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Kid Rock Sold Merchandise for Fake Senate Run

November 3, 2017 at 12:23 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

BuzzFeed: “Kid Rock sold merchandise for a fake Senate campaign in Michigan for months, all the while encouraging rumors that he would run and teasing announcements. Now that the ‘campaign’ is officially over… the artist won’t say how much money he made from the ‘Kid Rock For Senate’ stunt or where it went.”

Filed Under: Celebrities Tagged With: Kid Rock

Bonus Quote of the Day

October 24, 2017 at 11:18 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“Fuck no, I’m not running for Senate. Are you kidding me?”

— Kid Rock, quoted by the Detroit Free Press, adding that fueling speculation has been “the most creative thing I’ve ever done.”

Filed Under: Celebrities Tagged With: Kid Rock, MI-Sen

Stabenow Would Crush Kid Rock

September 25, 2017 at 1:02 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

A new MRG poll in Michigan finds musician Kid Rock trails Sen. Debbie Stabenow in a possible U.S. Senate race by 18 points, 52% to 34%.

Filed Under: 2018 Campaign, Celebrities Tagged With: Debbie Stabenow, Kid Rock, MI-Sen


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Trump Losing Control of Forces That Elected Him

September 13, 2017 at 11:41 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Rick Klein: “Is the party of Donald Trump morphing into the party of Steve Bannon and Kid Rock? President Trump is now seeking a bipartisan path toward tax reform, and is also meeting today with Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., in an attempt to heal some Charlottesville damage. But Trumpian forces are massing in unexpected ways.”

“Bannon’s vow to seek out primary challengers against Republican lawmakers, along with his critique of Trump’s decision to fire FBI Director James Comey, has roiled congressional races during recruitment and retirement season. Kid Rock is drawing protests at his concerts, including a hyped appearance in Detroit last night where he was introduced as the next senator from Michigan and where he declared, ‘Whatever you have between your legs should determine the bathroom that you use.’ And in Alabama, the final two weeks in the Senate GOP primary could see Trump staying out, so as not to get embarrassed in seeing Roy Moore defeat Sen. Luther Strange. Trump has struggled to show he can control himself in office. Controlling Trumpism may be an even more impossible task.”

Filed Under: White House Tagged With: Kid Rock, Stephen Bannon

Bonus Quote of the Day

September 11, 2017 at 1:34 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“I love black people!!”

— Kid Rock, in a statement on his website saying he’s not a racist.

Filed Under: Celebrities, Race Tagged With: Kid Rock

‘Kid Rock’ May Be Ineligible for Michigan Ballot

August 14, 2017 at 1:10 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“Kid Rock” may not be allowed to appear on the ballot for U.S. Senate in Michigan, Nathan Gonzales reports.

Instead, Robert Ritchie would probably have to use his real name and not his stage name.

Filed Under: 2018 Campaign Tagged With: Kid Rock, MI-Sen

Kid Rock Running for U.S. Senate

July 13, 2017 at 5:55 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Kid Rock has announced his bid for the U.S. Senate in Michigan, Fox News reports.

From a statement on his website: “Like politicians write books during their campaigns, I’m planning on putting out music during mine and it all starts tonight at midnight.”

He then responded to a tweet from Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI): “Senator Stabenow and I do share a love of music, although probably not the same kind. I concede she is better at playing politics than I am so I’ll keep doing what I do best, which is being a voice for tax paying, hardworking Americans and letting politicians like her know that We the People are sick and tired of their bullshit!”

New Yorker: Kid Rock’s Senate run is a terrifying new normal.

Filed Under: 2018 Campaign, Celebrities Tagged With: Kid Rock, MI-Sen

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Goddard spent more than a decade as managing director and chief operating officer of a prominent investment firm in New York City. Previously, he was a policy adviser to a U.S. Senator and Governor.

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Goddard earned degrees from Vassar College and Harvard University. He lives in New York with his wife and three sons.

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