Thaddeus McCotter Drops Bid For Reelection

On Friday night Republican ex-state Sen. Loren Bennett, who last served in 2002 (when he ran an unsuccessful campaign to be Lt Governor), announced he would run as a write-in candidate against election fraudster Thaddeus McCotter in Michigan's 11th CD (Oakland and Wayne counties). By Saturday afternoon, McCotter-- always the pathetic mamma's boy, ran off in a huff and withdrew.

U.S. Rep. Thad McCotter on Saturday said he is ended his write-in campaign for the 11th Congressional District, a move that ends his re-election bid in a week that that began with the Secretary of State's office determining he was ineligible for the Aug. 7 primary ballot with widespread invalid and tampered petition signatures.

"I have ended my write-in campaign in Michigan's 11th Congressional District," McCotter said in a statement released Saturday afternoon.

With about 87 percent of his nominating petitions tossed, McCotter, a five-time congressman, didn't meet the minimum number of 1,000 signatures to get his name on the ballot. The Michigan attorney general is investigating the suspect signatures.

"One can't clean up a mess multitasking," McCotter said in his statement. "Honoring my promise to the sovereign people of our community only allows me to finish the official duties of my present Congressional term; and aid the State Attorney General criminal investigation that I requested into identifying the person or persons who concocted the fraudulent petitions that have cost me so dearly.

Bennett, who lives in Canton is 62 and works for J & B Medical Supply in Wixom. Almost none of his old state Senate seat overlaps the 11th CD. Worse yet, teabagger and libertarian Kerry Bentivolio, is probably the front-runner a race between them. Every whackjob on the far right of the Michigan GOP is going to be panting to get him the nomination. And, speaking of whackjobs, he's already been endorsed by FedUpUSA and Liberty Candidates United, although they may be the same group. As you can see, he's a real barn-burner:



The Democrat in this race is a progressive doctor, Syed Taj. There's also a deranged LaRouchie running, Bill Roberts, who will be able to compete with Bentivolio for the kook vote. You can support Syed here on our ActBlue page. When we reached him last night, he was completely focused on his own path to victory. “The focus of this campaign over the next 67 days," he told us, "lies in getting through the primary August 7 by knocking on doors, listening to the voters and carrying my message of 1) Providing real world training for good paying jobs. With high unemployment, Congress must change its focus to job creation now. Building on the STEM classes (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) will prepare us to become competitive globally and will help train our workforce for the technical jobs of the future. Using an innovative incentive program, along with having a well trained workforce will entice the private sector to create jobs. 2) Eliminating waste in health care. Health care costs for the average family have tripled over the past decade. It’s hard to believe, but our health care system wastes over 700 billion dollars every year. We can fix this by ending the practice of charging patients for unnecessary procedures and creating a competitive environment for prescription drugs to help lower costs for everyone and 3) Keeping our promises. Social Security and Medicare are too important to gamble with. As a physician I will bring the experience that Congress lacks to protect Social Security and Medicare from career politicians and work to strengthen them for everyone."