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</p><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1066479718">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-header,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-subheader,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-above,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-title,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-image,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-below{text-align:center}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above fn n org">McCotter 2012</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:McCotter_logo.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/McCotter_logo.gif/200px-McCotter_logo.gif" decoding="async" width="200" height="83" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cf/McCotter_logo.gif 1.5x" data-file-width="295" data-file-height="123" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Campaign</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_presidential_election" title="2012 United States presidential election">2012 United States presidential election</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Candidate</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Thaddeus_McCotter" title="Thaddeus McCotter">Thaddeus McCotter</a><br /> U.S. Representative from Michigan</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Affiliation</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican Party</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Livonia,_Michigan" title="Livonia, Michigan">Livonia, Michigan</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Key people</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mark_Corallo" title="Mark Corallo">Mark Corallo</a> (adviser)<br />Christopher Marston (treasurer)<br /><a href="/wiki/Christopher_Rants" title="Christopher Rants">Christopher Rants</a> (adviser)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Campaign_finance_in_the_United_States" title="Campaign finance in the United States">Receipts</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="white-space: nowrap">US$550,437</span> (June 30, 2012)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Slogan</th><td class="infobox-data">Seize Freedom!</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Website</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20111005202530/http://www.mccotter2012.com/">mccotter2012.com</a><br /><small>(archived October 5, 2011)</small></td></tr></tbody></table><p>U.S. Representative <a href="/wiki/Thaddeus_McCotter" title="Thaddeus McCotter">Thaddeus McCotter</a> of <a href="/wiki/Michigan" title="Michigan">Michigan</a> unsuccessfully sought the <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican Party</a>'s <a href="/wiki/2012_Republican_Party_presidential_primaries" title="2012 Republican Party presidential primaries">2012</a> nomination for <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">president of the United States</a>. He announced his intention to run when he filed papers with the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Election_Commission" title="Federal Election Commission">Federal Election Commission</a> on July 1, 2011, and officially declared his candidacy the next day at a <a href="/wiki/Rock_music" title="Rock music">rock</a> festival near <a href="/wiki/Detroit" title="Detroit">Detroit</a>.</p><p>McCotter, who had served in Congress since 2003, was first mentioned as a potential presidential candidate on an April 2011 episode of <a href="/wiki/Fox_News" title="Fox News">Fox News</a>' <i><a href="/wiki/Red_Eye_w/_Greg_Gutfeld" class="mw-redirect" title="Red Eye w/ Greg Gutfeld">Red Eye w/ Greg Gutfeld</a></i>. After entering the race two months later, McCotter based his campaign on "five core principles" listed on his campaign website, and used the slogan <i>Seize Freedom!</i>, derived from the title of his 2011 book. During the campaign, he focused on government reform and <a href="/wiki/Wall_Street" title="Wall Street">Wall Street</a>.</p><p>Commentators noted that McCotter's lack of <a href="/wiki/Name_recognition" title="Name recognition">name recognition</a> hindered his chances for nomination. When included in <a href="/wiki/Nationwide_opinion_polling_for_the_Republican_Party_2012_presidential_primaries" class="mw-redirect" title="Nationwide opinion polling for the Republican Party 2012 presidential primaries">Republican presidential preference polls</a>, he regularly received less than one percent support. Following a last-place finish in the <a href="/wiki/Ames_Straw_Poll" class="mw-redirect" title="Ames Straw Poll">Ames Straw Poll</a> and without an invitation to any candidates' debates, he dropped his candidacy on September 22, 2011, and endorsed <a href="/wiki/Mitt_Romney" title="Mitt Romney">Mitt Romney</a>. Thereafter, McCotter reportedly wrote a <a href="/wiki/Television_pilot" title="Television pilot">television pilot</a>, which was released to the media prior to his resignation from Congress in July 2012 <a href="/wiki/Thaddeus_McCotter#2012_congressional_campaign_and_petition_scandal" title="Thaddeus McCotter">amid a fraud investigation</a> surrounding his congressional re-election campaign.</p><meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /><h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Background">Background</span></h2><p>Thaddeus McCotter began his political career upon election to the <a href="/wiki/Wayne_County,_Michigan" title="Wayne County, Michigan">Wayne County</a> (Michigan) Commission in 1993. Five years later, he left that position after winning a seat in the <a href="/wiki/Michigan_State_Senate" class="mw-redirect" title="Michigan State Senate">Michigan State Senate</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-congress_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-congress-1">[1]</a></sup> He remained there until 2002 when elected to serve <a href="/wiki/Michigan%27s_11th_congressional_district" title="Michigan's 11th congressional district">Michigan's 11th congressional district</a> in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">United States House of Representatives</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-congress_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-congress-1">[1]</a></sup> </p><figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Thaddeus_McCotter,_official_portrait,_112th_Congress.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Thaddeus_McCotter%2C_official_portrait%2C_112th_Congress.jpg/170px-Thaddeus_McCotter%2C_official_portrait%2C_112th_Congress.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="213" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Thaddeus_McCotter%2C_official_portrait%2C_112th_Congress.jpg/255px-Thaddeus_McCotter%2C_official_portrait%2C_112th_Congress.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Thaddeus_McCotter%2C_official_portrait%2C_112th_Congress.jpg/340px-Thaddeus_McCotter%2C_official_portrait%2C_112th_Congress.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2848" data-file-height="3560" /></a><figcaption>Official Congressional photo of Thaddeus McCotter.