Hoekstra's conservatism at issue in Mich. primary

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — After representing Michigan’s most conservative congressional district for nearly two decades, Pete Hoekstra contends his Republican opponents “are totally off base” in trying to convince voters they’re farther to the right.

Yet that was a familiar refrain during his unsuccessful primary bid for governor in 2010, and he’s hearing it again as the presumed GOP favorite in the race to unseat Democratic U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow.