"State House Speaker Tom Leonard is officially running to be Michigan’s next attorney general.The DeWitt Republican is set to enter the 2018 race for the GOP nomination to replace term-limited Attorney General Bill Schuette, he told The Detroit News in an exclusive interview ahead of his Thursday announcement.
“I absolutely love fighting for people,” Leonard said, pointing to his experience as an assistant prosecutor in Genesee County, an assistant attorney general for the state and his rise to the top position in the Michigan House.
“I want to continue that work as the state’s next attorney general. I believe we’ve got a lot more work to do to help the elderly, to help those that are suffering from mental illness and also those that are suffering from opioid addiction.”
http://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2017/10/05/tom-leonard-runs-michigan-attorney-general/106314668/
“I absolutely love fighting for people,” Leonard said, pointing to his experience as an assistant prosecutor in Genesee County, an assistant attorney general for the state and his rise to the top position in the Michigan House.
“I want to continue that work as the state’s next attorney general. I believe we’ve got a lot more work to do to help the elderly, to help those that are suffering from mental illness and also those that are suffering from opioid addiction.”
http://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2017/10/05/tom-leonard-runs-michigan-attorney-general/106314668/