</figcaption></figure><p>In Congress, leadership assigned McCotter to the <a href="/wiki/House_Financial_Services_Committee" class="mw-redirect" title="House Financial Services Committee">House Financial Services Committee</a>. In addition, he joined the moderate <a href="/wiki/Republican_Main_Street_Partnership" title="Republican Main Street Partnership">Republican Main Street Partnership</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2">[2]</a></sup> In 2006, he attained the chairmanship of the <a href="/wiki/House_Republican_Policy_Committee" class="mw-redirect" title="House Republican Policy Committee">House Republican Policy Committee</a>, and two years later was named head of his party's Fiscal Integrity Task Force. On the task force, he gained a reputation as a leading opponent of <a href="/wiki/Pork_barrel" title="Pork barrel">pork barrel</a> spending.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3">[3]</a></sup> He voted against the <a href="/wiki/Emergency_Economic_Stabilization_Act_of_2008" title="Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008">Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Affordable_Health_Care_for_America_Act" title="Affordable Health Care for America Act">Affordable Health Care for America Act of 2010</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a></sup> but supported the <a href="/wiki/Effects_of_the_2008%E2%80%9310_automotive_industry_crisis_on_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Effects of the 2008–10 automotive industry crisis on the United States">bailout</a> of the automobile industry in 2009. He also supported an increase in the <a href="/wiki/Minimum_wage" title="Minimum wage">minimum wage</a> and advocated <a href="/wiki/Fair_trade" title="Fair trade">fair trade</a> with <a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a>. Nevertheless, the <i><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Free_Press" title="Detroit Free Press">Detroit Free Press</a></i> described him as a "conservative's conservative"<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5">[5]</a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/GovTrack" title="GovTrack">GovTrack</a> labeled him a "far-right Republican".<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6">[6]</a></sup></p><p>McCotter was also known as an "oddball" in Congress, displaying a wry sense of humor. Betsy Woodruff of <i><a href="/wiki/National_Review" title="National Review">National Review</a></i> identified him as "the strangest Congressman."<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7">[7]</a></sup> Showing a fondness for <a href="/wiki/Rock_music" title="Rock music">rock music</a>, he played lead guitar in the <a href="/wiki/Second_Amendments" title="Second Amendments">Second Amendments</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-po_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-po-8">[8]</a></sup> Moreover, McCotter frequently appeared on <a href="/wiki/Fox_News" title="Fox News">Fox News</a>' late night/early morning show <i><a href="/wiki/Red_Eye_w/_Greg_Gutfeld" class="mw-redirect" title="Red Eye w/ Greg Gutfeld">Red Eye w/ Greg Gutfeld</a></i>. <i><a href="/wiki/Bloomberg_Businessweek" title="Bloomberg Businessweek">Bloomberg Businessweek</a></i> described his celebrity as a "tiny cult following of insomniac conservatives."<sup id="cite_ref-bb_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bb-9">[9]</a></sup></p><h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Campaign_speculation">Campaign speculation</span></h2><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Thad_McCotter.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="McCotter stands at a podium with his right arm bent at the elbow and facing up" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Thad_McCotter.jpg/220px-Thad_McCotter.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Thad_McCotter.jpg/330px-Thad_McCotter.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Thad_McCotter.jpg/440px-Thad_McCotter.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4752" data-file-height="3168" /></a><figcaption>McCotter addresses the <a href="/wiki/Republican_Leadership_Conference" title="Republican Leadership Conference">Republican Leadership Conference</a> on June 16, 2011.</figcaption></figure><p>Speculation about a presidential run began several months after the release of his February 2011 book <i>Seize Freedom! American Truths and Renewal in a Chaotic Age</i>. During the April 22 episode of <i>Red Eye</i>, host <a href="/wiki/Greg_Gutfeld" title="Greg Gutfeld">Greg Gutfeld</a> asked McCotter to enter the presidential race.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10">[10]</a></sup> Five days later, political commentator and fellow <i>Red Eye</i> frequenter <a href="/wiki/S._E._Cupp" title="S. E. Cupp">S. E. Cupp</a> listed McCotter as a potential candidate in her <i><a href="/wiki/Daily_News_(New_York)" class="mw-redirect" title="Daily News (New York)">Daily News</a></i> column.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11">[11]</a></sup> McCotter confirmed in May that he was seriously considering a run for the presidency. He told the newspaper <i><a href="/wiki/Politico" title="Politico">Politico</a></i> he felt most Republicans lacked enthusiasm for the current crop of candidates. Commentator <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Breitbart" title="Andrew Breitbart">Andrew Breitbart</a> expressed excitement at the prospect of a McCotter run. Describing him as "blunt, sarcastic, pop-culture-savvy, constitutionally sound and an authentic voice", Breitbart remarked <span class="nowrap">"[t]here's</span> no one I'd like to see more at a debate than McCotter."<sup id="cite_ref-po_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-po-8">[8]</a></sup></p><p>In May 2011, speculation increased as McCotter attacked Republican front-runner <a href="/wiki/Mitt_Romney" title="Mitt Romney">Mitt Romney</a> as the latter visited Detroit. He connected Romney to President <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a>, arguing that people saw Romney and Obama as <a href="/wiki/Running_mate" title="Running mate">running mates</a> rather than as rivals.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12">[12]</a></sup> Later that month, he addressed the <a href="/wiki/Republican_Leadership_Conference" title="Republican Leadership Conference">Republican Leadership Conference</a> in <a href="/wiki/New_Orleans" title="New Orleans">New Orleans</a> and entered the event's <a href="/wiki/Straw_poll" title="Straw poll">straw poll</a>. Out of the <span class="nowrap">1,542 votes</span> cast, he received two, last place among those considered.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13">[13]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-det_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-det-14">[14]</a></sup> At this time, McCotter remained undecided about a run, according to his aides,<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15">[15]</a></sup> though he paid $18,000 for a prime spot at the August 13 <a href="/wiki/Ames_Straw_Poll" class="mw-redirect" title="Ames Straw Poll">Ames Straw Poll</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-det_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-det-14">[14]</a></sup> During a visit to Iowa, the first <a href="/wiki/Iowa_caucuses" title="Iowa caucuses">caucus state</a>, McCotter announced he would reveal his campaign plans prior to the straw poll.