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Republicans are jumping in quickly to replace retiring U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers, who announced Friday he’ll be leaving Congress at the end of the year to be a talk radio host. Mike Bishop, former majority leader in the Michigan Senate, confirmed Monday he’ll be in the running. And Rochester Hills Mayor Bryan K. Barnett has set up a page on the social media site Facebook to push his own candidacy. Bishop, an attorney and Rochester Republican, said via the social media platform Twitter that he’ll seek the seat. “Yes sir,” Bishop tweeted in response to a direct message Monday morning....

Lawmaker takes stand against millage election By Christopher Nagy DAILY PRESS & ARGUS State Rep. Joe Hune, R-Hamburg Township, has already come out against the May 3 enhancement millage, but he is now coming out against the election itself. Hune, who supported the election consolidation plan that reduced the number of elections in the state to four specific dates, eliminating the standard school election held each June, said school districts in Livingston County made a mistake by opting to hold their elections on the date in May provided under the consolidation. The move cost districts money that could have been...