Keeping an eye on the money in politics, Michigan’s U.S. Representatives have filed their first quarter contributions to the Federal Election Commission this week. According to the Michigan Campaign Finance Network, Michigan’s 14 Reps have raised a total of $2,170,989 dollars. First, just looking over some of these numbers, with two particular Representatives in mind. Representative Gary Peters, Democrat from Southeast Michigan and Representative Mike Rogers, Republican from mid-Michigan. They seem to be front-runners for the U.S. Senate seat that will be open in 2014 because of Carl Levin’s retirement. Peters has raised $370,000 and has $800,000 on hand. Rogers has raised $163,500 and has $1.4 million cash on hand. So what do their fundraising totals tell us for the upcoming election season? We turn to Republican Representative Kerry Bentivolio, freshman in the seat that was once held by former Congressmsan Thaddeus McCotter. McCotter resigned from Congress last summer after a scandal
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