Editing Thaddeus McCotter (section)

{{Short description|American politician (born 1965)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Thaddeus McCotter
| birthname =Thaddeus George McCotter
| image name =Thaddeus McCotter, official portrait, 112th Congress.jpg
| caption=Official portrait, 2011
| birth_date={{birth date and age|1965|8|22}}
| birth_place =[[Livonia, Michigan]], U.S.
| office = Chair of the [[House Republican Policy Committee]]
| term_start = January 3, 2007
| term_end = January 3, 2011
| leader = [[John Boehner]]
| predecessor = [[Adam Putnam]]
| successor = [[Tom Price (American politician)|Tom Price]]
| state1 = [[Michigan]]
| district1 = [[Michigan's 11th congressional district|11th]]
| term_start1 = January 3, 2003
| term_end1 = July 6, 2012
| preceded1 = ''Constituency established''
| succeeded1 = [[David Curson]]
| state_senate2 = Michigan
| district2 = [[Michigan's 9th Senate district|9th]]
| term_start2 = January 13, 1999
| term_end2 = January 8, 2003
| predecessor2 = R. Robert Geake
| successor2 = [[Dennis Olshove]]
| office3 = Member of the [[Wayne County, Michigan|Wayne County Commission]]
| term_start3 = 1993
| term_end3 = 1999
| party =[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| spouse = 
| children = 
| residence= [[Livonia, Michigan]]
| occupation= [[Lawyer|Attorney]]
| education= [[University of Detroit]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]], [[Juris Doctor|JD]])
}}
'''Thaddeus George McCotter''' (born August 22, 1965) is an American politician, radio host, and a member of the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]]. He was the [[U.S. House of Representatives|U.S. representative]] from {{ushr|MI|11}} from 2003 to 2012. The district at the time consisted of portions of [[Detroit]]'s northwestern suburbs, such as [[Livonia, Michigan|Livonia]], [[Westland, Michigan|Westland]] and [[Novi, Michigan|Novi]]. He was also a [[Thaddeus McCotter 2012 presidential campaign|candidate]] for the [[Republican Party (United States) presidential primaries, 2012|Republican nomination for president in the 2012 election]].

McCotter first entered politics in 1992 when he was elected to the [[Wayne County, Michigan|Wayne County]] Commission. He then served in the [[Michigan Senate]] from 1999 to 2003. In [[2002 United States House of Representatives elections#Michigan|2002]], McCotter was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. From July to September 2011, McCotter was a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination for the 2012 race. After a last place finish in the [[Iowa Straw Poll (1979–2011)|Iowa Straw Poll]] in August and failing to secure a spot in the presidential debates, McCotter suspended his campaign.

After ending his presidential campaign, McCotter decided to run again for his seat in Congress, but he failed to qualify for the [[2012 United States House of Representatives elections|2012 Republican primary]] in his congressional district after most of his petition signatures were rejected as invalid. McCotter himself was not suspected of wrongdoing, though several of his staffers were charged with duplicating signatures and other electoral crimes, and some convicted. McCotter later sued some of the perpetrators for damage to his reputation, but fallout from the ensuing scandal resulted in McCotter's resignation from Congress in July 2012.<ref name="FaceBookResignation" /><ref name=DFPEnds>{{cite news|url=http://www.freep.com/article/20120602/NEWS15/120602023/Thaddeus-McCotter-re-election-congress|title=McCotter ends write-in campaign for re-election|first1=Todd|last1=Spangler|first2=Kathleen|last2=Gray|first3=Bill|last3=Laitner|newspaper=[[Detroit Free Press]]|date=June 2, 2012|access-date=June 2, 2012|archive-date=September 24, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924085910/http://www.freep.com/article/20120602/NEWS15/120602023/Thaddeus-McCotter-re-election-congress|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Lange|first=Amy|title=AG announces charges against 4 after McCotter petition mess|url=http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/story/19234130/2012/08/09/ag-announces-charges-against-4-after-mccotter-petition-mess?|publisher=WJBK Fox 2|access-date=August 17, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120814043318/http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/story/19234130/2012/08/09/ag-announces-charges-against-4-after-mccotter-petition-mess|archive-date=August 14, 2012}}</ref>