4/10/14 - With a filing deadline approaching, a Livingston County lawmaker says he won't run for the GOP nomination for the 8th District U.S. House seat being vacated by Congressman Mike Rogers. State Senator Joe Hune made official that he is not seeking the Congressional seat being vacated by Rogers, who will become a talk show host in January. The Hamburg Township Republican said the surprise announcement from Rogers led him and his family to seriously contemplate a run for the office, but in the end he wasnât willing to make the personal sacrifice to his family time that regular attendance in Washington would require. Hune says he is committed to seeking re-election to the state Senate, for which he previously filed. Hune added that he believes heâll have more of an impact in Lansing than in the partisan gridlock in Congress. That leaves just two Republicans in the race right now, former state Senate majority leader Mike Bishop and Rochester Hills Mayor Bryan Barnett. The filing deadline is April 22nd. The only announced Democrats are former state demographer Ken Darga and CMU Professor Susan Grettenberger. (JK)
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