Jordan Haskins before and after. In the photo on the left, courtesy of the Michigan Department of Corrections, Jordan David Haskins can be seen before he began serving a yearlong term in state prison. On the right is a photograph of Haskins, taken by The Saginaw News after the thenyear-old filed as the lone Republican candidate to run for the Michigan House of Representatives 95th District seat in File MLive.
Stacy Erwin Oakes. Haskins cannot own a firearm. For the majority of his adult life, he could neither vote nor serve on a jury. But a checkered past that includes stints in prison systems in two states and his current status as a parolee does not preclude the year-old Saginaw man from running for office. Haskins says he knows his criminal record works against him, but he's undeterred.
Haskins' criminal charges stem from trespassing on private and public property in four cases from April to January , when he was sent to prison. As part of the break-ins, he started vehicles to facilitate an uncommon sexual fetish Haskins called "cranking" in interviews with police. Haskins says his life has changed and he hopes voters will see him not for what he once was, but for who he is and what he wants to do for his community. Come November, Haskins will appear as the Republican candidate on the ballot seeking election to Michigan's 95th District House seat.
State Rep. Stacy Erwin Oakes, D-Saginaw, created a wide-open race when she announced her plan to run for state Senate. Haskins will face the winner of the August Democratic primary, in which Norman Braddock, a former Saginaw city councilman, and Bridgeport Township Trustee Vanessa Guerra are facing off. Haskins' legal trouble dates to his teen years, prison records show. Haskins said he has a juvenile record that includes break-in-related charges from when he was He said he spent two days in a juvenile facility.
Haskins said his crimes focused mainly on breaking into cars and joyriding. Haskins said he was drawn to criminal behavior for the "the thrill. Haskins grew up in Saginaw and lived in Raleigh, North Carolina, from to North Carolina's Department of Public Safety reports a lengthy list of sentences to prison, county jail and probation for offenses Haskins committed in , , and The offenses include breaking and entering, larceny and trespassing.
