LANSING, Mich. - Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney has endorsed U.S. Rep. Pete Hoekstra in Michigan’s Republican governor’s race.
Romney is a Michigan native who won Michigan’s 2008 GOP presidential primary before dropping out of the race. He’s considered a likely 2012 presidential candidate.
He praised Hoekstra in a statement Thursday for having "the capability and the right policies to get Michigan’s economy moving again."
Romney will attend a fundraiser next Wednesday for Hoekstra in Grand Rapids and has contributed the maximum $3,400 to the congressman’s gubernatorial campaign.
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