Former Congressman Pete Hoekstra thanked his supporters in West Michigan before conceding defeat in the U.S. Senate race Tuesday night. The race between incumbent Senator Debbie Stabenow and Hoekstra was called early; before the presidential race. Fans of the GOP at the Grand Rapids party were disappointed about Hoekstra's defeat, but still hopeful about Romney when he took the stage. “As you have seen on the TV screens, we came up short tonight,” Hoekstra explained to the crowd of at least 300 people. “I think that we we’re expecting we would do better, all right?” Hoekstra told reporters. “I think as we take a look at the results around the country tonight I think there’s a lot of Republicans at least in senate races who are wondering what happened. How did this happen? A lot of us thought that these senate races would be closer,” he added. Hoekstra said he called Stabenow to congratulate her and to offer her his help – if she ever needed it. “She and I have both crisscrossed the
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