Gary McDowell

See also: United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, 2010 § District 1

McDowell faced Benishek, independent Glenn Wilson, Libertarian nominee Keith Shelton, Green nominee Ellis Boal, and UST nominee Patrick Lambert in the general election. Democratic incumbent Bart Stupak had announced his retirement, leaving this an open seat.

2012

See also: United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, 2012 § District 1

On September 15, 2011, McDowell announced his intent to run against Benishek in the 2012 election. ^[13] He has been endorsed by the AFL-CIO ^[14] and the Blue Dog Coalition. ^[15] McDowell lost his bid to defeat Benishek for a second straight election, losing to the freshman incumbent by less than 2,000 votes of over 347,000 that were cast. ^[16] McDowell considered challenging Benishek for a third time in the 2014 elections, but ultimately declined.

Personal life

McDowell lives in Rudyard with his wife Carrie.^{[ citation needed ]} They have three daughters, Alivia, Emily and Rochelle, two grandsons, Garrett and Bruin, and one granddaughter, Shiloh.^{[ citation needed ]} He is a member of the Rudyard First Presbyterian Church.^{[ citation needed ]}

References

1. http://www.washingtontimes.com/campaign-2012/candidates/gary-j-mcdowell-24649/ ^{[ permanent dead link ]}
2. "A closer look at interesting congressional race". 29 September 2012.
3. "Biography". Michigan House Democrats. Archived from the original on 2008-06-27. Retrieved 2010-10-15.
4. "Meet Gary | Gary McDowell". Archived from the original on 2012-05-01. Retrieved 2012-04-27.
5. "Our Campaigns - MI State House 107 Race - Nov 05, 2002".
6. "State Senator WALTER H. NORTH" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04.
7. "Our Campaigns - MI State House 107 Race - Nov 02, 2004". www.ourcampaigns.com.
8. "Our Campaigns - MI State House 107 Race - Nov 07, 2006". www.ourcampaigns.com.
9. "Our Campaigns - MI State House 107 Race - Nov 04, 2008". www.ourcampaigns.com.
10. "Search Voting Record".
11. "Rep. Gary McDowell". MichiganVotes.
12. "Gary McDowell".
13. McLaren, Noel. Gary McDowell announces a run for Congress. Upper Michigan's Source. 15 September 2011.
14. "Michigan AFL-CIO Backs Four Incumbent US House Dems". Archived from the original on 2012-10-12. Retrieved 2012-04-27.
15. "Blue Dog PAC endorses three candidates in old Blue Dog seats". 27 April 2012.
16. "2012 Official Michigan General Election Results 1st District Representative in Congress 2 Year Term (1) Position". January 4, 2013. Archived from the original on April 12, 2013. Retrieved August 9, 2013.

External links

• State Representative Gary McDowell at Michigan House Democrats
• Gary McDowell for Congress Archived 2012-04-25 at the Wayback Machine official campaign site
• Financial information (federal office) at the Federal Election Commission
• Profile at Vote Smart
• Campaign contributions at OpenSecrets.org

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Gary McDowell
Member of the MichiganHouseofRepresentatives from the 107th district
In office January 1, 2005 –December 31, 2010