Congressman Thaddeus McCotter

MyFox Los AngelesMichigan congressman ends write-in campaignSacramento BeeAP LIVONIA, Mich. -- US Rep. Thaddeus McCotter of Michigan announced Saturday that he would not seek a sixth term through a write-in campaign after he failed to get enough signatures to get on the ballot. McCotter ran a little-noticed Republican ...McCotter drops out of re-election campaignDetroit Free PressMcCotter ends write-in campaign for Michigan primaryMyFox Washington DCall 120 news articles »Read Full Story

Michigan’s former attorney general said Thursday that U.S. Rep. Thaddeus McCotter “doesn’t care about Congress anymore.” Mike Cox, who said he once assisted McCotter by going door to door in McCotter’s campaign for state Senate, was contacted by the Observer for his thoughts on the investigation by state Attorney General Bill Schuette into petitions that contained duplicate signatures and photocopied petitions turned in by McCotter’s campaign workers. The petitions were submitted May 15, the...Read Full Story

That's right! You heard that right. This is the Thaddeus McCotter seat by Eric Dondero This doesn't quite top Elizabeth Warren. But it may certainly go down in history as the second biggests 'F' up in Election Year 2012. Four-term Republican Congressman Thaddeus McCotter failed to file the necessary 1,000 signatures to run for reelection to his seat. He and his campaign staff are not commenting on what might have happened. But they acknowledge that they received an email from the MI Secretary...Read Full Story

LIVONIA, Mich. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Thaddeus McCotter of Michigan announced Saturday that he would not seek a sixth term through a write-in campaign after he failed to get enough signatures to get on the ballot. McCotter ran a little-noticed Republican presidential campaign last year before asking voters to re-elect him to his Detroit-area congressional seat. He surprised everyone late last month when he announced the Michigan secretary of state's office had determined he didn't have the 1,000...Read Full Story

87% OF McCOTTER SIGNATURES INVALID – Marisa Schultz reports for The Detroit News: “The 136-page stack of petition signatures turned in for U.S. Rep. Thad McCotter is riddled with photocopied duplicates, changes to election tracking numbers and apparent copying and pasting, a Detroit News review shows. McCotter, the five-term GOP congressman, turned in about 1,830 petition signatures in advance of the May 15 deadline to get on the August primary ballot, but the Secretary of State deemed just...Read Full Story