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Tagged: Kent County GOP

Politics & Government
11:34 pm
Wed August 8, 2012

Kent County GOP rallies around Hoekstra, Amash, and R-turned-D Roy Schmidt

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Credit Lindsey Smith / Michigan Radio
"Beating an incumbent senator will not be easy. It is hard work. But I’ve got every ounce of confidence that we can get this done with us all working together,” Hoekstra said at the Kent County GOP unity party.
Credit Lindsey Smith / Michigan Radio
Congressman Bill Huizenga was really pumped to introduce The GOP's nominee to take on US Senator Debbie Stabenow. Huizenga now serves in the same lakeshore district Hoekstra held for nearly 20 years.
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Now that the primary is over, Kent County Republicans are working to get more people to rally behind their nominees.

Even Democrat-turned-Republican State Representative Roy Schmidt Schmidt was among the GOP nominees at a unity rally in Grand Rapids Wednesday night.

He narrowly defeated a write-in candidate who decided to challenge Schmidt in the wake of a criminal investigation into Schmidt's party switch. No charges were brought in the case. However, the Secretary of State's office is still investigating allegations Schmidt violated campaign finance laws.

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