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...after Hillary Clinton's victories over Barack Obama in the Ohio and Texas primaries made the race even tighter, Florida Governor Charlie Crist, a Republican, and Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm, a Democrat, called upon the party to seat their delegates, saying to do otherwise would silence "the voices of 5,163,271 Americans" who voted in their primaries. In Florida, for instance, 1.75 million Democrats voted, which was the best Democratic turnout in state history. That sentiment has been echoed by Clinton supporter Florida senator Bill Nelson as well as the Clinton campaign itself, which won both crucial swing states...
...first Democratic-tilted, faith-based political-consulting firm. They acted as matchmakers between candidates and receptive clergy and helped candidates navigate the Christian media markets and develop a message that crossed party and religious lines. Overall, Vanderslice and Sapp's candidates - including Michigan's Governor Jennifer Granholm, a pro-choice Catholic, and Ohio's Ted Strickland, a former Methodist minister - did at least 10 percentage points better than the Democrats' national average among white Evangelicals and churchgoing Catholics...
...officers off the street when more are needed. The state of Michigan, which is also facing a $2 billion budget deficit in the wake of the rapid downsizing of the state's automobile industry, is doing all it can to help Detroit, says Liz Boyd, spokeswoman for Governor Jennifer Granholm. The state has cracked down on offenders caught using guns in a crime and has worked to improve the coordination between federal, state, county and local police in and around Detroit. Cox says poverty and unemployment certainly have helped shape Detroit's culture of violence. "I know in the 1960s...
...Oregon, and Wisconsin. Only in Texas and Michigan did user choices not correspond with the actual results.Dick M. DeVos, the Republican candidate for governor in Michigan, was the only Republican among these races who received a majority of the vote from Facebook participants, with 50.4 percent. But Jennifer M. Granholm, a 1987 Harvard Law School grad, bested him by more than 10 percentage points.Election Pulse also let users join groups to show their support for hot campaign issues. Those with the most support were “Reduce the Drinking Age to 18!” (131,919 supporters...
...Another Democratic Harvard Law grad, incumbent Michigan Gov. Jennifer M. Granholm, held off a challenge from the millionaire Richard DeVos...