Question: During United States Senate election in Michigan, 2012, the Republican party nominated this politician who represented Michigan's which district from in 1995?
Context: Pieter "Pete" Hoekstra ( ; born October 30, 1953) is a Dutch-American politician who is a former member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Michigan's 2nd congressional district from 1993 to 2011.  Hoekstra is a member of the Republican Party. The 2010 United States Senate election in Indiana took place on November 2, 2010, alongside 33 other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections to fill Indiana's class III United States Senate seat.  Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Evan Bayh decided in February 2010 to retire instead of seeking a third term shortly after former U.S. Senator Dan Coats announced his candidacy for Bayh's contested seat.  No Democratic candidate submitted enough signatures by the deadline to run, leading Democratic officials to choose U.S. Congressman Brad Ellsworth to be the nominee.  The Libertarian Party nominated YMCA instructor Rebecca Sink-Burris, who had previously run against Evan Bayh in the United States Senate election in Indiana, 1998 but with less success than in this election.  Republican nominee and former U.S. Senator Dan Coats won the open seat. The United States presidential election of 1960 was the 44th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 8, 1960.  The Republican Party nominated incumbent Vice President Richard Nixon, while the Democratic Party nominated John F. Kennedy, U.S. Senator from Massachusetts.  The incumbent President, Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower, was not eligible for re-election after being elected the maximum two times allowed by the Twenty-second Amendment; he was the first President denied the choice to run for a third term by that amendment.  This was the first presidential election in which residents in Alaska and Hawaii were able to participate, as both had become states in 1959. 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Former Governor of Virginia Tim Kaine was unopposed for the Democratic nomination and the Republican party nominated former Senator and Governor George Allen through a primary on June 12, 2012.  Kaine won the open seat. Gary Charles Peters (born December 1, 1958) is an American politician and businessman who is the junior United States Senator from Michigan.  A member of the Democratic Party, he was the U.S. Representative for Michigan 's 14 congressional district from 2013 until his election to the Senate.  The district includes the eastern half of Detroit, as well as the Grosse Pointes, Hamtramck, Southfield and Pontiac.  He previously represented Michigan 's 9 congressional district from 2009 to 2013.  Following the redrawing of congressional district boundaries after the 2010 United States Census, Peters defeated fellow Congressman Hansen Clarke in the Democratic primary and won re-election in the newly redrawn 14th District. Vernon James "Vern" Ehlers (February 6, 1934 – August 15, 2017) was an American politician.  Ehlers represented Michigan in the United States House of Representatives from his 1993 victory in a special election until his retirement at the 2010 midterm elections.  Prior to his time in Congress, Ehlers had spent eight years in the Michigan Senate and two in the Michigan House of Representatives.  He was a member of the Republican Party. The 2014 United States Senate election in Michigan was held on November 4, 2014, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Michigan, concurrently with the election of the Governor of Michigan, as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. The 1996 United States Senate election in Georgia was held on November 5, 1996.  Incumbent Democratic United States Senator Sam Nunn decided to retire instead of seeking a fifth term.  The Republican Party nominated Guy Millner, a multi-millionaire businessman who was also the unsuccessful candidate that ran against Zell Miller in the 1994 gubernatorial election.  Millner emerged as the victor from a crowded 6-person primary in July 1996.  However, Max Cleland, the Secretary of State of Georgia ran unopposed in the Democratic primary. The 2006 United States Senate election in Tennessee was held on November 7, 2006.  The election winner, Bob Corker, served his term between January 3, 2007 and January 3, 2013.  Corker replaced Republican Bill Frist in the Senate, who retired upon the end of his second term in 2007.  Corker was the Republican nominee, and the Democratic nominee was Harold Ford, Jr..  The race between Ford and Corker was one of the most competitive Senate races of 2006, with Corker winning the race by less than three percent of the vote.  Corker was the only non-incumbent Republican to win a U.S. Senate seat in 2006.  Since 1994, the Republican Party has held both of Tennessee's Senate seats.
Answer: Michigan's 2nd congressional district