He plans to run as a candidate with no party affilition.
Assisted suicide advocate Jack Kevorkian, who spent eight years in prison for second-degree murder, says he's running for Congress.Dr. Death goes to Washington. That will be a box office hit.Kevorkian, who will be 80 years old in May, picked up petitions from the Oakland County Clerk's Office on Tuesday to run as a candidate with no party affiliation.
"I plan to," Kevorkian said Tuesday afternoon. "I wouldn't do this otherwise. We need some honesty and sincerity instead of corrupt government in Washington."
Kevorkian said he would have more to say about his candidacy next week. "Everything's in a formative stage," he said.
Kevorkian, a Pontiac native now living in south Oakland County, will have to gather a minimum of 3,000 signatures on nominating petitions by July 17 to appear as an independent on the November ballot, the Michigan Secretary of State's office said.
He lives in the 9th Congressional District. The seat is held by eightterm incumbent U.S. Rep. Joe Knollenberg, R-Bloomfield Hills. Democrats currently filed to run include former Michigan Lottery Commissioner Gary Peters.
Hat tip- Below the Beltway
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Not that he has any chance ... (Below threshold)1. Posted by Jim Addison | March 13, 2008 3:57 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Not that he has any chance at all, but if he did somehow become competitive, I've got a good negative ad to run against him - along the lines of, "Would you get into a van with this man?"
1. Posted by Jim Addison | March 13, 2008 3:57 PM |
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Posted on March 13, 2008 15:57