Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Despite reports that Bloomfield Hills attorney Scott Romney is leading a poll of potential Republicans to replace U.S. Sen. Carl Levin, Romney said on Tuesday he won't be running.
Michigan's next U.S. senator may still be from the Birmingham-Bloomfield area, but it won't be Scott Romney, a Bloomfield Hills resident and brother to 2012 Republican presidential nomineee, Mitt Romney. According to the Michigan Information & Research Service, Romney said on Tuesday he won't be running for Carl Levin's seat in the U.S. Senate. Levin announced last week that after a 35-year career, he won't be running again in 2014. According to a report in the Huffington Post, Romney said it was a "tough decision," but that 2014 just wasn't the right time to run for the 71-year-old, a corporate attorney at the Detroit office of Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn. However, Romney was a likely forerunner for Levin's seat as early as Monday, …
Friday, March 8, 2013
Patch readers say Levin's announcement that he won't run for re-election in 2014 is both "bad for the state" and a "great day for Michigan."
After more than 30 years in office, U.S. Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI) announced earlier this week that he won't be running for re-election in 2014. As expected, the move drew a mixed bag of opinions about the 78-year-old senator throughout Michigan, Metro Detroit and even Birmingham. "I can best serve my state and my nation by concentrated in the next two years on the challenging issues before us ... in other words, by doing my job without the 'distraction of campaigning for re-election," Levin said in a statement Thursday. Levin first won his senate seat in 1978 and hasn't left since. While Michigan Republican Party Chairman Bobby Schostak used Levin's announcement to attack the "lack of leadership and failed policies put forth by the U.S. …
Sunday, November 4, 2012
Before you head to the polls on Nov. 6, Patch is reminding you what's on the ballot in Michigan, Oakland County and Birmingham.
The Nov. 6 general election is a little more than a week away, and Patch is looking to help Birmingham residents prepare with a quick reminder of what's on the ballot and what they need to know before they vote. The November ballot promises to be a long one. Besides picking either Mitt Romney or Barack Obama for the Commander in Chief job, voters will decide on a slate of state proposals as well consider candidates for various levels of representation in Washington, Lansing and Pontiac. In addition, Birmingham voters will be deciding on a city charter amendment and voting for two members of the Birmingham Board of Education. Birmingham Patch has been covering this election all year, however sometimes you just need a quick refresher before …