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16">[16]</a></sup> On June 30, <i>Politico</i> reported McCotter was ready to begin a campaign.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17">[17]</a></sup></p><h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Campaign_developments">Campaign developments</span></h2><h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Announcement">Announcement</span></h3><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Thad_McCotter_announcement.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="McCotter on stage with a guitar beside a campaign poster" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Thad_McCotter_announcement.jpg/220px-Thad_McCotter_announcement.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Thad_McCotter_announcement.jpg/330px-Thad_McCotter_announcement.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Thad_McCotter_announcement.jpg/440px-Thad_McCotter_announcement.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4288" data-file-height="2848" /></a><figcaption>McCotter plays guitar at his presidential announcement during the <a href="/wiki/WAAM" title="WAAM">WAAM</a>-sponsored "Freedom Festival".</figcaption></figure><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1066479718"><table class="infobox" style="width: 230px; float: right; clear: right; margin:0 0 1.5em 1.5em"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:115%">External videos</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align: left"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="video icon" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg/16px-Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg/24px-Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg/32px-Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></span></span> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.c-span.org/video/?300330-1/thaddeus-mccotter-presidential-campaign-announcement">Thaddeus McCotter Presidential Campaign Announcement, July 2, 2011</a>, <a href="/wiki/C-SPAN" title="C-SPAN">C-SPAN</a></td></tr></tbody></table><p>McCotter filed a presidential campaign committee statement with the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Election_Commission" title="Federal Election Commission">Federal Election Commission</a> (FEC)<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18">[18]</a></sup> and opened a campaign website on July 1, 2011. The website, which warned "your American Dream is endangered" was based on his book <i>Seize Freedom!</i> and listed "five core principles".<sup id="cite_ref-det_14-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-det-14">[14]</a></sup> These were:<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19">[19]</a></sup> </p><ol><li>"Our liberty is from God not the government"</li><li>"Our sovereignty is in our souls not the soil"</li><li>"Our security is from strength not surrender"</li><li>"Our prosperity is from the private sector not the public sector"</li><li>"Our truths are self-evident not relative"</li></ol><p>McCotter officially announced his candidacy at the <a href="/wiki/WAAM" title="WAAM">WAAM</a>-sponsored "Freedom Festival" in <a href="/wiki/Whitmore_Lake,_Michigan" title="Whitmore Lake, Michigan">Whitmore Lake, Michigan</a> on July 2. He declared, "what we need in Washington is someone who understands that the wave of the future is not big government, but self-government".<sup id="cite_ref-free_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-free-20">[20]</a></sup> He played with his rock band at the event.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21">[21]</a></sup> Upon his entrance, <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Cook" title="Charlie Cook">Charlie Cook</a> of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Cook_Political_Report" class="mw-redirect" title="The Cook Political Report">The Cook Political Report</a></i> rated McCotter's chances of nomination as "virtually impossible".<sup id="cite_ref-det_14-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-det-14">[14]</a></sup> <a href="/wiki/CBS_News" title="CBS News">CBS News</a> and other outlets commented on McCotter's lack of name recognition and described him as a "little-known" candidate.<sup id="cite_ref-cbs_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cbs-22">[22]</a></sup> Nevertheless, the <i>Free Press</i> noted he had about $480,000 available in his congressional account to transfer to his presidential campaign account.<sup id="cite_ref-free_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-free-20">[20]</a></sup> Political communications operative <a href="/wiki/Mark_Corallo" title="Mark Corallo">Mark Corallo</a> was hired along with a core group of advisers that included former Senator <a href="/wiki/Bill_Frist" title="Bill Frist">Bill Frist</a>'s chief of staff Eric Uelind, and former Iowa representative <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Rants" title="Christopher Rants">Christopher Rants</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-cbs_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cbs-22">[22]</a></sup></p><h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Campaign_events">Campaign events</span></h3><p>As McCotter embarked on his first official campaign trip to the first-in-the-nation <a href="/wiki/New_Hampshire_primary" class="mw-redirect" title="New Hampshire primary">primary state</a> of <a href="/wiki/New_Hampshire" title="New Hampshire">New Hampshire</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23">[23]</a></sup> he received media attention for his hometown newspaper's reaction to his run.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24">[24]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25">[25]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26">[26]</a></sup> An editorial in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Oakland_Press" title="The Oakland Press">The Oakland Press</a></i>, based out of <a href="/wiki/Oakland_County,_Michigan" title="Oakland County, Michigan">Oakland County, Michigan</a>, wrote that the idea of a McCotter presidency "isn't a pleasant thought and is, in fact, a bit scary".<sup id="cite_ref-scary_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-scary-27">[27]</a></sup> It added, "the representative comes off as cold, arrogant and egotistical".<sup id="cite_ref-scary_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-scary-27">[27]</a></sup> Nevertheless, McCotter continued his campaign in New Hampshire, focusing on the "fundamental restructuring of government".<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28">[28]</a></sup> Radio host Chris Buck was hired as leader of operations in New Hampshire.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29">[29]</a></sup> </p><figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:SECupp-MG-1028.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="S. E. Cupp" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/SECupp-MG-1028.jpg/170px-SECupp-MG-1028.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="228" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/SECupp-MG-1028.jpg/255px-SECupp-MG-1028.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/SECupp-MG-1028.jpg/340px-SECupp-MG-1028.