The Associated Press
July 8 2008
Jack Kevorkian’s congressional bid moves forward
PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) ‘ Assisted suicide advocate Jack Kevorkian has
collected enough signatures to be on the November ballot as a
congressional candidate in Michigan.
Joe Rozell, director of elections for Oakland County, says Kevorkian
had about 3,200 valid signatures. Kevorkian needed to collect 3,000.
The 80-year-old in March announced plans to run as an independent for
the 9th Congressional District seat held by Republican Joe
Knollenberg. Democrat Gary Peters, a former state lottery
commissioner, also is in the race.
Kevorkian, nicknamed "Dr. Death," was released from prison last year
after serving eight years for helping an Oakland County man with Lou
Gehrig’s disease die in 1998.