Candidate, United States House of Representatives, District 11, 2024

Candidate, United States House of Representatives, District 9, 2008, 2010

Candidate, Governor, State of Michigan, 2002, 2006

Delegate, National Presidential Nominating Convention, 2004

No caucus information on file.

Engineer, 1982-present

Experience, Volunteer Medical Transport Pilot

Member, American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)

Member, Americans United for Separation of Church and State

Member, Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility

Member, National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League

Current Car:

Union-made 1993 Volvo station wagon.

Father's Occupation:

Retired oilworker

Favorite Color:

Green - it's both a color and a party.
No other party or color can make that claim.

Favorite President and Why:

Adlai Stevenson
Although never actually elected, he is the last person on the Presidential stage who genuinely cared about ordinary Americans.

Favorite Quote:

"God, I'm doomed"

Adlai Stevenson, during the 1952 campaign, after being informed by a wellwisher,
"Mister Stevenson, you'll have the vote of every thinking man in America". He was.

Favorite Vacation Spot:

Like much of America's working class, I haven't been able to afford a real vacation in some years.

First Job:

Lacing bicycle wheels for fifty cents a wheel, which netted me about seventy-five cents per hour

Mother's Occupation:

Retired piano teacher and church organist/choir director

Name one thing you would most like to do before you die:

Organize the white-collar contract/temporary workers in the American automobile industry.

Reason for Seeking Public Office:

A majority of Americans effectively have NO representation in their government, having been crowded out by obscene amounts of money in the campaign process.

The one thing which most separates Green Party candidates from all others is that we refuse to accept corporate contributions, soft money, lobbyist money or PAC money. We have unilaterally implemented the meaningful campaign finance reform which nearly all Americans want to see, and which Congress will never enact.