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Fri Aug 26, 2005 at 01:00:00 AM EDT
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2008 Status: Term-limited
Campaign Website
Biography:
Republican, of Portage; born July 31, 1955; wife, Erin; children,
Jacob, Isaiah, Maria,
Caitlin, Benjamin; sales manager for 15 years and executive director
for six years,
nonprofit organization; member, county commission; zoning board;
Shalom-AFC
nonprofit; Public Health Advisory Committee; elected to the House of
Representatives,
2002.
(Michigan
Manual)
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Fri Aug 26, 2005 at 01:00:00 AM EDT
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General election vote totals:
Year
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Dem
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Dem #
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Dem %
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Repub
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Repub #
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Repub %
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2002
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James H. Houston
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14,398
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43.5
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JACOB W. HOOGENDYK
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18,720
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56.5
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2004
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James H. Houston
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23,250
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45.1
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JACOB W. HOOGENDYK
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28,167
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Primary election vote totals:
2002 (R) Hoogendyk 7,996 (67.1); Melissa S. Yardley 3,927 (32.9)
2004 (R) Hoogendyk 6,205 (74.9); Jef Ballard 2,084 (25.1)
Kerry % = 47.2%
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Fri Dec 01, 2006 at 00:10:45 AM EST
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(From the diaries
- promoted by matt)
The recount of the 61st House District race, requested by Julie Rogers (D Kalamazoo) will be held at the Oshtemo Township Hall on Dec 7 and 8. It will be conducted under the auspices of the State Board of Canvassers and the Kalamazoo County Board of Canvassers.
I will be a checker/challenger for the Rogers campaign at the recount.
UPDATE: Anyone here know Michigan election law? Please read my last comment below and respond.
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Thu Nov 09, 2006 at 10:50:07 AM EST
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(Seems unlikely that a 473-vote margin can be overturned, but one never knows. Perhaps there's a computation error somewhere. Either way, it sure is too bad Julie didn't get a little more support. If she had, Mad Jack would almost certainly have been sent packing. - promoted by matt)
Interesting:
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First of all, I would like to thank the KCDP and everyone who supported Julie Rogers in her campaign. Volunteers are what make a campaign succeed. Fortunately for us, the volunteers around here are amazingly dedicated. Not to mention incredibly attractive.
I'm pretty sure Jack didn't see those results coming. We sent a clear message that the voters of the 61st District are sick and tired of our State
Representative not representing us, but pandering to the extreme-right agenda. We sent an awesome wake-up call to Lansing and D.C. on Tuesday.
I've been flooded with phone calls and emails asking about the final results. Well, just for your information, we don't believe we have the
final results.
Thanks again for everyone's hard work and continued support.
Genna Nichols
Campaign Manager
Committee to Elect Julie Rogers
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A press release was sent out, so keep an eye on the papers for more info.
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Thu Sep 21, 2006 at 09:54:15 AM EDT
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As I've mentioned before, I'm consulting for the Coalition for Progress (producer of the wildly popular opera/elephants drinking cocktails ad now seen on cable in markets around Michigan).
Well today, for those of you in and around Kalamazoo County, take a look at the CFP's first-ever "Truth Report" - focusing on Rep. Jack Hoogendyk. (R-Texas Twp.) Hoogendyk, you may recall was listed the most conservative out of all 148 state legislators in 2003. This, in a district where John Kerry managed to score over 47% of the vote in 2004. Last month, the Kalamazoo Gazette - weary of Hoogendyk's personal agenda - opted to endorse his opponent in the Republican primary race. Find out what they said - and more about Rep. Jack Hoogendyk here.
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Thu Aug 03, 2006 at 11:37:41 AM EDT
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More happy news from Kalamazoo! The K-Zoo Gazette has decided Rep. Jack Hoogendyk (R-Portage) is just a bit too wacky to remain in power. Instead, they've endorsed his Republican challenger, Portage City Councilman Larry DeShazor! Dig it!
