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Pete Wilson endorses Mitt Romney
Former California Gov. Pete Wilson today endorsed Mitt Romney for the GOP nomination, part of a rising move within the party to rally around the frontrunner. Romney has made a big effort to line up high-profile... Pete Hoekstra?s China ad provokes accusations of racism
While Chrysler?s Super Bowl ad has become a political football , an actual campaign ad aired during the game is also causing controversy. Michigan Senate candidate Pete Hoekstra (R) aired his first campaign ad of the cycle Sunday night, and Asian-American groups are crying foul. Read full article >> Pete Hoekstra's China Super Bowl Ad Draws Racial Criticism
Super Bowl ad containing young Asian woman called "disappointing." Pete Hoekstra campaign?s racially insensitive Super Bowl ad draws calls for apology
Clint Eastwood's Super Bowl commercial heralding Detroit's comeback may have been the most talked about spot when it aired just after halftime Sunday night. But a local ad paid for by Michigan Republican Pete Hoekstra's U.S. Senate campaign is drawing plenty of day-after attention from the national media after several groups have called it racially [...] Pete Hoekstra: Super Bowl ad is not offensive, 'simply points out the facts'
The $144,000 ad buy is airing across Michigan following Sunday's Super Bowl debut. Pete Hoekstra Super Bowl ad about Sen. Debbie Stabenow raises racial, sensitivity questions
GOP consultant Nick De Leeuw flat-out scolded the Holland Republican for the ad. Pete Hoekstra Is Being Oppressed Again
The last time many of us heard from former Michigan congressman Pete Hoekstra, the Republican was getting lampooned on Twitter for comparing a House GOP dispute with Nancy Pelosi to the deadly Iranian protests of 2009. Now Hoekstra is now running for Senate, and last night during the Super Bowl, he aired a campaign ad featuring a young Asian woman speaking broken English and thanking incumbent ... Hundreds pay tribute to Uncle Pete Decker
NORFOLK ? ?Uncle Pete? would not have had it any other way. In a celebration of life set at the Norfolk Waterside Convention Center, hundreds from all over Hampton Roads turned out to say farewell to the First Citizen of Norfolk. Pete Decker, affectionately known as ?Uncle Pete,? was laid to rest Monday. He was a well-known Norfolk attorney, judge, and philanthropist. On Friday, he lost a four ... Pete Hoekstra Ad Brings Charges Of Racial Insensitivity
LANSING, Mich. -- The portrayal of a young Asian woman speaking broken English in a Super Bowl ad being run by U.S. Senate candidate Pete Hoekstra against Michigan incumbent Debbie Stabenow is bringing charges of racial insensitivity. Pete Hoekstra defends Super Bowl ad featuring Chinese woman amid claims of racial insensitivity
Republican Pete Hoekstra's first major ad of Michigan's 2012 political campaign season -- aired before and during the Super Bowl -- was a doozy, drawing sharp criticism for racial insensitivity from Democrats, Republicans and civil rights advocates.
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