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2716" data-file-height="3647" /></a><figcaption>Political commentator <a href="/wiki/S._E._Cupp" title="S. E. Cupp">S. E. Cupp</a> (pictured in 2010) first mentioned McCotter as a potential candidate, accompanied him in New Hampshire, and moderated the <a href="/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter">Twitter</a> debate.</figcaption></figure><p>McCotter returned to Iowa in mid-July for further campaign events.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30">[30]</a></sup> Around this time, <a href="/wiki/Chris_Cillizza" title="Chris Cillizza">Chris Cillizza</a> of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Washington_Post" title="The Washington Post">The Washington Post</a></i> placed McCotter's odds of winning the Ames Straw Poll at one hundred to one, last place among the candidates listed.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31">[31]</a></sup> A <a href="/wiki/Harris_Insights_%26_Analytics" class="mw-redirect" title="Harris Insights & Analytics">Harris poll</a> conducted <span class="nowrap">July 11–18</span> found that <span class="nowrap">92 percent</span> of voters were not familiar with McCotter, and less than one percent supported him when matched against his fellow presidential contenders. In a hypothetical head-to-head matchup with President Obama, McCotter received <span class="nowrap">43 percent</span>, compared to <span class="nowrap">57 percent</span> for Obama.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32">[32]</a></sup> To build support, McCotter used <a href="/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter">Twitter</a>, with which he attempted to bypass the news media and connect directly with supporters. Campaign spokesman Randall Thompson stated that McCotter was "relying on social media ... [and] ... developed a very loyal following".<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33">[33]</a></sup></p><p>McCotter participated in the first-ever Twitter presidential debate, on July 20, against fellow candidates former <a href="/wiki/New_Mexico" title="New Mexico">New Mexico</a> governor <a href="/wiki/Gary_Johnson" title="Gary Johnson">Gary Johnson</a>, businessman <a href="/wiki/Herman_Cain" title="Herman Cain">Herman Cain</a>, representative <a href="/wiki/Michele_Bachmann" title="Michele Bachmann">Michele Bachmann</a>, former <a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="Speaker of the United States House of Representatives">Speaker of the House</a> <a href="/wiki/Newt_Gingrich" title="Newt Gingrich">Newt Gingrich</a>, and former Senator <a href="/wiki/Rick_Santorum" title="Rick Santorum">Rick Santorum</a>. At one point, moderator S. E. Cupp asked whether President Obama was anti-<a href="/wiki/Israel" title="Israel">Israel</a>, McCotter answered, "Obama's motivations are not the issue, the impact of his policies, both proposed and pursued, have strained our relationship" with Israel.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34">[34]</a></sup> When asked to comment on the U.S. role in the <a href="/wiki/2011_military_intervention_in_Libya" title="2011 military intervention in Libya">2011 military intervention in Libya</a>, McCotter referred to the Obama administration's mission as "ill-defined," and argued for "no US boots on ground." He, however, added the caveat, "once committed [to the mission], we can't abruptly withdraw."<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35">[35]</a></sup></p><p>In late July, during the height of the <a href="/wiki/2011_U.S._debt_ceiling_crisis" class="mw-redirect" title="2011 U.S. debt ceiling crisis">debt ceiling crisis</a>, McCotter canceled several appearances in Iowa and returned to Washington. He supported the plan of House Speaker <a href="/wiki/John_Boehner" title="John Boehner">John Boehner</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36">[36]</a></sup> and voted in favor of the <a href="/wiki/Budget_Control_Act_of_2011" title="Budget Control Act of 2011">compromise bill</a>. He was the only presidential candidate in the House of Representatives to approve the bill in Congress since both fellow members Bachmann and <a href="/wiki/Ron_Paul" title="Ron Paul">Ron Paul</a> voted against it.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37">[37]</a></sup></p><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Thaddeus_McCotter_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="McCotter" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Thaddeus_McCotter_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg/170px-Thaddeus_McCotter_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="207" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Thaddeus_McCotter_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg/255px-Thaddeus_McCotter_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Thaddeus_McCotter_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg/340px-Thaddeus_McCotter_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1914" data-file-height="2334" /></a><figcaption>McCotter speaks at the <a href="/wiki/Ames_Straw_Poll" class="mw-redirect" title="Ames Straw Poll">Ames Straw Poll</a> in August 2011.</figcaption></figure><p>Ahead of the Ames Straw Poll, McCotter had not reached the one percent polling threshold necessary to participate in the event's August 11 debate on Fox News. At the time, McCotter had little support, even in his home state. <a href="/wiki/Public_Policy_Polling" title="Public Policy Polling">Public Policy Polling</a> showed him with only five percent from Michigan Republicans, a figure pollsters described as rare coming from a candidate's home state.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38">[38]</a></sup> With news of his standing, McCotter cancelled a scheduled stop in New Hampshire, and returned to his headquarters in Michigan to coordinate a debate inclusion effort.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39">[39]</a></sup> As part of the effort, the campaign filmed a <a href="/wiki/YouTube" title="YouTube">YouTube</a> video in a kitchen, featuring McCotter making puns about food, and concluding with "Thanks, dude."<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40">[40]</a></sup> The <i><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Times" title="Los Angeles Times">Los Angeles Times</a></i> described the video as "unfortunate".<sup id="cite_ref-lat-wd_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lat-wd-41">[41]</a></sup> Despite the effort, McCotter did not meet the polling threshold and was excluded. He was the only candidate missing from the debate that had secured a spot on the ballot.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42">[42]</a></sup></p><p>Just before the vote at Ames, McCotter addressed voters in what <i>Politico</i> described as "a slow, abstract, exceptionally sober speech".<sup id="cite_ref-speech_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-speech-43">[43]</a></sup> It drew little crowd reaction other than applause at the denunciation of the "regime in Beijing" and the proclamation, "I will not cede the 21st Century to a Communist, nuclear-armed dictatorship."<sup id="cite_ref-speech_43-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-speech-43">[43]</a></sup> At his tent, McCotter spent a large amount of time playing guitar.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44">[44]</a></sup> In the straw poll, he finished last among ten candidates, receiving <span class="nowrap">35 votes</span> (<span class="nowrap">0.21 percent</span>).