Bentivolio Battling GOP Establishment
Race for the 11th Congressional District Gets Testy
By JACK SPENCER | Aug. 3, 2012
Voters in Michigan's 11th Congressional District Republican primary have a lot of sorting out to do.
Kerry Bentivolio, the only candidate whose name is on the Aug. 7 ballot, is accused of being so extreme that some Republicans who have previously been labeled as far right themselves are worried about how he'd represent the district. Some of those with that opinion are supporting a write-in campaign for former State Senator Nancy Cassis.
One of the Cassis supporters is Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson.
"I went to his (Bentivolio's) website and found that he was very extreme on several issues. Basically, he's Ron Paul on steroids," Patterson told Capitol Confidential. "I don't believe that his positions represent most Michigan Republicans. According to the polls they don't.
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