a:3:{s:16:"field_story_body";a:1:{i:0;a:2:{s:5:"value";s:672:"At the biennial GOP Mackinac Conference Michigan republicans are meeting with at least one goal of defeating current Michigan U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow in 2012.<br />
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Currently former Congressman Pete Hoekstra is leading the pack but other candidates in the race are beginning to raise questions about Hoekstra&rsquo;s record when he served in congress.<br />
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For an article on the Republican candidates and their campaigns to replace Debbie Stabenow from detnews.com click on the following link:<br />
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http://detnews.com/article/20110924/POLITICS02/109240371/Republicans-at-Mackinac-conference-set-sights-on-Senate-seat<br />
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