From Deb Price at the Detroit News comes word that freshman U.S. Rep. Gary Peters has received two plum committee assignments:

The House Financial Services Committee, "which is heavily involved in the auto loan package and figuring out ways to help homeowners facing foreclosure" -- not to mention playing a role in overseeing the Troubled Asset ( Read more... )

From Peters for Congress:


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Voting this morning took about an hour. The line was just as long (between 40-50) when I left than when I arrived ( Read more... )

It's time for change, Peters in 9th U.S. House District

The Observer & Eccentric chain, local newspapers that serve every large community in Oakland County, have endorsed Rep. Joe Knollenberg's Democratic challenger for the first time in his 16 years in Congress.

The impact of this could be game-changing, and their reasoning for the endorsement is ( Read more... )

Peters Press Release

In the 16 years Joe Knollenberg has been a Congressman, The Oakland Press has never endorsed his Democratic challengers...until today.

This, added to Peters' impressive debate performance, successful fundraising and the general collapse of the Republican brand in Michigan and nationwide...bodes well.

Lord willing and the creek don ( Read more... )

Some armchair critics out there dismiss Gary Peters, candidate for Congress, as an "empty suit."

Wrong.

Gary Peters has been a good husband and father, honorably served his country as a Commander in the Navy Reserve (in the Persian Gulf post 9/11), was a popular State Senator from Rochester, and successfully managed the Lottery Commission. Especially ( Read more... )

(h/t to Swing State Project):

From The Hill:

The National Republican Congressional Committe (NRCC) has canceled nearly $320,000 in planned ad buys in favor of Rep. Joe Knollenberg's (R) reelection efforts in Michigan's 9th congressional district.

According to numbers obtained by The Hill, the NRCC has canceled its buys in the next two weeks, while ( Read more... )

From the Gary Peters for Congress site:

September 30th, 2008
Oakland County, MI - Ninth District Congressional candidate Gary Peters is leading incumbent Republican Rep. Joe Knollenberg by a margin of 41% to 37% according to a poll released Tuesday. With strong fundraising and one of the most active, grassroots voter-outreach campaigns in the ( Read more... )

How and when will Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick get the boot?

OK, yes, there's a primary tomorrow, go vote yada yada yada, but how many primary races are in doubt?

I will, of course, go vote YES on the Zoo millage, which needs to pass because we need a world-class Zoo.

And of course, lend my vote to Gary Peters.

Oakland County is in PLAY this cycle...

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