People in Michigan are good at separating fact from fiction. They know, better than most of the country, what happens to the economy and jobs when the scales are tipped too far in favor of one group over another.

Upton defeated him 66%-32%. [who?] He is a member of several Republican groups such as the Republican Main Street Partnership and Christine Todd Whitman's IMP-PAC (Its My Party Too). " In April 2009 he maintained that "climate change is a serious problem that necessitates serious solutions.

Frederick Stephen "Fred" Upton (born April 23 1953) is the U. The district stretches along the Michigan-Indiana border in the southwestern part of the state.