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Hoekstra Still Favored Within GOP

Slim Pickings?

But incumbent Senator Debbie Stabenow stays in the lead.

Pete Hoekstra's Super Bowl ad didn't offend everyone, it seems. The Senate hopeful from Michigan is still the Republican Party's favorite to take the nomination this fall. According to a new local poll, 50.2 percent of likely Republican primary voters support Hoekstra over any other GOP candidate. However, when up against Democratic incumbent Sen. Debbie Stabenow, who was the target of Hoekstra's controversial Super Bowl spot, the Republican Senate candidate lags behind.

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