Farm Bureau AgriPac endorses candidates for 2010 primary election
LANSING, June 24, 2010 - AgriPac has announced its selection of candidates to receive the "Friend of Agriculture" designation and endorsement for the Aug. 3 primary election. The complete list follows. Click here for a PDF copy.
AgriPac is the non-partisan political action committee of the Michigan Farm Bureau (MFB), the state's largest general farm organization encompassing nearly a half-million voters. "Friends of Agriculture" represent qualified candidates who have demonstrated basic beliefs and/or actions consistent with farmer-developed MFB policy.
"To help Michigan rebound we need leaders who understand, appreciate and embrace agriculture's significant contributions to this state, both today and into the future. This kind of leadership is paramount to reforming state government and fixing Michigan's budget problems. That's why the Michigan Farm Bureau has made identifying and helping to elect Friends of Agriculture a priority in our Common Sense Solutions to Fix Michigan initiative," said Sarah Black, AgriPac secretary and director of the MFB Public Policy and Commodity Division.
In making endorsements for the 2010 primary election, AgriPac reviewed candidate questionnaires, voting records of incumbents, and recommendations from county Farm Bureaus, placing a high emphasis on the local recommendations of county Farm Bureau-appointed candidate evaluation committees. AgriPac also reviewed candidates' positions on key issues, including many addressed in MFB's government streamlining initiative such as state spending on corrections, human services and education.
In addition to U.S. House and Michigan House and Senate races, AgriPac made an early endorsement for Supreme Court incumbent Justice Robert Young and Michigan State University Board of Trustee incumbent Don Nugent.
A decision on the gubernatorial race and other statewide offices will not be made until AgriPac holds a statewide agricultural forum on Sept. 1 at the Lansing Center to interview and review candidates following the primary election and political conventions.
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Contact: Contact: Sarah Black, AgriPac Secretary/Michigan Farm Bureau Public Policy and Commodity Division Director, (800) 292-2680, ext. 2040
MICHIGAN FARM BUREAU AGRIPAC
2010 PRIMARY ELECTION ENDORSEMENTS
MSU BOARD of TRUSTEES
Don Nugent (Incumbent)
MICHIGAN SUPREME COURT
Robert Young (Incumbent)
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
District
1 Jason Allen (R-Petoskey)
3 Bill Hardiman (R-Grand Rapids)
4 Dave Camp (R-Midland)
5 John Kupiec (R-Grand Blanc)
6 Fred Upton (R-St. Joseph)
8 Mike Rogers (R-Howell)
10 Candice Miller (R-Shelby Township)
STATE SENATE
District
1 Coleman Young II (D-Detroit)
2 Bert Johnson (D-Highland Park)
8 Doug Reimel (R-Taylor)
11 Kim Meltzer (R-Mt. Clemens)
13 John Pappageorge (R-Troy)
15 Mike Kowall (R-White Lake)
16 Bruce Caswell (R-Hillsdale)
17 Randy Richardville (R-Monroe)
18 John Hochstetler (R-Manchester)
19 Mike Nofs (R-Battle Creek)
20 Tonya Schuitmaker (R-Portage)
21 John Proos (R-St. Joseph)
22 Joe Hune (R-Hamburg)
23 Kyle Haubrich (R-Lansing)
24 Rick Jones (R-Grand Ledge)
25 Phil Pavlov (R-St. Clair)
26 Dave Robertson (R-Grand Blanc)
28 Mark Jansen (R-Grand Rapids)
29 Dave Hildenbrand (R-Lowell)
30 Arlan Meekhof (R-West Olive)
32 Roger Kahn (R-Saginaw)
33 Brian Calley (R-Portland)
34 Goeff Hansen (R-Hart)
35 Darwin Booher (R-Evart)
36 John Moolenaar (R-Midland)
37 Howard Walker (R-Traverse City)
38 Tom Casperson (R-Escanaba)
MICHIGAN HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
District
2 Scott Benson (D-Detroit)
4 Edgar Vann (D-Detroit)
5 Vanessa Peake (D-Detroit)
10 Harvey Santana (D-Detroit)
11 David Nathan (D-Detroit)
13 Bradford Glass (R-Trenton)
18 Floyd Collins (R-Westland)
19 John Walsh (R-Livonia)
20 Kurt Heise (R-Plymouth)
21 Dian Slavens (D-Canton Township)
23 Matthew McCormick (R-New Boston)
30 David Bocek (R-Sterling Heights)
32 Jennifer Haase (D-Richmond)
36 Pete Lund (R-Shelby Township)
38 Hugh Crawford (R-Novi)
39 Lois Shulman (R-West Bloomfield)
41 Marty Knollenberg (R-Troy)
43 Gail Haines (R-Lake Angelus)
46 Bradford Jacobsen (R-Oxford)
47 Cindy Denby (R-Fowlerville)
48 Richard Hammel (D-Flushing)
49 Allen Pool (R-Gaines)
51 Paul Scott (R-Grand Blanc)
52 Mark Ouimet (R-Ann Arbor)
53 Jeff Irwin (D-Ann Arbor)
55 Rick Olson (R-Saline)
56 Dale Zorn (R-Ida)
58 Kenneth Kurtz (R-Coldwater)
59 Matt Lori (R-Constantine)
60 Jeff Fernandez (R-Kalamazoo)
61 Margaret O'Brien (R-Portage)
62 Kate Segal (D-Battle Creek)
63 Jase Bolger (R-Marshall)
65 Mike Shirkey (R-Clark Lake)
67 Jeff Oesterle (R-Mason)
69 Susan McGillicuddy (R-Okemos)
71 Deb Shaughnessy (R-Charlotte)
72 Ken Yonker (R-Caledonia)
73 Peter MacGregor (R-Rockford)
74 Dave Agema (R-Jenison)
75 Brandon Dillon (D-Grand Rapids)
76 Roy Schmidt (D-Grand Rapids)
77 Thomas Hooker (R-Byron Center)
78 Sharon Tyler (R-Niles)
79 Paul Peterson (R-St. Joseph)
81 Jud Gilbert (R-Lansing)
82 Kevin Daley (R-Lum)
84 Terry Brown (D-Pigeon)
85 Ben Glardon (R-Owosso)
86 Lisa Lyons (R-Alto)
87 Michael Bremer (R-Middleville)
88 Bob Genetski (R-Saugatuck)
89 Amanda Price (R-Holland)
90 Joe Haveman (R-Zeeland)
93 Paul Opsommer (R-DeWitt)
94 Ken Horn (R-Frankenmuth)
97 Joel Johnson (R-Clare)
98 Jim Stamas (R-Midland)
99 Christine Alwood (R-Mt. Pleasant)
102 Linda Howard (R-Remus)
103 Bruce Rendon (R-Lake City)
104 Wayne Schmidt (R-Traverse City)
105 Triston Cole (R-Mancelona)
106 Peter Pettalia (R-Presque Isle)
107 Frank Foster (R-Pellston)
108 Ed McBroom (R-Vulcan)
