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Kid Rock Won't Run for Senate, Republican Party Source Says

September 11, 2017, 12:15 PM by  Allan Lengel

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Despite all the hoopla and talk surrounding a possible run for U.S. Senate, a source within the Republican Party tells Deadline Detroit that Kid Rock has no intention of running for office.

"100 percent, he's not running," says the source, who asked to remain anonymous.

Kid Rock has no intention of filling out the paper work and declaring all his finances, the source said.

"It's just not happening," he said.

At the same time, the source said he doesn't expect Kid Rock to clarify whether he's running anytime soon.

"It's publicity 101," the source says. "As long as you talk about me, I'm good."

Common Cause, a nonpartisan watchdog group in Washington, recently filed a Federal Election Commission complaint alleging that Kid Rock, aka Robert James Ritchie, illegally acts as a Senate candidate while failing to register, comply with contribution restrictions and disclose contributions.

"Regardless of whether Kid Rock says he's only exploring candidacy, he’s selling Kid Rock for Senate merchandise and is a candidate under the law. This is campaign finance law 101," Paul S. Ryan, Common Cause’s vice president for policy and litigation, said in a statement right after the filing. "Given the activities we’ve documented in the complaint, he can't reasonably claim to be merely testing the waters of candidacy and thus exempt from candidate filing requirements. He is a candidate and is obligated to abide by all the rules and make the same disclosures required of everyone else running for federal office."

Kid Rock on Tuesday begins the first of six concerts at the new Little Caesars Arena. He may make some comments about the Senate race during the concerts and probably about protestors who will be outside the arena protesting his appearance. 

 



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