<sup id="cite_ref-la_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-la-45">[45]</a></sup> Based on the $18,000 he paid for campaign space, the result corresponded to $514 per vote.<sup id="cite_ref-la_45-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-la-45">[45]</a></sup> Senior adviser Christopher Rants explained that the purpose of the straw poll "was not about votes, it was about introducing our candidate to the public in our first large forum... By any measure, we did that".<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46">[46]</a></sup></p><figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Thaddeus_McCotter_campaigns.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="McCotter stands outside with a microphone before a podium and bale of hay facing a seated crowd" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Thaddeus_McCotter_campaigns.jpg/220px-Thaddeus_McCotter_campaigns.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Thaddeus_McCotter_campaigns.jpg/330px-Thaddeus_McCotter_campaigns.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Thaddeus_McCotter_campaigns.jpg/440px-Thaddeus_McCotter_campaigns.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4752" data-file-height="3168" /></a><figcaption>McCotter campaigns at the <a href="/wiki/Iowa_State_Fair" title="Iowa State Fair">Iowa State Fair</a> in August 2011.</figcaption></figure><p>Three days after the straw poll, McCotter wrote an article in <i>National Review</i> outlining some of his economic plans. He advocated spending reductions, a twenty percent <a href="/wiki/Reserve_requirement" title="Reserve requirement">reserve requirement</a> for banks to keep available as capital, and incentives to reduce home foreclosures.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47">[47]</a></sup> He campaigned in New Hampshire on August 19, and filmed "Conversation with the Candidate" for <span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/WMUR-TV" title="WMUR-TV">WMUR-TV</a></span>. The next day, he attended a party with S. E. Cupp for the Young Republicans of <a href="/wiki/Seacoast_Region_(New_Hampshire)" title="Seacoast Region (New Hampshire)">Seacoast</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-nh_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nh-48">[48]</a></sup> He returned to Iowa for his last campaign stop in the state from August 24 to August 27.<sup id="cite_ref-ia_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ia-49">[49]</a></sup> At the end of the month, McCotter appeared on the <i><a href="/wiki/Dennis_Miller" title="Dennis Miller">Dennis Miller Show</a></i> and talked about his exclusion from debates.<sup id="cite_ref-mlive_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mlive-50">[50]</a></sup> He failed to meet the requirements for both the September 7 <a href="/wiki/MSNBC" title="MSNBC">MSNBC</a> and the September 12 <a href="/wiki/CNN" title="CNN">CNN</a> debates.<sup id="cite_ref-usa_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-usa-51">[51]</a></sup> For the MSNBC debate, a candidate had to show one poll with four percent support. McCotter argued that while he did not meet this, in a <a href="/wiki/Quinnipiac_University_Polling_Institute" title="Quinnipiac University Polling Institute">Quinnipiac poll</a>, he tied with Rick Santorum and <a href="/wiki/Jon_Huntsman_Jr." title="Jon Huntsman Jr.">Jon Huntsman Jr.</a>, both of whom qualified.<sup id="cite_ref-mlive_50-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mlive-50">[50]</a></sup> Other candidates who did not qualify included Gary Johnson and former Louisiana governor <a href="/wiki/Buddy_Roemer" title="Buddy Roemer">Buddy Roemer</a>, who like McCotter, did not qualify for any televised debates.<sup id="cite_ref-usa_51-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-usa-51">[51]</a></sup></p><p>McCotter continued his efforts to be included in the debates in September.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> On September 9, McCotter made his last campaign trip to New Hampshire, attending events for two days.<sup id="cite_ref-nh_48-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nh-48">[48]</a></sup> He was supposed to appear in Iowa again five days later, but had to cancel due to a vote in Congress.<sup id="cite_ref-ia_49-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ia-49">[49]</a></sup> While in Washington, he introduced a <a href="/wiki/Grover_Norquist" title="Grover Norquist">Grover Norquist</a>-backed <a href="/wiki/Social_Security_debate_in_the_United_States" title="Social Security debate in the United States">Social Security reform</a> plan, which would have created private accounts for those under <span class="nowrap">50 years</span> of age with limited guaranteed government benefits. He called on the other Republican presidential candidates to release their plans on Social Security.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52">[52]</a></sup> Shortly thereafter, McCotter participated in the California Republican Convention. In a speech there, he criticized Obama, arguing, "No matter how many times his campaign clown car crisscrosses America, we know that the most prosperous and equitable economy in human history was created by you, the American people, not by bureaucrats in Washington."<sup id="cite_ref-la2_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-la2-53">[53]</a></sup> At the event's straw poll, he received less than one percent of the vote.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54">[54]</a></sup> McCotter tried to gain entry into the September 22 Fox News debate, but reported via Twitter, <span class="nowrap">"@Foxnews</span> has kindly advised me I will be excluded from the Orlando GOP POTUS debate."<sup id="cite_ref-la2_53-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-la2-53">[53]</a></sup></p><h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Withdrawal">Withdrawal</span></h3><p>On September 22, 2011, McCotter notified <i><a href="/wiki/The_Detroit_News" title="The Detroit News">The Detroit News</a></i> he would withdraw from the presidential race. He explained it "was sort of death by media" because of the exclusion from the presidential debates, and argued "if they keep you out of the debates, you are out of the conversation and you can't run."<sup id="cite_ref-dn_55-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dn-55">[55]</a></sup> He then released a statement in which he endorsed Mitt Romney for president, and called on the Republican Party to unite behind Romney as the most electable candidate. In the press release, McCotter also announced that he would run for re-election in his congressional district.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56">[56]</a></sup></p><p>In reporting on the withdrawal, the <i>Los Angeles Times</i> wrote, "What's that? You've never heard of Thaddeus McCotter? Well, that's the main reason he's now a former candidate."<sup id="cite_ref-lat-wd_41-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lat-wd-41">[41]</a></sup> Pundit <a href="/wiki/Bill_Ballenger" title="Bill Ballenger">Bill Ballenger</a> of <i>Inside Michigan Politics</i> said that McCotter "really had no business running for president. If he wants to have any political future, endorsing Mitt Romney now is the smart thing to do." McCotter's neighbor, former <a href="/wiki/Michigan_Attorney_General" title="Michigan Attorney General">Michigan Attorney General</a> <a href="/wiki/Mike_Cox_(U.S._politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mike Cox (U.S. politician)">Mike Cox</a>, remarked, "He tried it out, obviously it wasn't working. And he's doing the rational thing and dropping out."