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<b>Bartholomew Thomas "Bart" Stupak</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(<span class="nowrap" style=" white-space: nowrap;"><span title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)" class="IPA"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English" title="Help:IPA for English" style=" text-decoration: none !important; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">/</a></span><span class="IPA nopopups"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Help:IPA for English" style=" text-decoration: none !important; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span title="/ˈ/ primary stress follows" style=" border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted;">ˈ</span></a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Help:IPA for English" style=" text-decoration: none !important; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span title="'s' in 'sigh'" style=" border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted;">s</span></a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Help:IPA for English" style=" text-decoration: none !important; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span title="'t' in 'tie'" style=" border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted;">t</span></a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Help:IPA for English" style=" text-decoration: none !important; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span title="/uː/ long 'oo' in 'food'" style=" border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted;">uː</span></a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Help:IPA for English" style=" text-decoration: none !important; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span title="'p' in 'pie'" style=" border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted;">p</span></a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Help:IPA for English" style=" text-decoration: none !important; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span title="/æ/ short 'a' in 'bad'" style=" border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted;">æ</span></a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Help:IPA for English" style=" text-decoration: none !important; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span title="'k' in 'kind'" style=" border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted;">k</span></a></span><span title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)" class="IPA"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English" title="Help:IPA for English" style=" text-decoration: none !important; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">/</a></span></span>; born February 29, 1952) is an American politician and<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lobbyist" title="Lobbyist" class="mw-redirect" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">lobbyist</a>. A member of the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Democratic Party</a>, Stupak served as the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">U.S. Representative</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>from<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan%27s_1st_congressional_district" title="Michigan's 1st congressional district" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Michigan's 1st congressional district</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>from 1993 to 2011.
Stupak chose not to seek re-election in 2010. He departed Congress in January 2011, and was succeeded by<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Benishek" title="Dan Benishek" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Dan Benishek</a>, a<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Republican</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>from the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upper_Peninsula_of_Michigan" title="Upper Peninsula of Michigan" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Upper Peninsula</a>. Stupak is now a<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lobbyist" title="Lobbyist" class="mw-redirect" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">lobbyist</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>with<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venable_LLP" title="Venable LLP" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Venable LLP</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Carney_1-0" class="reference" style=" line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 11px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bart_Stupak#cite_note-Carney-1" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;"><span>[</span>1<span>]</span></a></sup>
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<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bart_Stupak#Early_life.2C_education_and_career" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="tocnumber">1</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="toctext">Early life, education and career</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bart_Stupak#Michigan_legislature" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="tocnumber">2</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="toctext">Michigan legislature</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bart_Stupak#U.S._House_of_Representatives" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="tocnumber">3</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="toctext">U.S. House of Representatives</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bart_Stupak#Political_campaigns" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="tocnumber">4</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="toctext">Political campaigns</span></a>
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<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bart_Stupak#Campaign_funding" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="tocnumber">4.1</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="toctext">Campaign funding</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-6" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bart_Stupak#Committee_assignments" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="tocnumber">4.2</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="toctext">Committee assignments</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-7" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bart_Stupak#Caucus_memberships" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="tocnumber">4.3</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="toctext">Caucus memberships</span></a></li>
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<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-9" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bart_Stupak#Financial_system" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="tocnumber">5.1</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="toctext">Financial system</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-10" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bart_Stupak#Civil_liberties" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="tocnumber">5.2</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="toctext">Civil liberties</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-11" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bart_Stupak#Health_care" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="tocnumber">5.3</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="toctext">Health care</span></a></li>
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<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-13" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bart_Stupak#Apartment_controversy" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="tocnumber">6.1</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="toctext">Apartment controversy</span></a></li>
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<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-14" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bart_Stupak#Electoral_history" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="tocnumber">7</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="toctext">Electoral history</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-15" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bart_Stupak#Personal_life" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="tocnumber">8</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="toctext">Personal life</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-16" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bart_Stupak#References" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="tocnumber">9</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="toctext">References</span></a></li>
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<p style=" margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">In 1988, Stupak was elected a<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan_House_of_Representatives" title="Michigan House of Representatives" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Michigan State Representative</a>, representing<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menominee_County,Michigan" title="Menominee County, Michigan" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Menominee</a>,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta_County,Michigan" title="Delta County, Michigan" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Delta</a>, and<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dickinson_County,_Michigan" title="Dickinson County, Michigan" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Dickinson</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>counties, defeating two-term Republican Jim Connors. In 1990, Stupak ran for state senator but lost a hotly contested<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primary_election" title="Primary election" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">primary</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>to eventual general election winner<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Koivisto" title="Don Koivisto" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Don Koivisto</a>.</p>
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<p style=" margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">In 1992, incumbent Republican Representative<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_William_Davis" title="Robert William Davis" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Robert William Davis</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>retired. He had represented the Michigan 11th Congressional district, covering the Upper Peninsula, which due to reapportionment was now the 1st district. Stupak won the heavily contested Democratic primary, and defeated former Republican Representative<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Ruppe" title="Philip Ruppe" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Philip Ruppe</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>in the general election.
