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Governor-elect Snyder
12:34 pm
Mon November 8, 2010

Snyder announces positions for Dillon, Posthumus

Credit Zoe Clark / Michigan Radio
Governor-elect Rick Snyder with (l-r) Dick Posthumus, Andy Dillon, Brian Calley

Governor-elect Rick Snyder announced this morning in Ann Arbor that he has picked Democrat Andy Dillon to be state treasurer.  Dillon is currently the Speaker in the Michigan House of Representatives.  Interestingly enough, Dillon lost the Democratic bid to be Michigan's next governor to his primary opponent Virg Bernero.  Bernero went on to lose the general election on November 2nd to Snyder.

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Politics
12:22 pm
Thu August 26, 2010

Rick Snyder talks up running mate Brian Calley

Credit Michigan House Republicans
Brian Calley

Rick Snyder speaks like a corporate CEO talking up some newly discovered talent when he talks about Brian Calley. Snyder says Calley is young, but he's fine with it, "I think 33's a great age. He's had good private business experience. He's been a successful community banker, so great private sector experience and good legislative experience, and the other part of this is you shouldn't look at just age. This is how we build for the future is we get great young people involved in the process, and so we need more and more great young people like Brian."

Calley worked as a commercial banker in mid-Michigan before he was elected to the state House in 2006. He built a reputation as an expert on tax policy, and as someone who could easily work with Republicans and Democrats.

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