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McCotter Says Former Aides Conspired to Keep Him Off Ballot

Former Rep. Thaddeus McCotter (R-MI) has sued a former top aide and an ex-intern, “saying they deliberately submitted forged nominating petitions in his name to keep him from seeking re-election,” the AP reports. Tweet This Post

McCotter Should Have Been Disqualified in 2010

Former Rep. Thaddeus McCotter (R-MI) — who could not qualify for the Republican primary ballot and ultimately left Congress — had less than the minimum 1,000 petition signatures from registered voters to make the 2010 ballot, a Gongwer News Service analysis of those petitions shows. Taegan Goddard’s Political Wire Tweet This Post

McCotter Staffers Charged with Forging Signatures

Four staffers of former Rep. Thad McCotter (R-MI) “were charged today in connection with the false nominating petitions that led to McCotter’s departure from Congress,” the Detroit Free Press reports. Tweet This Post

McCotter resigns after failing to get on ballot

U.S. Rep. Thaddeus McCotter of Michigan resigned Friday, capping a bizarre political downfall that started after his campaign failed to submit enough valid petition signatures to get him on the ballot for re-election. Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post

McCotter Quits Congress

Rep. Thaddeus McCotter (R-MI) resigned his office after suffering what he called a “nightmarish month and a half” that has taken a toll on him and his family, the Detroit Free Press reports. Tweet This Post

McCotter Pitches TV Show

Rep. Thad McCotter (R-MI), who was effectively ousted from Congress when he couldn’t get enough valid signatures for the primary ballot, has turned to another aspiration: writing a TV show.The Detroit News obtained a copy of the script “from a former staffer who offered it as evidence of what the five-term congressman was pitching while [...]