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Long-time Republican Representative Thad McCotter Resigns in Disgrace

source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/06/thaddeus-mccotter-resigns_n_1655189.html

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Representative Thaddeus McCotter (R-Mich.) is resigning from his post in Congress.

The Michigan Republican addressed his decision to step down in a statement issued on Friday, referencing a "nightmarish month and a half" that included an embarrassing failure to qualify for the Republican primary ballot in August's contest.

"Today I have resigned from the office of United States Representative for Michigan's 11th Congressional District," he said. "After nearly 26 years in elected office, this past nightmarish month and a half have, for the first time, severed the necessary harmony between the needs of my constituency and of my family. As this harmony is required to serve, its absence requires I leave."

Last month, McCotter announced plans to mount a write-in campaign after his campaign failed to turn in the requisite 1,000 petitions needed to get on the GOP primary ballot. A subsequent review by the Michigan secretary of state's office found that only 200 to 300 of the 2,000 total ballots submitted by the five-term congressman's campaign were valid. A short time later, he said he would not seek reelection at all.

McCotter also organized a short-lived campaign for president last year, but ended the longshot bid after failing to gain momentum in early primary states.


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