<sup id="cite_ref-dn_55-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dn-55">[55]</a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Steve_Kornacki" title="Steve Kornacki">Steve Kornacki</a> of <i><a href="/wiki/Salon_(website)" class="mw-redirect" title="Salon (website)">Salon</a></i> summarized the overall campaign as "a cautionary tale about what can go wrong when your average backbench member of Congress becomes a minor cable news celebrity and mistakes it for having a genuine national following."<sup id="cite_ref-salon_57-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-salon-57">[57]</a></sup></p><h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Aftermath">Aftermath</span></h2><p>A few days after the campaign ended, <i>The Detroit News</i> asked McCotter whether he enjoyed his presidential campaign, he replied, "No. It was the worst <span class="nowrap">15 minutes</span> of my life."<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58">[58]</a></sup> Fundraising totals for the three months of McCotter's run were released to the FEC in October 2011. Overall, he raised $548,606 ($468,561 of which was transferred from authorized committees), paid $541,532 on expenses, and had a debt of $105,367.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59">[59]</a></sup> As of the campaign's termination in 2019, a debt of $105,636 remained.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60">[60]</a></sup></p><p>In an interview with <i><a href="/wiki/GQ" title="GQ">GQ</a></i> ahead of the <a href="/wiki/Michigan_Republican_primary,_2012" class="mw-redirect" title="Michigan Republican primary, 2012">Michigan primary</a> in February 2012, McCotter expressed concern that Republicans were underestimating the strength of Democrats, and that winning in the Midwest would be difficult because of the Republicans' position on manufacturing and the Wall Street bailout. He maintained that though he disagreed with Romney on the auto industry bailout, Romney had the best chance to overcome the obstacles.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61">[61]</a></sup></p><p>Though McCotter had decided to run for reelection in his congressional district, he failed to qualify for his district's Republican primary after the majority of his petitions were declared fraudulent. An investigation of the campaign by the office of the Michigan Attorney General ensued.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62">[62]</a></sup> Steve Kornacki suggested the fraud may have been related to the presidential campaign, if it "caused him to take his eye off the ball on his House reelection,"<sup id="cite_ref-salon_57-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-salon-57">[57]</a></sup> but McCotter rejected this as an "idiotic line of thinking."<sup id="cite_ref-bb_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bb-9">[9]</a></sup> He initially hoped to wage a write-in campaign, but decided against it, finding he could not run the campaign while cooperating with the investigation and serving the remainder of his term in Congress.<sup id="cite_ref-det_14-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-det-14">[14]</a></sup> A month later, he resigned from Congress, claiming this was needed to fully assist with the petition fraud investigation.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63">[63]</a></sup> The investigation found that in addition to the 2012 petitions, McCotter's Congressional reelection petitions from 2006, 2008, and 2010, also showed evidence of fraud.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64">[64]</a></sup> McCotter sued two aides accusing them of deliberate obstruction.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65">[65]</a></sup> Eventually, four aides, including one who was sued, were charged and convicted of violations related to the fraud.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66">[66]</a></sup></p><p>A day prior to his resignation from Congress, <i>The Detroit News</i> reported that after ending his presidential campaign, McCotter took to writing a <a href="/wiki/Television_pilot" title="Television pilot">television pilot</a> he titled, "Bumper Sticker: Made On Motown". It centered on McCotter as the host of a variety show with characters based on his congressional staffers, who made fun of his presidential campaign and discussed such risqué topics as sex, race, and bodily functions.<sup id="cite_ref-tv_67-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tv-67">[67]</a></sup> In one scene in the script, S. E. Cupp guest stars; McCotter tries to conduct a serious interview with her, but the other characters make sexually explicit comments, leading Cupp to describe the show as a "train wreck."<sup id="cite_ref-tv_67-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tv-67">[67]</a></sup> A former staffer released the work to the media to show what McCotter did while in office. In response, McCotter denied any wrongdoing, saying it had been largely composed in his garage as a way to get over his failed presidential campaign. He said the script was unfinished and had not authorized it for release, but decided to discuss it with <i>The News</i>. 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href="/wiki/Statewide_opinion_polling_for_the_2012_Republican_Party_presidential_primaries" title="Statewide opinion polling for the 2012 Republican Party presidential primaries">Statewide polls</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Nationwide_opinion_polling_for_the_2012_Republican_Party_presidential_primaries" title="Nationwide opinion polling for the 2012 Republican Party presidential primaries">National polls</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Straw_polls_for_the_2012_Republican_Party_presidential_primaries" title="Straw polls for the 2012 Republican Party presidential primaries">Straw polls</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/2012_Republican_Party_presidential_candidates" title="2012 Republican Party presidential candidates">Candidates</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><ul><li><b>Nominee: <a href="/wiki/Mitt_Romney" title="Mitt Romney">Mitt Romney</a></b><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mitt_Romney_2012_presidential_campaign" title="Mitt Romney 2012 presidential campaign">campaign</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Mitt_Romney_2012_presidential_campaign_endorsements" title="List of Mitt Romney 2012 presidential campaign endorsements">endorsements</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Political_positions_of_Mitt_Romney" title="Political positions of Mitt Romney">positions</a></li></ul></li><li><b>VP nominee: <a href="/wiki/Paul_Ryan" title="Paul Ryan">Paul Ryan</a></b><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Political_positions_of_Paul_Ryan" title="Political positions of Paul Ryan">positions</a></li></ul></li></ul><dl><dt>Other candidates</dt><dd><a href="/wiki/Michele_Bachmann" title="Michele Bachmann">Michele