Rocky signed my no pork barrel earmark pledge. Thank you, Rocky!

VIDEO: "Common Sense from the Factory Floor"

Here's a new feature on my blog and campaign Web site: "Common Sense from the Factory Floor." This is a weekly YouTube video where I talk about the issues that are important to Oakland County voters.

This week, I talk about the common sense values I use in my business and that I'll bring to Washington:



I'm not a slick politician. I'll just talk to you straight.

As my dad used to say, "if you can't reach into your pockets and grab the money to pay for something, then don't buy it." This is the philosophy I will take to Washington in my fight against the big spenders.

Thanks for watching.

- Gene

Scott Brown's Win Spells Peters' Defeat

Scott Brown's amazing upset win in the Senate race to fill Ted Kennedy's seat is bad news for Gary Peters.

U.S. Senator-elect Brown won this election because the Democrat in the race took the Harry Reid/Nancy Pelosi position on health care and big government spending.

Americans are rejecting the Democrats' $1 trillion government takeover of our health care system, their pork-barrel spending and the mountains of debt they have piled on our children's backs.

Gary Peters has voted with Nancy Pelosi's spending agenda 96% of the time. We're going to beat him this November just like Scott Brown defeated the Pelosi-Reid candidate in Massachusetts.

No New Earmarks Pledge

I pledge to the voters of Michigan’s 9th Congressional District that I will not request or accept a pork-barrel earmark in Congress.

I have asked my 2 opponents to do the same and, so far, they have not.  

Signed and Pledged by:







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Gene Goodman

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Paul Welday

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A. Rocky Raczkowski

The Oakland Press Covers Gene Goodman's Campaign for Congress

The Oakland Press covered Gene Goodman's campaign for Congress after his meeting with the paper's editorial board:

“I don’t want my kid to live in a county I can’t recognize,” said Goodman, 40, who criticizes Peters for his congressional voting record.

Goodman, owner of Versatube, an automotive supplier, says he’s a pro-life fiscal conservative and a better candidate than the other Republicans, Andrew Raczkowski or Paul Welday.

“These two guys can’t win against him (Peters),” Goodman said. Welday is a former lobbyist and Raczkowski a former state lawmaker. Peters is finishing his first two-year term in Congress this year after defeating a 16-year incumbent Republican in 2008. The 9th District congressional seat is entirely within Oakland County borders. It includes the communities of Pontiac, Lake Angelus, Keego Harbor, Sylvan Lake, Orchard Lake, Farmington, Farmington Hills, Franklin, Bingham Farms, Beverly Hills, Birmingham, Berkley, Royal Oak, Clawson, Troy, Bloomfield Hills, Rochester, Rochester Hills, Auburn Hills, West Bloomfield Township, Oakland Township, most of Waterford Township and part of Orion Township.