Stupak defeated Republican Don Hooper of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_River,Michigan" title="Iron River, Michigan" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Iron River</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>in the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_elections,2004" title="United States House elections, 2004" class="mw-redirect" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">2002</a>,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_elections,2004" title="United States House elections, 2004" class="mw-redirect" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">2004</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_elections,2006_complete_list" title="United States House elections, 2006 complete list" class="mw-redirect" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">2006 elections</a>, and Republican<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Casperson" title="Tom Casperson" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Tom Casperson</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>In 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference" style=" line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 11px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bart_Stupak#cite_note-3" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;"><span>[</span>3<span>]</span></a></sup>
On April 9, 2010, Stupak announced that he would not run for re-election, and that he would retire from Congress at the end of his then-current term.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference" style=" line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 11px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bart_Stupak#cite_note-4" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;"><span>[</span>4<span>]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference" style=" line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 11px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bart_Stupak#cite_note-5" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;"><span>[</span>5<span>]</span></a><span></span></sup>
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<p style=" margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_utility" title="Electric utility" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Electric utilities</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and health care professionals were among the top four industries contributing to his campaigns in 2006, 2008 and 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference" style=" line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 11px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bart_Stupak#cite_note-6" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;"><span>[</span>6<span>]</span></a></sup><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Of his top 20 largest contributors throughout his political career, 16 were unions and associations, two were energy companies, one was an insurance company and one was a telecommunications firm.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference" style=" line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 11px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bart_Stupak#cite_note-7" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;"><span>[</span>7<span>]</span></a><span></span></sup>
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<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Founder and Co-chair of the Law Enforcement Caucus</li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Co-chair of the Congressional Northern Border Caucus</li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Member,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_Motorcycle_Safety_Caucus" title="Congressional Motorcycle Safety Caucus" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Congressional Motorcycle Safety Caucus</a></li>
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<p style=" margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">During his service in Congress, Stupak sponsored 36 bills, but none became law. He cosponsored 157 bills, 5 of which were enacted into law. He voted with the members of his party 96% of the time, and abstained from 5% of the votes. Because of the 1st District's extensive amount of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Lakes" title="Great Lakes" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Great Lakes</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>shoreline (over 1,600 miles), Stupak was very active on issues related to the protection of the Great Lakes, including opposing sale or diversion of Great Lakes water and drilling for oil and gas under the lakes.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference" style=" line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 11px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bart_Stupak#cite_note-8" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;"><span>[</span>8<span>]</span></a></sup></p>
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<p style=" margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">In 2009, Stupak voted against the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodd%E2%80%93Frank_Wall_Street_Reform_and_Consumer_Protection_Act" title="Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Dodd-Frank Act</a>, which expanded Federal regulation and oversight of the US financial system in the aftermath of the US financial and banking crisis of that year.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference" style=" line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 11px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bart_Stupak#cite_note-9" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;"><span>[</span>9<span>]</span></a></sup></p>
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<p style=" margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Stupak voted for the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009, which expanded the definition of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hate_crimes" title="Hate crimes" class="mw-redirect" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">hate crimes</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>to include crimes motivated by sexual orientation or gender identity.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference" style=" line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 11px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bart_Stupak#cite_note-10" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;"><span>[</span>10<span>]</span></a></sup></p>
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<div class="hatnote relarticle mainarticle" style=" font-style: italic; padding-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 22.399999618530273px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Main article:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stupak%E2%80%93Pitts_Amendment" title="Stupak–Pitts Amendment" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Stupak–Pitts Amendment</a></div>
