Earlier this week Republican ex-Gov. William Milliken endorsed the re-election of Rick Snyder for Governor and the Snyder campaign made much pomp and circumstance with this endorsement.
Ex-Cov William Milliken's Guys Gary Peters, William Milliken, Rick Snyder |
Now Milliken is backing Democrat Gary
Peters for U.S. Senate, saying the congressman has been a moderate and an
independent voice in the Michigan Legislature and U.S. House.
Milliken issued endorsement statement
Friday morning. Peters is running against Republican Terri Lynn Land, a former
Michigan secretary of state.
Democratic U.S. Sen Carl Levin is retiring after 36 years.
The 92-year-old Milliken served as governor in 1969-1982.
He's endorsed several Democrats over the years, including 2004 presidential
candidate John Kerry.
Milliken told The Associated Press in a 2006 interview that
the Republican Party had "temporarily left" him by moving too far to
the right.
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