Michigan's economy stubbornly refuses to revive. Workers are worried about their jobs. Manufacturing plants continue to close their doors, the domestic auto industry's share of North American sales continues to slide.
Unfortunately, while Michigan continues to bleed jobs, state Rep. Jack Hoogendyk, R-Texas Township, has been hard at work his last two terms combating embryonic stem-cell research, battling public universities over curriculum, putting an end to benefits for same-sex partners of public employees, making English the official language of Michigan, and micro-managing the way public school districts spend their money.
Hoogendyk says he's for less government, but his actions support a much more intrusive government -- which, in our view, is not less.
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That's not to say that Hoogendyk has done nothing right during his time in Lansing. He's smart. We admire his eagerness to debate the issues without rancor. And he knows how to disagree without being disagreeable. That is a quality sorely lacking in America today.
But Michigan has reached a point where it will be better served by a Legislature that is focused on solving the state's problems, not miring it in pointless culture wars.
AMEN TO THAT!
Whoever emerges from the HD061 Republican primary next week will face physical therapist Julie Rogers (D-Kalamazoo) in November.
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Thu Jun 08, 2006 at 12:22:52 PM EDT
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2006 status: defeated
Campaign website
Biography:
Julie Rogers, a physical therapist working in both Kalamazoo hospitals, helps Kalamazoo-area residents with many different musculoskeletal problems. She finds it most rewarding to help people learn how to walk again after an operation and how to manage debilitating low back pain. Julie is committed to improving the lives of everyone she works with.
A Kalamazoo Township resident, Julie was born and raised in Kalamazoo County. She was the first student to simultaneously graduate from the Kalamazoo Area Math & Science Center and Mattawan High School. Later, Julie earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology and Master’s degree of Physical Therapy at Marquette University.
From the beginning of her professional career, Julie has been actively engaged in politics, particularly on the health care front. She is an active member of the Michigan Physical Therapy Association (MPTA), the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA), and the Kalamazoo Democratic Party. In Lansing, she has repeatedly advocated to improve health care for Michigan’s residents. She also serves on the Church & Society Committee of her local United Methodist Church and was a past chairperson. Along with the other members, she fights for social justice issues.
One of Julie’s greatest passions is fitness. She trains as a triathlete on the Kal-Haven Trail and the Portage Celery Flats. Julie is dedicated to preserving our green spaces so that we can all continue to enjoy Kalamazoo County’s excellent outdoor recreational areas.
Family
Julie recently married Ed Orloff on April 29, 2006 in an outdoor ceremony at Thornapple Creek Golf Course. They began their relationship as running partners so thought it would be appropriate to start their wedding day by running in the Borgess Run For the Health of It 5k. They were featured on the front page of the Kalamazoo Gazette sports section on April 27, 2006. (source: campaign website)
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Sat Apr 15, 2006 at 10:17:21 AM EDT
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Three noteworthy items this morning from the 2006 campaigns for the Michigan Legislature...
First, we go to suburban Kalamazoo, where Portage City Councilman Larry DeShazor came home only to find Rep. Jack Hoogendyk (R-Portage) standing in the middle of his house! DeShazor is challenging Hoogendyk in the August HD061 Republican primary. He has asked the Portage Police to investigate, who, in turn, have turned the matter over to the Michigan State Police (to avoid a potential conflict of interest). From the K-zoo Gazette:
``Jack (Hoogendyk) was standing in the middle of my house, and I just want to know why he was there,'' DeShazor said of the encounter that occurred about 2:45 p.m. Wednesday. ``I did not give him permission to come in or invite him.''
DeShazor said he quickly escorted Hoogendyk and a repairman, who was installing a new water heater and who Hoogendyk said he knew, out of his home.
``He said he was there to give me his campaign material. Why would I want his campaign material?'' DeShazor said.
