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“In a recent survey commissioned by the @mismarttrade Alliance, Michigan voters opposed tariffs on automotive and manufacturing parts imported from Canada by a 63% to 31% margin, with nearly half strongly opposed.
Protecting this relationship doesn’t mean accepting just any deal. With the future of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) also under review, there’s an opportunity to address outstanding trade concerns while strengthening the framework that supports North American competitiveness”
Strong U.S.-Canada trade is essential to Michigan’s future | Opinion detroitnews.com/story/opinio…
"Harbor Strategic Public Affairs CEO @JohnSellek was impressed with Rogers’ outreach in Detroit.
'We’ve never seen a Republican U.S. Senate candidate spend this much time in Detroit,' Sellek said."
Read the @GongwerMichigan article:
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"In a recent survey commissioned by the Michigan Smart Trade Alliance, Michigan voters opposed tariffs on automotive and manufacturing parts imported from Canada by a 63% to 31% margin."
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"@JohnSellek, who worked for two Michigan attorneys general and managed former Attorney General Bill Schuette's reelection campaign, said attorney general and secretary of state candidates are almost always significantly under-resourced compared to governor or U.S. Senate."
"The whole planet is watching the Senate race, so you just have to go to where the fish are biting, and that’s the way to do it," Sellek said.
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John Cherry of the @DemoDefenseFndn joined several church leaders of Michigan for the "loving your neighbor" event created in an effort to encourage respectful political conversations, peaceful voting, and support for local election workers.
Check out the @WLNS story:
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Bipartisan community leaders from S.E. Michigan and the City of Detroit all agree-- Vote NO on Proposal 1.
“This summer our poll found that an overwhelming majority of voters, 75%, are confident that this year’s elections will be fair, secure and accurate... 87% have enormous trust in their local election workers. And why not? Because those local election workers are their neighbors,” said former Lt. Gov. John Cherry, a @DemoDefenseFndn board member.
Watch the @WNEMTV5news story:
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Former Lt. Gov. and @DemoDefenseFndn board member, John Cherry, joined Christian faith leaders from across Michigan to talk about having conversations with those who share different political beliefs.
"You need to both listen and speak," Cherry said. "So, when I encounter that situation, I like to ask them to explain why they believe that way, so they can understand that I am willing to listen."
Read the @WCMUNews article:
wcmu.org/local-regional-news…
Bipartisan community leaders from S.E. Michigan and the City of Detroit all agree-- Vote NO on Proposal 1.
"@JohnSellek, a Republican consultant who has managed multiple statewide campaigns in Michigan, sees the race as a knock-down-drag-out brawl that could easily go either way. He pointed to El-Sayed campaigning in the state’s Upper Peninsula, a solidly Republican area with the exception of Marquette County, with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez earlier this month, plus Rogers campaigning in Detroit."
Read the Dispatch article:
thedispatch.com/article/mich…
Bipartisan community leaders from S.E. Michigan and the City of Detroit all agree-- Vote NO on Proposal 1.
Hear from @EdgarVann on why he opposes Proposal 1.
Bipartisan community leaders from S.E. Michigan and the City of Detroit all agree-- Vote NO on Proposal 1.
Hear from @MikeBishopMI on why he opposes Proposal 1.
“'The shift in that critical group comes after El-Sayed has moved in recent weeks to 'tone it down' and take the edge off of some of his rhetoric, including a more restrained debate appearance on Oct. 21 and bringing more establishment Democrats into his campaign, such as Whitmer and Obama,' said @JohnSellek, CEO of the firm Harbor Strategic.“
"It’s all about soothing the undecided and independents.”
Read the @detroitnews article:
detroitnews.com/story/news/p…
" @JohnSellek told @Newsweek: 'Voters should oppose Proposal 2 because it uses voter frustration with the cost of living as cover to carry out a much wider sneak attack on the freedom of speech rights of thousands of innocent, everyday Michigan residents who would be banned from supporting the candidates of their choice simply because of who they are related to or contract with. Meanwhile, out-of-state billionaires can continue spending as they please to influence Michigan's public policy making.'"
Read the @Newsweek article:
newsweek.com/how-midterms-co…
New reporting from WWJ 950 - Detroit: "Polling shows Proposal 1 is unpopular with voters and is likely to be defeated on November 3rd."
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Vote NO on Prop 1: “I think we just take one of the cons out of the ConCon convention. Just call it a con. We don't need an open heart surgery when outpatient procedure would work.”
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Harbor's @JohnSellek talked to @MIRSnews' Andy Minegar about statewide debates:
“If you aren’t doing it very often and the money in politics not only allows you to think ‘I can skip the debate,’ it makes you think ’I can also skip traditional media interviews,’ which makes you weaker in debating people."
