Cox and Hoekstra lead in GOP race for governor, poll shows

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Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox and U.S. Rep. Pete Hoekstra are leading the Republican pack for the party’s gubernatorial nomination, according to a poll released today.

The statewide poll of 600 likely Michigan voters showed that 27% would support Cox in the GOP primary next August, while 23% backed Hoekstra and 15% would vote for Oakland County Sheriff Mike Bouchard.


Ann Arbor businessman Rick Snyder and state Sen. Tom George of Kalamazoo would get 2% each.


The results were released by the political newsletter Inside Michigan Politics and Marketing Resource Group as about 1,800 Republicans prepare to journey to Mackinac Island for a conference this weekend that marks the unofficial start of the 2010 election season.


On the Democratic side, Lt. Gov. John Cherry holds a commanding lead over other announced candidates, state Rep. Alma Wheeler Smith of Salem Township and former state Rep. John Freeman. Cherry would get 40% of the vote among likely voters in a Democratic primary election, while Freeman would get 9% and Smith would pick up 8%.



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1. I don't know who I support in the primary yet

No doubt I'll be voting D in the GE.

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2. Cox is leading because of name recognition

I think Mike Bouchard will end up being the Republican nominee.

I can't see any Democrat defeating John Cherry in the primary.