 hoekstra will not run for senate  former congressman peter hoekstra made the following statement regarding his potential candidacy for the us senate seat in 2012  ldquo after serious consideration and many discussions with friends and supporters diane and i have made the decision that i will not be a candidate for the united states senate in 2012 this was an extremely difficult decision for us to make as we saw strong points both for and against running however in our final analysis we agreed that it was not in the best interest of our family at this time to enter the race rdquo  for the complete press release click on the following link rdquo  http wwwhoekstraglobalstrategiescom 2011042012ussenateannounce 171  hoekstra will not run for senate  