Bachmann</a><dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Michele_Bachmann_2012_presidential_campaign" title="Michele Bachmann 2012 presidential campaign">campaign</a></dd></dl></dd><dd><a href="/wiki/Herman_Cain" title="Herman Cain">Herman Cain</a><dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Herman_Cain_2012_presidential_campaign" title="Herman Cain 2012 presidential campaign">campaign</a></dd><dd><a href="/wiki/Political_positions_of_Herman_Cain" title="Political positions of Herman Cain">positions</a></dd></dl></dd><dd><a href="/wiki/Mark_Callahan" title="Mark Callahan">Mark Callahan</a></dd><dd><a href="/wiki/Jack_Fellure" title="Jack Fellure">Jack Fellure</a></dd><dd><a href="/wiki/Newt_Gingrich" title="Newt Gingrich">Newt Gingrich</a><dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Newt_Gingrich_2012_presidential_campaign" title="Newt Gingrich 2012 presidential campaign">campaign</a></dd><dd><a href="/wiki/Political_positions_of_Newt_Gingrich" title="Political positions of Newt Gingrich">positions</a></dd></dl></dd><dd><a href="/wiki/Stewart_Greenleaf" title="Stewart Greenleaf">Stewart Greenleaf</a></dd><dd><a href="/wiki/Jon_Huntsman_Jr." title="Jon Huntsman Jr.">Jon Huntsman</a><dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Jon_Huntsman_2012_presidential_campaign" title="Jon Huntsman 2012 presidential campaign">campaign</a></dd></dl></dd><dd><a href="/wiki/Gary_Johnson" title="Gary Johnson">Gary Johnson</a><dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Gary_Johnson_2012_presidential_campaign" title="Gary Johnson 2012 presidential campaign">campaign</a></dd></dl></dd><dd><a href="/wiki/Fred_Karger" title="Fred Karger">Fred Karger</a></dd><dd><a href="/wiki/Andy_Martin" title="Andy Martin">Andy Martin</a></dd><dd><a href="/wiki/Thaddeus_McCotter" title="Thaddeus McCotter">Thaddeus McCotter</a><dl><dd><a class="mw-selflink selflink">campaign</a></dd></dl></dd><dd><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_McMillan" title="Jimmy McMillan">Jimmy McMillan</a></dd><dd><a href="/wiki/Roy_Moore" title="Roy Moore">Roy Moore</a></dd><dd><a href="/wiki/Ron_Paul" title="Ron Paul">Ron Paul</a><dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Ron_Paul_2012_presidential_campaign" title="Ron Paul 2012 presidential campaign">campaign</a></dd><dd><a href="/wiki/Political_positions_of_Ron_Paul" title="Political positions of Ron Paul">positions</a></dd></dl></dd><dd><a href="/wiki/Tim_Pawlenty" title="Tim Pawlenty">Tim Pawlenty</a><dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Tim_Pawlenty_2012_presidential_campaign" title="Tim Pawlenty 2012 presidential campaign">campaign</a></dd></dl></dd><dd><a href="/wiki/Rick_Perry" title="Rick Perry">Rick Perry</a><dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Rick_Perry_2012_presidential_campaign" title="Rick Perry 2012 presidential campaign">campaign</a></dd><dd><a href="/wiki/Political_positions_of_Rick_Perry" title="Political positions of Rick Perry">positions</a></dd></dl></dd><dd><a href="/wiki/Buddy_Roemer" title="Buddy Roemer">Buddy Roemer</a><dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Buddy_Roemer_2012_presidential_campaign" title="Buddy Roemer 2012 presidential campaign">campaign</a></dd></dl></dd><dd><a href="/wiki/Rick_Santorum" title="Rick Santorum">Rick Santorum</a><dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Rick_Santorum_2012_presidential_campaign" title="Rick Santorum 2012 presidential campaign">campaign</a></dd></dl></dd></dl></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: right;;box-shadow: inset -5px 0 0 0 #FED105;">Libertarian Party</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/2012_Libertarian_National_Convention" title="2012 Libertarian National Convention">Convention</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Candidates</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><ul><li><b>Nominee: <a href="/wiki/Gary_Johnson" title="Gary Johnson">Gary Johnson</a></b><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gary_Johnson_2012_presidential_campaign" title="Gary Johnson 2012 presidential campaign">campaign</a></li></ul></li><li><b>VP nominee: <a href="/wiki/Jim_Gray_(jurist)" title="Jim Gray (jurist)">Jim Gray</a></b></li></ul><dl><dt>Other candidates</dt><dd><a href="/wiki/Carl_Person" title="Carl Person">Carl Person</a></dd><dd><a href="/wiki/Sam_Sloan" title="Sam Sloan">Sam Sloan</a></dd></dl></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: right;;box-shadow: inset -5px 0 0 0 #17aa5c;">Green Party</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/2012_Green_National_Convention" title="2012 Green National Convention">Convention</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2012_Green_Party_presidential_primaries" title="2012 Green Party presidential primaries">Primaries</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Candidates</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><ul><li><b>Nominee: <a href="/wiki/Jill_Stein" title="Jill Stein">Jill Stein</a></b><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jill_Stein_2012_presidential_campaign" title="Jill Stein 2012 presidential campaign">campaign</a></li></ul></li><li><b>VP nominee: <a href="/wiki/Cheri_Honkala" title="Cheri Honkala">Cheri Honkala</a></b></li></ul><ul><li><b>Other candidates:</b> <a href="/wiki/Stewart_Alexander" title="Stewart Alexander">Stewart Alexander</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Roseanne_Barr" title="Roseanne Barr">Roseanne Barr</a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Other_third-party_and_independent_candidates" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Other <a href="/wiki/Third-party_and_independent_candidates_for_the_2012_United_States_presidential_election" class="mw-redirect" title="Third-party and independent candidates for the 2012 United States presidential election">third-party and independent candidates</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;box-shadow: inset -5px 0 0 0 #800080;"><a href="/wiki/American_Independent_Party" title="American Independent Party">American Independent Party</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><ul><li><b>Nominee: <a href="/wiki/Tom_Hoefling" title="Tom Hoefling">Tom Hoefling</a></b></li><li>Other candidates: <a href="/wiki/Wiley_Drake" title="Wiley Drake">Wiley Drake</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Virgil_Goode" title="Virgil Goode">Virgil Goode</a><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Virgil_Goode_2012_presidential_campaign" title="Virgil Goode 2012 presidential campaign">campaign</a></li></ul></li><li><a href="/wiki/Edward_C._Noonan" title="Edward C. Noonan">Edward C. Noonan</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Laurie_Roth" title="Laurie Roth">Laurie Roth</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;box-shadow: inset -5px 0 0 0 #F8F9FA;"><a href="/wiki/American_Freedom_Party" title="American Freedom Party">American Third Position Party</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><ul><li><b>Nominee: <a href="/wiki/Merlin_Miller" title="Merlin Miller">Merlin Miller</a></b></li><li><b>VP nominee: <a href="/wiki/Virginia_Abernethy" title="Virginia Abernethy">Virginia Abernethy</a></b></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;box-shadow: inset -5px 0 0 0 #A356DE;"><a href="/wiki/Constitution_Party_(United_States)" title="Constitution