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Meet the Candidates 2016 US House District 1: Lon Johnson and Jerry Cannon
Monday , 27, June 2016 Candidates, Elections, Enbridge Line 5, Meet the Candidates 2016, Upper Peninsula 3 CommentsThe August 2 primary will be here soon, and in Michigan’s first congressional district two candidates from Kalkaska will appear on the Democratic Party primary ballot: Lon Johnson and Jerry Cannon. Michigan’s first US House District is the largest district in the state. Lon Johnson is the former chair of the Michigan Democratic Party. In […]
Dan Benishek Won’t Run In 2016 Because Veterans Need Him After Saying He Would Run In 2016 Because Veterans Need Him
Tuesday , 15, September 2015 Candidates, Elections, Tea Party 2 CommentsTea party VA surgeon and 3 term U.S. Rep Dan Benishek won’t break his vow to only run for three terms after all. This morning he issued a statement claiming he wanted to devote more time to his family and help veterans, and he could do those things better if he wasn’t a US Congressman. […]
Republican Game Plan For Jerry Cannon: Fear, Confusion, Contradiction
Wednesday , 1, October 2014 Candidates Leave a commentMichigan’s next congressman for the first district, Jerry Cannon, is doing very well in the polls against a tea party congressman from the class of 2010 who barely won re-election in 2012. This has Republicans alarmed enough they put some money into a negative attack ad against Jerry using an ostrich. Because a man who […]