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Article: Assisted suicide advocate Jack Kevorkian formally announces run for Congress
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- March 25, 2008
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Jack Kevorkian, the assisted-suicide advocate who served eight years in prison for second-degree murder, announced he is running for Congress as an independent.
Kevorkian, 79, is jumping into a competitive congressional race, challenging a Republican incumbent for a district in suburban Detroit.
"I'm not a politician," Kevorkian said Monday, adding he is not tied to anybody or anything. "My mind is free. So I can say what I think."
Although he has been nicknamed "Dr. Death," Kevorkian did not say much about assisted suicide at his news conference. He alluded to it, though, saying: "What I did was my right."
If elected, he said ...