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Andrew "Rocky" Raczkowski (born December 29, 1968
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from
Michigan Michigan () is a state in the Great Lakes region of the upper Midwestern United States. With a population of nearly 10.12 million and an area of nearly , Michigan is the 10th-largest state by population, the 11th-largest by area, and the ...
who was the 2010 Republican nominee for .


Early life, education and career

A resident of
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, he is a retired
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with the U.S. Army Reserves. He served as the Chief Executive of Star Tickets Plus from 2007-2010 Raczkowski endorse
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for the
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, and co chaired several events for his election, after Perry withdrawal, Raczkowski endorsed Rick Santorum. In the 2016 primaries, Raczkowski endorsed
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.


Michigan House of Representatives

Raczkowski was a member of the
Michigan House of Representatives The Michigan House of Representatives is the lower house of the Michigan Legislature. There are 110 members, each of whom is elected from constituencies having approximately 77,000 to 91,000 residents, based on population figures from the 2010 ...
from 1997 to 2003, representing the 37th District ( Farmington and
Farmington Hills Farmington Hills is a city in Oakland County, Michigan, Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. Part of the affluent suburbs northwest of Metro Detroit, Detroit, Farmington Hills is the second most-populated city in Oakland County, after Tro ...
). In 2002 he was
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, as Michigan House members cannot serve more than three two-year terms. Described as a militant law and order Republican Raczkowski was known for his extreme stances against Marijuana, Public Transit, and Detroit which has attracted controversy from both sides.


Political campaigns


2002 U.S. Senate campaign

Raczkowski won the Republican nomination for the
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, but lost to the popular longtime Democratic
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Carl Levin Carl Milton Levin (June 28, 1934 – July 29, 2021) was an American attorney and politician who served as a United States senator from Michigan from 1979 to 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the chair of the Senate Armed Services C ...
by 60.6% to 37.9%.


2008 U.S. Senate campaign

Raczkowski was planning on running in the Republican primary to challenge Levin again, but when he was called up for active duty, he was forced to drop out of the race.


2010 U.S. Congressional campaign

Raczkowski challenged Democratic incumbent Gary Peters for , losing in the general election with 47% of the vote to Peters' 49% of the vote. Raczkowski won the Republican primary on August 3, 2010. Raczkowski was dogged by advertisements revealing a civil action against him, in the United States District Court of South Dakota, for fraud, theft, and breach of contract by a concert promoter (case dismissed). Raczkowski's own lawsuit, alleging defamation in the advertisements, was thrown out in January 2011.
Raczkowski's fraud trial was scheduled to begin on October 15, 2013 (dismissed).


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Voting record
at ''Michigan Votes'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Raczkowski, Rocky 1968 births Living people Republican Party members of the Michigan House of Representatives People from Farmington Hills, Michigan