By Laura Weber, Michigan Public Radio Network
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LANSING, MI –
Former U-S Congressman, and one-time Republican primary candidate for governor of Michigan, Pete Hoekstra decided in April that he would not attempt to unseat Democratic U-S Senator Debbie Stabenow.
But, as Michigan Public Radio's Laura Weber reports, Hoekstra is reconsidering a bid for the Senate.
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The spokesman for Hoekstra's previous campaigns says the former congressman is not rushed to make a decision on whether he will run for the Republican nomination to face Senator Stabenow. But he says Hoekstra was persuaded by political insiders and influential Republicans not to give up on the idea. The spokesman says Hoekstra most likely will not decide until late in the summer.
One person who has already made the decision to run is Gary Glenn - a social conservative who has wasted no time in slamming Hoekstra for votes he made while in Congress. Oakland County Water Resources Commissioner John McCulloch and former juvenile judge Randy Hekman have also announced plans to run for the Republican nomination.