<p style=" margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Stupak expressed a desire to support the 2009<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affordable_Health_Care_for_America_Act" title="Affordable Health Care for America Act" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">health care reform bill</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>put forth by President<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Obama</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-politico.com_11-0" class="reference" style=" line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 11px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bart_Stupak#cite_note-politico.com-11" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;"><span>[</span>11<span>]</span></a></sup><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>but wanted restrictions on coverage for<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abortion" title="Abortion" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">abortion</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference" style=" line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 11px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bart_Stupak#cite_note-12" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;"><span>[</span>12<span>]</span></a></sup><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Therefore, Stupak and Republican Congressman<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_R._Pitts" title="Joseph R. Pitts" class="mw-redirect" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Joseph R. Pitts</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>submitted an amendment known as the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stupak-Pitts_Amendment" title="Stupak-Pitts Amendment" class="mw-redirect" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Stupak-Pitts Amendment</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>to prohibit such payments. The Stupak-Pitts Amendment was adopted by the House of Representatives, but a similar pro-life provision was defeated in the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Senate</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>version of the legislation (known as the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patient_Protection_and_Affordable_Care_Act" title="Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference" style=" line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 11px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bart_Stupak#cite_note-13" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;"><span>[</span>13<span>]</span></a></sup><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Stupak announced that he and several other Democratic representatives who supported health reform legislation but opposed abortion would not vote for the final version of the legislation unless the Stupak-Pitts Amendment was included.<sup id="cite_ref-stupakmayblockNYT_14-0" class="reference" style=" line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 11px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bart_Stupak#cite_note-stupakmayblockNYT-14" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;"><span>[</span>14<span>]</span></a></sup><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>The ensuing controversy made Stupak "perhaps the single most important rank-and-file House member in passing the bill."<sup id="cite_ref-Carney_1-1" class="reference" style=" line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 11px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bart_Stupak#cite_note-Carney-1" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;"><span>[</span>1<span>]</span></a></sup>
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pro-choice_movement" title="Pro-choice movement" class="mw-redirect" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Abortion-rights advocates</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>held a "Stop Stupak" rally on Capitol Hill in December 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference" style=" line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 11px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bart_Stupak#cite_note-15" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;"><span>[</span>15<span>]</span></a></sup><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>In the ensuing months, Stupak publicly stated that the pressure and opposition he received in regard to his abortion stance on the health reform legislation had caused him to unplug the phone at his house due to "obscene phone calls and threats" and had made his life a "living hell."<sup id="cite_ref-politico.com_11-1" class="reference" style=" line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 11px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bart_Stupak#cite_note-politico.com-11" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;"><span>[</span>11<span>]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-cbsnews.com_16-0" class="reference" style=" line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 11px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bart_Stupak#cite_note-cbsnews.com-16" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;"><span>[</span>16<span>]</span></a></sup><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>"My staff is overwhelmed and we're accosted basically wherever we go by people who disagree," Stupak added.<sup id="cite_ref-cbsnews.com_16-1" class="reference" style=" line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 11px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bart_Stupak#cite_note-cbsnews.com-16" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;"><span>[</span>16<span>]</span></a></sup>
In March 2010, President Obama and Stupak reached an understanding whereby the President promised to sign an<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_order(United_States)" title="Executive order (United States)" class="mw-redirect" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Executive Order</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>barring federal funding of abortion through the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act,<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference" style=" line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 11px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bart_Stupak#cite_note-17" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;"><span>[</span>17<span>]</span></a></sup><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and Stupak and several of his allies promised to withdraw their opposition to the bill.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference" style=" line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 11px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bart_Stupak#cite_note-18" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;"><span>[</span>18<span>]</span></a></sup><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>The<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pro-life_movement" title="Pro-life movement" class="mw-redirect" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Pro-life movement</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>accused Stupak of betraying the pro-life movement,<sup id="cite_ref-foxnews.com_19-0" class="reference" style=" line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 11px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bart_Stupak#cite_note-foxnews.com-19" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;"><span>[</span>19<span>]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference" style=" line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 11px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bart_Stupak#cite_note-20" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;"><span>[</span>20<span>]</span></a></sup><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and the pro-life<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_B.Anthony_List" title="Susan B. Anthony List" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Susan B. Anthony List</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>revoked an award it had planned to give to him and instead ran $150,000 worth of radio advertisements against him.