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Thursday, February 12, 2026 at 12:17 AM

Rinke seeking governor’s seat

Kevin Rinke is slightly out of sync with many of his fellow Michigan Republicans many of whom, he contends, are more focused on “being right rather than happy” when it comes to their attitude about advancing their political agenda.

Based on a recent interview with the affable former car dealer owner turned wanna be governor, you have to wonder if his take on politics is different based a high school encounter with a former governor everybody knows.

The high achiever high school journalist was working on the school newspaper and the hot item on the minds of many of his avid readers had to do with the legal drinking age in Michigan. He told his teacher/advisor he was going to write a piece on it and was going to interview the governor of Michigan.

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