Jordan Haskins wants Michigan voters to know that he has put his past behind him, and is ready to serve. The 24-year-old, running as a Republican for Michigan’s 95th district state House seat, is a felon, who has served time in two states. According to mlive.com, Haskins’ crimes include things such as breaking and entering, trespassing, and destruction of property. But, by Haskins’ own admission, his criminal past, which includes prison time in North Carolina and Michigan, is related to something known as “cranking.”

Those familiar with slang terms for drugs may know “crank” as a street name for methamphetamine. But Haskins’ criminal convictions have nothing to do with drugs. Cranking is, according to Haskins, a sexual fetish. Haskins has been arrested on several occasions for breaking into vehicles, removing the spark plug wires, and masturbating while cranking the engine. He says he learned of the practice online.

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