Gregory Creswell
| Gregory Creswell | |
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| Born |
February 1, 1957 Detroit, Michigan |
| Residence | Detroit, Michigan |
| Other names | Greg |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Education | Some College |
| Alma mater | Wayne County Community College District |
| Known for | Politician, Civil Rights Activist |
| Home town | Detroit, Michigan |
| Political party | Libertarian |
| Spouse(s) | married |
| Children | two |
| Website | http://www.webcitation.org/5W8Pi6NoK |
Gregory “Greg” Creswell (born February 1, 1957) is a Libertarian politician from Michigan. In 2017 he will be the first candidate in Michigan history to run in a Libertarian primary election, due to changes in the Libertarian Party of Michigan's ballot status. The August eighth special primary was scheduled because of the resignation of State Representative Brian Banks.
He was spokesperson and a Detroit organizer for the Michigan Civil Rights Initiative (MCRI) in 2004, when the group first attempted to place their amendment to the Michigan Constitution on the ballot. Opponents protested the petition effort and Creswell had verbal altercations with his rival Rev. Horace Sheffield III that year. Efforts to get it on the ballot were delayed by a series of court challenges. Creswell expanded his efforts in 2006 as an outspoken petitioner and candidate.
He made the Michigan Civil Rights Initiative the centerpiece of his 2006 campaign for governor. The measure passed, by a 16% margin, even though it was opposed by Creswell's gubernatorial rivals and a conglomerate of groups called “One United Michigan”. Creswell placed third, with less than 1% of the vote, behind incumbent Governor Jennifer Granholm, the Democratic candidate, and Dick Devos, the Republican candidate, but ahead of Douglas Campbell, the Green Party Candidate, and Bhagwan Dashairya the US Taxpayer Party candidate.
Creswell was born in Detroit in 1957. He was a graduate of Chadsey High School in 1975 and a Wayne County Community College District student. He has been married for over 30 years and is the father of two, and the brother of a police officer. He has one granddaughter.
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