The singer had not « taken even the most basic steps to become a candidate,” officials stated.
The Federal Electoral Commission has cleared musician Kid Rock over claims of federal campaign violations after determining his talk of a Senate run was all for show, The Detroit Free Press has reported.
In the summer of 2017, the rocker fueled rumors he was planning a Senate run by selling merchandise, inserting a speech into his performances and even setting up a website called “Kid Rock for US Senate.”
But in October 2017 Rock—real name Robert Ritchie—told Howard Stern the campaign was actually just a ruse to promote his then-upcoming album “Sweet Southern Sugar.” “Fuck no, I’m not running for Senate,” he told Stern. “Are you fucking kidding me? Like, who couldn’t fucking figure that out?”
By then, grassroots watchdog group Common Cause had already filed a complaint against the singer.
