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Rudy
Hobbs
earns
endorsement
of
TellUsDetroit.Com
for
Michigan’s
14th
Congressional
District
Tell
Us
Detroit
Elections
Editorial
Committee
DETROIT
(Tell Us
Det) -
Rudy
Hobbs
has
spent
his
career
as a
loyal,
capable,
and
effective
public
servant.
His
youth
and
energy
are
exemplary
of what
the 14th
District
needs
during
such an
important
time.
Raised
in
Detroit,
Rudy
lived
the
struggles
facing
everyday
working
families.
Rudy and
his wife
paid
their
way
through
college
making
minimum
wage.
Afterwards,
he
became a
first
grade
teacher
in
Detroit
Public
Schools
until
former
Governor
Engler
took
over
DPS,
ultimately
sparking
Hobbs’
interest
into
politics
to be a
voice
for the
voiceless.
Rudy
served
on the
Southfield
School
Board
and
worked
as
Congressman
Sander
Levin’s
Michigan
Director,
and as
an
adviser
to
Governor
Granholm.
After
being
elected
to the
Legislature,
Hobbs
was
chosen
for
leadership
by his
colleagues
in his
very
first
term. He
received
several
‘Legislator
of the
Year’
awards
and rose
from
there to
become
Michigan’s
highest-ranking
African-American
elected
official,
and the
second
highest
ranking
Democrat
in the
House of
Representatives.
In the
14th
Congressional
District,
Hobbs is
supported
by a
sizable
list of
grassroots,
civic
and
political
supporters
from
across
the 14th
district,
including:
The
Detroit
News,
The
United
Automobile
Workers
(UAW),
AFL-CIO
Michigan,
AFSCME
Council
25, the
Michigan
Education
Association,
The
Black
Slate,
U.S.
Senator
Carl
Levin,
U.S.
Congressman
Sander
Levin,
U.S.
Congressman
Dan
Kildee,
and
former
Congressman
Dale
Kildee,
as well
as
former
Governors
Jennifer
Granholm
and
James
Blanchard.
Hobbs
was a
leader
in
raising
the
minimum
wage in
Michigan;
bringing
President
Obama’s
healthcare
reform
to
Michigan;
tougher
gun laws
to keep
our
communities
safe.
And, as
a
husband
and the
father
of three
young
daughters,
he
clearly
takes
women’s
issues
very
personal.
We’re
convinced
that he
will
fight
for
reproductive
rights,
equal
pay, and
to pass
the
Violence
Against
Women’s
Act.
That’s
why
TellUsDetroit.com
feels he
will be
the best
choice
to
succeed
Gary
Peters
as the
14th
District’s
next
Congressman.
Earlier
in the
week,
Hobbs
released
two new
TV
spots,
“Safer”
and
“Students,”
which
will be
hitting
television
sets
across
the
district
on
Tuesday.
They can
be
viewed
at
www.rudyhobbsforcongress.com/media.
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