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Comment by Joseph M Lenard (JLenardDetroit) on November 18, 2011 at 3:09am

STRAW POLL RESULTS

US Senate Candidate Forum
September 29, 2011
Banquet and Conference Center of DeWitt --- Michigan

Scotty Boman ===================== 02.33%

Clark Durant=======================18.07%

Gary Glenn ======================= 31.84%

Randy Hekman ==================== 09.94%

Pete Hoekstra ===================== 23.39%

Pete Knoetchy ==================== 09.35%

Undecided ======================= 05.08%

THANK YOU, for attending and participating in the mid-Michigan Tea Party Forum. Many, Many thoughts of appreciation that you all attended, everyone appreciated your being there.....

Comment by Joseph M Lenard (JLenardDetroit) on November 18, 2011 at 3:07am

Huckabee endorses Glenn for U.S. Senate

 

Little Rock, AR – Former presidential candidate and Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee Wednesday announced his endorsement of Gary Glenn in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate in Michigan.

 

Huckabee posted the following statement on the website of his political action committee HuckPAC:

"I am very happy to endorse and support Gary Glenn for the United States Senate in Michigan. Gary is a person whose clarity of conviction is refreshing. He has boldly led on issues of life, traditional marriage, and the Fair Tax. When I needed help in Michigan in 2008, Gary didn't wait until it was convenient or popular, he stood with me out of sheer courage of his views. Gary Glenn won't take a poll to find out where he needs to stand. He will be a Senator that will take his values with him to Washington. I hope you will join me in getting behind Gary with your prayers, your generous and sacrificial contributions, and your vote."  (HuckPAC: http://bit.ly/v5fwI5k)

"The support of a person of Gov. Huckabee's character, leadership, and values is humbling and certainly encouraging, and it's reflective of the grassroots groundswell my candidacy is winning from Tea Party and other conservative activists in the Republican primary," Glenn said.

"No Republican who doesn't have the enthusiastic support of Tea Party and conservative grassroots can defeat Sen. Debbie Stabenow," Glenn said.  "And when conservatives learn about Pete Hoekstra's vote for the Wall Street bailout, debt ceiling increases, and Brady Bill gun control law, and his long record of association with Jimmy Hoffa and opposition to state and national Right to Work laws, they will not support him." 

 

Glenn, who was a featured speaker at the first Tea Party rally in Midland County in April 2009, has won support from Tea Party activists across the state.  Last month, in the only campaign e