Party (United States)">Constitution Party</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/2012_Constitution_Party_National_Convention" class="mw-redirect" title="2012 Constitution Party National Convention">Convention</a></li><li><b>Nominee: <a href="/wiki/Virgil_Goode" title="Virgil Goode">Virgil Goode</a></b><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Virgil_Goode_2012_presidential_campaign" title="Virgil Goode 2012 presidential campaign">campaign</a></li></ul></li><li><b>VP nominee: Jim Clymer</b></li><li><b>Other candidates:</b> <a href="/wiki/Laurie_Roth" title="Laurie Roth">Laurie Roth</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Robby_Wells" title="Robby Wells">Robby Wells</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;box-shadow: inset -5px 0 0 0 red;"><a href="/wiki/Freedom_Socialist_Party" title="Freedom Socialist Party">Freedom Socialist Party</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><ul><li><b>Nominee: Stephen Durham</b></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;box-shadow: inset -5px 0 0 0 #50C878;"><a href="/wiki/Grassroots-Legalize_Cannabis_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Grassroots-Legalize Cannabis Party">Grassroots Party</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><dl><dt>Nominee</dt><dd><b><a href="/wiki/Jim_Carlson_(businessman)" title="Jim Carlson (businessman)">Jim Carlson</a></b></dd></dl></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;box-shadow: inset -5px 0 0 0 #ADD8E6;"><a href="/wiki/Justice_Party_(United_States)" title="Justice Party (United States)">Justice Party</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><ul><li><b>Nominee: <a href="/wiki/Rocky_Anderson" title="Rocky Anderson">Rocky Anderson</a></b></li><li><b>VP nominee: <a href="/wiki/Luis_J._Rodriguez" title="Luis J. Rodriguez">Luis J. Rodriguez</a></b></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;box-shadow: inset -5px 0 0 0 red;"><a href="/wiki/Party_for_Socialism_and_Liberation" title="Party for Socialism and Liberation">Socialism and Liberation</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><ul><li><b>Nominee: <a href="/wiki/Peta_Lindsay" title="Peta Lindsay">Peta Lindsay</a></b></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;box-shadow: inset -5px 0 0 0 #00FF00;"><a href="/wiki/Peace_and_Freedom_Party" title="Peace and Freedom Party">Peace and Freedom Party</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><ul><li><b>Nominee: <a href="/wiki/Roseanne_Barr" title="Roseanne Barr">Roseanne Barr</a></b></li><li><b>VP nominee: <a href="/wiki/Cindy_Sheehan" title="Cindy Sheehan">Cindy Sheehan</a></b></li><li><b>Other candidates:</b> <a href="/wiki/Stewart_Alexander" title="Stewart Alexander">Stewart Alexander</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Rocky_Anderson" title="Rocky Anderson">Rocky Anderson</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Peta_Lindsay" title="Peta Lindsay">Peta Lindsay</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;box-shadow: inset -5px 0 0 0 #FF00FF;"><a href="/wiki/Prohibition_Party" title="Prohibition Party">Prohibition Party</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><ul><li><b>Nominee: <a href="/wiki/Jack_Fellure" title="Jack Fellure">Jack Fellure</a></b></li><li><b>Other candidates:</b> <a href="/wiki/James_Hedges" title="James Hedges">James Hedges</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;box-shadow: inset -5px 0 0 0 #6A287E;"><a href="/wiki/Reform_Party_of_the_United_States_of_America" title="Reform Party of the United States of America">Reform Party</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><ul><li><b>Nominee: <a href="/wiki/Andre_Barnett" title="Andre Barnett">Andre Barnett</a></b></li><li><b>Other candidates:</b> <a href="/wiki/Laurence_Kotlikoff" title="Laurence Kotlikoff">Laurence Kotlikoff</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Buddy_Roemer" title="Buddy Roemer">Buddy Roemer</a><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Buddy_Roemer_2012_presidential_campaign" title="Buddy Roemer 2012 presidential campaign">campaign</a></li></ul></li><li><a href="/wiki/Robby_Wells" title="Robby Wells">Robby Wells</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;box-shadow: inset -5px 0 0 0 #D30101;"><a href="/wiki/Socialist_Equality_Party_(United_States)" title="Socialist Equality Party (United States)">Socialist Equality Party</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><dl><dt>Nominee</dt><dd><b><a href="/wiki/Jerry_White_(socialist)" title="Jerry White (socialist)">Jerry White</a></b></dd></dl></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;box-shadow: inset -5px 0 0 0 #AA0000;"><a href="/wiki/Socialist_Workers_Party_(United_States)" title="Socialist Workers Party (United States)">Socialist Workers Party</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><ul><li><b>Nominee: <a href="/wiki/James_Harris_(Socialist_Workers_Party_politician)" title="James Harris (Socialist Workers Party politician)">James Harris</a></b></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;box-shadow: inset -5px 0 0 0 #CD3700;"><a href="/wiki/Socialist_Party_USA" title="Socialist Party USA">Socialist Party</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><ul><li><b>Nominee: <a href="/wiki/Stewart_Alexander" title="Stewart Alexander">Stewart Alexander</a></b><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Stewart_Alexander_2012_presidential_campaign" title="Stewart Alexander 2012 presidential campaign">campaign</a></li></ul></li><li><b>VP nominee: <a href="/wiki/Alejandro_Mendoza" title="Alejandro Mendoza">Alejandro Mendoza</a></b></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;box-shadow: inset -5px 0 0 0 #DDDDBB;">Independents and others</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><dl><dt>Objectivist Party</dt><dd><a href="/wiki/Tom_Stevens_(Objectivist_Party_politician)" title="Tom Stevens (Objectivist Party politician)">Tom Stevens</a></dd><dt>Independents</dt><dd><a href="/wiki/Lee_Abramson" title="Lee Abramson">Lee Abramson</a></dd><dd><a href="/wiki/Randy_Blythe" title="Randy Blythe">Randy Blythe</a></dd><dd><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Boss" title="Jeff Boss">Jeff Boss</a></dd><dd><a href="/wiki/Naked_Cowboy" title="Naked Cowboy">Robert Burck</a></dd><dd><a href="/wiki/Terry_Jones_(pastor)" title="Terry Jones (pastor)">Terry Jones</a></dd><dd><a href="/wiki/Joe_Schriner" title="Joe Schriner">Joe Schriner</a></dd><dd><a href="/wiki/Michael_Bloomberg" title="Michael Bloomberg">Michael Bloomberg</a><dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Draft_Bloomberg_movement" title="Draft Bloomberg movement">attempt to draft</a></dd></dl></dd></dl></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_elections" title="2012 United States elections">Other 2012 elections</a>:</b></li><li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections" title="2012 United States House of Representatives elections">House</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_Senate_elections" title="2012 United States Senate elections">Senate</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_gubernatorial_elections" title="2012 United States gubernatorial elections">Gubernatorial</a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>
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