<sup id="cite_ref-foxnews.com_19-1" class="reference" style=" line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 11px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bart_Stupak#cite_note-foxnews.com-19" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;"><span>[</span>19<span>]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceA_21-0" class="reference" style=" line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 11px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bart_Stupak#cite_note-ReferenceA-21" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;"><span>[</span>21<span>]</span></a></sup><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Stupak was targeted by the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tea_Party_movement" title="Tea Party movement" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Tea Party movement</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>in the wake of his compromise.<sup id="cite_ref-target_22-0" class="reference" style=" line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 11px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bart_Stupak#cite_note-target-22" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;"><span>[</span>22<span>]</span></a></sup><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>In April 2010, Stupak announced his intention to retire from Congress,<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference" style=" line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 11px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bart_Stupak#cite_note-23" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;"><span>[</span>23<span>]</span></a></sup><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>leading conservative groups to point to the political consequences of his compromise as a possible reason for his decision.<sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceA_21-1" class="reference" style=" line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 11px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bart_Stupak#cite_note-ReferenceA-21" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;"><span>[</span>21<span>]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-target_22-1" class="reference" style=" line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 11px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bart_Stupak#cite_note-target-22" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;"><span>[</span>22<span>]</span></a></sup><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>However, Stupak himself attributed his retirement to the exertion of constant travel back and forth from Washington, D.C.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference" style=" line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 11px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bart_Stupak#cite_note-24" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;"><span>[</span>24<span>]</span></a></sup></p>
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<p style=" margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Stupak rented a room at the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C_Street_Center" title="C Street Center" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">C Street Center</a>, a Washington, D.C. facility of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fellowship(Christian_organization)" title="The Fellowship (Christian organization)" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">The Fellowship</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(also known as The Family), a Christian fraternal organization.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference" style=" line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 11px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bart_Stupak#cite_note-25" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;"><span>[</span>25<span>]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-C_Street_Cash_Questioned.26-0" class="reference" style=" line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 11px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bart_Stupak#cite_note-C_Street_Cash_Questioned.-26" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;"><span>[</span>26<span>]</span></a></sup><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>The Fellowship has been the subject of controversy over its claimed tax status as a church, the ownership of the property and its connection to the Fellowship, and the reportedly subsidized benefits the facility provides to members of Congress.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference" style=" line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 11px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bart_Stupak#cite_note-27" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;"><span>[</span>27<span>]</span></a></sup>
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Sharlet_(writer)" title="Jeff Sharlet (writer)" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Jeff Sharlet</a>, author of a book about The Fellowship, said, "When I lived with The Family at Ivanwald, a house for younger men being groomed for leadership, I was told that Stupak was a regular visitor to the Cedars." The Cedars, according to the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Independent" title="Washington Independent" class="mw-redirect" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Washington Independent</a></i>, is also owned by The Family and hosts weekly prayer events.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference" style=" line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 11px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bart_Stupak#cite_note-28" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;"><span>[</span>28<span>]</span></a></sup><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Stupak has denied any affiliation with the Family and appeared to deny knowledge of the organization, stating "I don’t belong to any such group" and that "I don’t know what you’re talking about, [The] Family and all this other stuff."<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference" style=" line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 11px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bart_Stupak#cite_note-29" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;"><span>[</span>29<span>]</span></a></sup></p>
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<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><b>1992 Democratic primary for Congress</b>
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<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Bart Stupak, 48.63%</li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Mike McElroy, 43.11%</li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Daniel Herringa, 8.27%</li>
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<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><b>1992 general election</b>
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<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Bart Stupak (D), 53.93%</li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Ruppe" title="Philip Ruppe" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Philip Ruppe</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(R), 43.58%</li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Gerald Aydlott (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libertarian_Party_(United_States)" title="Libertarian Party (United States)" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">L</a>), 1.52%</li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Lyman Clark (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_Law_Party_(United_States)" title="Natural Law Party (United States)" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">NL</a>), 0.96%</li>
