Rudy Hobbs (born 1976) is an American

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from the state of

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. He is a member of the

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and a former member of Michigan House of Representatives. Hobbs was born in Alabama and raised on the east side of

Detroit Detroit ( , ; , ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is also the largest U.S. city on the United States–Canada border, and the seat of government of Wayne County. The City of Detroit had a population of 639,111 at t ...

. He later moved to

Southfield, Michigan Southfield is a city in Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 76,618. As a northern suburb of Detroit, Southfield shares part of its southern border with Detroit. The city was original ...

, graduating from Southfield Lathrup High School. He then studied at

Alabama State University Alabama State University (ASU) is a public historically black university in Montgomery, Alabama. Founded in 1867, ASU is a member-school of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund. History Alabama State University was founded in 1867 as the ...

and Michigan State University. He married his wife Dedra while a student at MSU. He taught

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in the

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. He began to volunteer in politics, and was hired by

Sander Levin Sander Martin Levin (born September 6, 1931) is an American politician who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1983 to 2019, representing (numbered as the from 1983 to 1993 and as the from 1993 to 2013). Levin, a member ...

's office. Hobbs was elected to the Michigan House in the 35th district in 2010. In 2014, he lost his bid for the

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in , which was being vacated by

Gary Peters Gary Charles Peters Sr. (born December 1, 1958) is an American lawyer, politician, and former military officer serving as the junior United States senator from Michigan since 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the U.S. representa ...

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