GRAND RAPIDS, MI (AP) --
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) - Former Michigan and Buffalo Bills
tight end Jay Riemersma (REE'-muhrz-muh) has designs on Congress.
The Grand Rapids Press reports Wednesday Riemersma has filed
paperwork to run for U.S. Rep. Peter Hoekstra's (HUCK'-struhz) 2nd
District seat in southwestern Michigan. Hoekstra, a Republican, has
announced his candidacy for governor in 2010.
Riemersma also is a Republican. He played at Zeeland High
School, about 20 miles southwest of Grand Rapids.
Riemersma went undrafted out of Michigan in 1996, but signed
with Buffalo, where he played until 2002. He tore his right
Achilles' tendon in 2004 while playing for the Steelers and retired
in 2006.
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