Bay County G.O.P. Update: February 1, 2014

BAY COUNTY REPUBLICAN PARTY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING
The Bay County Republican Party Executive Committee will meet on February 10, 2014 at 7 p.m. We will be meeting at the Dockside in Bay City. For further details contact Chairman Matthew Lance at (989) 894-0474.

BEGICK FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER
County Commissioner Vaughn Begick has announced he is seeking re-election as 3rd District Bay County Commissioner. Commissioner Begick will be holding his annual spaghetti dinner fundraiser on Wednesday February 26, 2014 at the LFA Hall on Amelith Road from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $10.00 and can be reserved by calling 989-686-0578. Tickets will be available at the door.

STATE SENATOR MIKE GREEN ST PATRICK'S PARADE
State Senator Mike Green will be taking part in this year's St. Patrick's Day Parade in Bay City. The Parade will be held on Sunday, March 16. If anyone is interested in walking with Senator Green please contact me at the number above for more details.

REGION 5 FIELD DIRECTOR
We have a new Region 5 Field Director. He is Kevin Gardner and we will be working with us on various efforts throughout the campaign cycle. Currently Kevin is asking for precincts captains for targeted precincts in Bay County. If you would like to be part of this effort, please contact Kevin at (248) 912-2313 or at KGardner@migop.org. Thank you!

TERRI LYNN LAND CAMPAIGN
If you have any interest in volunteering on behalf of this campaign please contact Jessica Johnson, the field representative for Terri Lynn Land for Senate. She can be reached at (989) 213-4588 or jessica@terrilynnland.com.

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Chair Matthew Lance
Bay County Republican Party

2013 Mackinac Republican Leadership Conference

Snyder touts his accomplishments at GOP Mackinac conference: Gov. Rick Snyder all but announced his plans to seek re-election Friday, unveiling a campaign-style video that touts his accomplishments and denouncing as “hogwash” questions about whether he wants to keep his job. “We’re going to keep going and we’re going to reinvent our state,” Snyder told Republicans at the Mackinac Republican Leadership Conference, held every two years on Mackinac Island. That prompted chants of “four more years” from the partisan crowd. http://on.freep.com/18JxmDT

Paul, Calley win Mackinac straw polls: Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky won the presidential straw poll at the Mackinac Republican Leadership Conference, with New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie finishing second, according to results released Sunday, the final day of the three-day conference. Attendees also gave a strong endorsement for re-election to Lt. Gov. Brian Calley, who came out ahead of tea party challenger Wes Nakagiri, with 432 votes for Calley and 69 for Nakagiri, according to Decider Strategies and Gongwer News Service, which conducted the poll of conference attendees on Mackinac Island. on.freep.com/15i8fxd

Land emerges as GOP's likely U.S. Senate candidate: Two years ago Terri Lynn Land ferried into the island as the woman in the wings among a half-dozen men campaigning for U.S. Senate. This past weekend, however, the former secretary of state stepped into the Mackinac Republican Leadership Conference in the starring role. bit.ly/15lHNNK

Michigan's 'nerdy' Snyder says he's GOP model: Gov. Rick Snyder — the understated, self-described "nerd" and former CEO — is making one thing clear as he prepares for a challenging re-election race next year: He intends to be part of the national conversation underway about the Republican Party's future. The first-term governor used his role as host of a biennial state GOP conference that drew more than 1,000 state and national figures — including three potential presidential candidates — to cast himself as a problem solver with a governing philosophy that can fix the nation's ills. http://yhoo.it/18jRtKZ

August 19, 2013: The Bay County Bulletin

Camp Won’t Run for Senate Seat. House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp will not run for a seat in the U.S. Senate, the Michigan Republican said Friday. Many considered Mr. Camp, one of the House’s most powerful lawmakers as the head of the tax-writing committee, the GOP’s best shot at reclaiming the Senate seat that will be vacated in 2014, when longtime Democratic Sen. Carl Levin retires. http://on.wsj.com/1ac3UN5

Republicans vote to boycott CNN, NBC debates if Clinton specials air. The Republican National Committee has voted to boycott any presidential primary debates planned by CNN and NBC if they proceed with lengthy television features on Hillary Clinton, widely expected to be a 2016 Democratic candidate. http://fxn.ws/17uXDqE

Court: RTW applies to state employees. A divided state Court of Appeals panel ruled Thursday that Michigan’s right-to-work law applies to roughly 35,000 unionized state employees — a decision that is a blow to organized labor. In a 2-1 decision tinged with political overtones, the appellate court said the state Legislature had the constitutional authority to set conditions of employment for state workers when it made financial support of a labor union optional. http://bit.ly/16ZVpBN

BIRTHDAYS. Monday. Governor Rick Snyder, State Rep. John Walsh. Tuesday. Robert Plant. Saturday. Mike Huckabee, Cal Ripken, Jr. Sunday. Regis Philbin.