He was elected precinct delegate in 2010 and 2012. He entered the 2012 United States Senate race as a Republican. While still a declared Republican candidate, he appeared on C-SPAN as a Delegate to the 2012 Libertarian National Convention where he nominated R. Lee Wrights for vice president. Later in May 2012 he returned to the Libertarian Party of Michigan and was nominated as their candidate for United States Senate.