
Kevin Cotter both meet
endorsement criteria
Dist 100 Jon Bumstead,
Jane Drake and
Marc Libants all meet endorsement
criteria
Dist 101 John Arens and Ray Franz both meet endorsement criteria
Dist 104 Wayne Schmidt
Dist 105 Triston Cole and
Kenneth Glasser both meet endorsement criteria
Dist 109 John Brock
Dist 110 Matt Huuki
Ballot Initiatives:
The ONLY ballot initiative on the November 2010 ballot:
Proposal 1: Should Michigan should hold a Constitutional Convention?
Learn More on the issue
Michigan Chamber of
Commerce's VOTE NO background and reasoning
More Info via
Ballot Pedia
MI Secretary of State's Update