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<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><b>1994 general election</b>
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<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Bart Stupak (D), 56.86%</li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Gil Ziegler (R), 41.99%</li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Michael McPeak (NL), 1.12%</li>
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<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><b>1996 general election</b>
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<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Bart Stupak (D), 70.68%</li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Bob Carr (R), 27.24%</li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Michael C. Oleniczak (L), 1.10%</li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Wendy Conway (NL), 0.96%</li>
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<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><b>1998 general election</b>
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<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Bart Stupak (D), 58.67%</li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_McManus_(Michigan_politician)" title="Michelle McManus (Michigan politician)" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Michelle McManus</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(R), 39.51%</li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;">John W. Loosemore (L), 1.04%</li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Wendy Conway (NL), 0.78%</li>
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<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><b>2000 general election</b>
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<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Bart Stupak (D), 58.39%</li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Yob" title="Chuck Yob" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Chuck Yob</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(R), 40.37%</li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Wendy Conway (NL), 0.63%</li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;">John W. Loosemore (L), 0.61%</li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Sven Johnson (I), 0.01%</li>
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<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><b>2002 campaign for Congress</b>
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<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Bart Stupak (D), 67.67%</li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Don Hooper (R), 31.10%</li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;">John W. Loosemore (L), 1.23%</li>
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<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><b>2004 general election</b>
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<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Bart Stupak (D), 65.57%</li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Don Hooper (R), 32.76%</li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;">David J. Newland (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Party_(United_States)" title="Green Party (United States)" class="mw-redirect" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">G</a>), 0.96%</li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;">John W. Loosemore (L), 0.71%</li>
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<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><b>2006 general election</b>
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<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Bart Stupak (D), 69.43%</li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Don Hooper (R), 27.99%</li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Joshua J. Warren (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Taxpayers_Party_of_Michigan" title="U.S. Taxpayers Party of Michigan" class="mw-redirect" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Tax.</a>), 0.88%</li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;">David J. Newland (G), 0.87%</li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Kenneth L. Proctor (L), 0.85%</li>
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<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><b>2008 general election</b>
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<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Bart Stupak (D), 65.04%</li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Casperson" title="Tom Casperson" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Tom Casperson</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(R), 32.74%</li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Jean Treacy (S/G), 0.81%</li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Dan Grow (L), 0.77%</li>
<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Joshua J. Warren (Tax.), 0.63%</li>
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<p style=" margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Stupak lives in<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menominee,_Michigan" title="Menominee, Michigan" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Menominee, Michigan</a>, with his wife, Laurie, who is a former mayor of Menominee, and unsuccessful candidate for the Michigan House of Representatives. Laurie Stupak was defeated by<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Casperson" title="Tom Casperson" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Tom Casperson</a>. In 2008 Casperson unsuccessfully challenged Bart Stupak, the incumbent for Michigan's<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan%27s_1st_congressional_district" title="Michigan's 1st congressional district" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">1st Congressional district seat in the United States House of Representatives</a>.</p>
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The Stupaks' son Ken graduated from<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepperdine_University" title="Pepperdine University" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Pepperdine University</a>'s School of Law in 2006 and resides in California. Their other son, Bart Jr., committed suicide in May 2000. Congressman Stupak testified before the<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Energy_and_Commerce" title="United States House Committee on Energy and Commerce" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">House Energy and Commerce Committee's</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_Energy_Subcommittee_on_Oversight_and_Investigations" title="United States House Energy Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>during a 2002 hearing on the safety of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accutane" title="Accutane" class="mw-redirect" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Accutane</a>, an acne medication, which he believes contributed to his son's death.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference" style=" line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 11px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bart_Stupak#cite_note-30" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;"><span>[</span>30<span>]</span></a></sup>
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