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Hoogendyk said he encountered the repairman in DeShazor's driveway. He said he held the door open for the repairman to re-enter DeShazor's home and asked him if DeShazor was home before stepping inside and standing in the living room.
Hoogendyk said he handed DeShazor a legislative newsletter and told him, ``I thought you'd like some information on what's going on in Lansing.''
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DeShazor said he still has many questions.
``It's hard to describe the emotion,'' he said. ``Just think about it. There's someone in your house.''
If there's a Democrat in this race, they haven't filed yet or I haven't heard of them.
Now we go north to Traverse City, where yesterday's Record Eagle had a news item and editorial dealing with Sen. Jason Allen's (R-Traverse City) intervention on behalf of a campaign contributor in a controversial parking deck deal. Here's the headline from the news piece:
Senator's interest in deck still a puzzle
Not terribly flattering. Apparently, we may know more after a T.C. City Commission meeting on Monday.
The only known Democrat running in SD37 is Mike Lilliquist - who runs the Travel Michigan Welcome Center on the north side of the Mackinac Bridge.
Our final legislative tidbit comes to us today from Flint - where car dealer Patsy Lou Williamson, the wife of bombastic Flint Mayor Don Williamson, is positioning herself to run for the SD27 State Senate seat now held by Senate minority leader Bob Emerson (D-Flint). This, according to yesterday's Flint Journal. Current Rep. John Gleason was thought to be running, but his laudatory comments about Ms. Williamson now throw some doubt on whether he would still run. Also running for the seat is former state Reps. Jack Minore and Candace Curtis.
It's Flint, so everyone mentioned here is a Democrat.
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Update [2005-8-28 11:5:13 by matt]:
Hoogendyk has now ended his campaign for Governor and will run for a third term (see news item below).
Alan Fox (interview
with Matt Ferguson, June, 2005):
MF: Hoogendyk has another term left but has decided to run for Governor instead.
Does that open up any possibilities?
AF: That's one the Democrats may take a shot at. Kerry got 47%, not a
great percentage to run with a base, but there are other seats that
Democrats are holding with less of a base than that - particularly some
of the ones in the northern part of the state. It's actually comparable
in Kerry vote to the western part of the Upper Peninsula, which is held
by a Democrat and is always held by a Democrat. The Kalamazoo area,
again, largely on cultural issues that seem to surround university
cities outstate, has been trending Democratic. And so the bulk of that
is in the city of Kalamazoo seat, which is solidly Democratic, but even
Portage and Kalamazoo Township and the suburbs near Kalamazoo are again
looking a lot like Oakland County on issues like choice, and because
it's an open seat, if there's a strong Democratic candidate, Democrats
may feel that's one worth putting resources into.
MF: So economic issues are the big focus there?
AF: I think the economic issues are not a big focus...just as in West
Bloomfield, where they're not as big a focus. It is people who really
do not buy into the Republican attack on gays and the Republican attack
on people receiving public assistance and that's what's motivating the
shift to Democrats in places like Oakland, the eastern part of Grand
Rapids, and suburban areas around Kalamazoo. It may not be enough there
(the Kalamazoo area) to do it...
MF: So they don't buy into Republican positions on gays and some of the
other social issues...but what about Republican positions on taxes?
AF: I think in some of these places you'll find a sense that the
endless tax cutting has gone too far, that these are places where
there's not the gut-level opposition to government services -
especially at the point where government services are being cut to the
bone. There's support for public education, which is one of the reason
you see Democratic strength growing around public college towns. - and
Kalamazoo has enough of an influence from Western Michigan University
that that's showing up. What you have happening is people who maybe in
the past lived in Kalamazoo are now spilling out into the townships
west of Kalamazoo, and that's where you have population growth with
people who really do believe in public education and believe in public
funding of it.
MF: Since we're on the topic of Hoogendyk, does he have any chance at
winning the gubernatorial nomination?
AF: Against Dick DeVos?
Probably not. DeVos has the money, and he has to be the choice there.
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