KEVORKIAN MAKES CONGRESSIONAL RUN OFFICIAL
Mike Martindale
Detroit News
March 24 2008
MI
SOUTHFIELD — At one time Jack Kevorkian was arguably the most
well-known law breaker in the nation.
Now he wants to be known as a Washington lawmaker.
Less than a year from being paroled from prison, the ex-pathologist
— dubbed "Dr. Death" for his fascination with death — announced
Monday he will seek the 9th Congressional District seat in Oakland
County. It’s currently held by U.S. Rep. Joseph Knollenberg,
R-Bloomfield Township.
"I’m not a politician, I’m running as an independent — which means
I have no ties to anyone or anything, no fetters," said Kevorkian,
speaking from the same Southfield office tower where he faced the
news media last June after being paroled for a 1999 second-degree
murder conviction in the assisted suicide of a Waterford Township
man with Lou Gehrig’s Disease.
Kevorkian, who will turn 80 years old in May, participated in more
than 130 assisted suicides between 1990 and 1998. He needs to gather
at least 3,000 signatures on a petition by July 17 to run as an
independent against Knollenberg and Central Michigan University
professor Gary Peters, a Democrat, on the November ballot.