People who live in Michigan’s 58th House of Representatives district have almost certainly seen social media ads for Republican state representative candidate Andrew Fink, sponsored by a lobbying group called Citizens for Energizing Michigan’s Economy, or CEME.
The group, which is funded by the energy industry, is also flooding the district with mailers. Some residents say that they have received as many as ten Fink mailers, with five of them from CEME. They are also running TV commercials and sponsoring widely disseminated internet ads for Fink — something previously unheard of in the rural district which comprises Hillsdale and Branch counties.
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