A Representative from Michigan. November 14, 1956. B. A. , Michigan State University, Lansing, Mich. , 1978. Businessman. Business executive. Member of the St. Clair, Mich. , city council. Unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the One Hundred Fourteenth Congress in 2014. Elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Fifteenth and to the succeeding Congress (January 3, 2017-January 3, 2021). Changed party affiliation from a Republican to an Independent on December 15, 2020. Was not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Seventeenth Congress in 2020. Died on August 15, 2021.