Ed Gubics hopes voters will look at the incumbent through the eyes of her son former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick.

Gubics grew up in southwest Detroit and attended Cass Technical High School. He graduated from Wayne State University with a Bachelor of Science in biological sciences and a Bachelor of Arts in chemistry and currently works as a chemical research technician.

Gubics supports drilling, gun ownership and the Right to Life. He is against affirmative action, embryonic stem cell research and believes in conservative values.

Michigan Chronicle: Why are you running?

Ed Gubics: I am running because two years ago no one ran against the incumbent and somebody needs to. Mrs. Kilpatrick and I have very different values. I know two years ago a lot people I talked with were disappointed that they didn't have somebody to run against her, so I'm giving people that option this time.

MC: How do you combat an incumbent like Kilpatrick?

EG: Because I don't have nearly the funding she has I'm getting out there meeting people everywhere I can, every chance I can. Taking every opportunity I can to get to know people and let them know I'm out there. Moneywise, there's no way I can compete. I'm right on the verge of filing the paper work, so I don't even have $5,000 yet.

MC: Are you really serious about this campaign or is this a political stunt?

EG: I'm very serious about this. My life would be much, much easier if I wasn't doing this. Every weekday at night I start the campaign work. I've been living off of Little Caesar's Hot 'n Ready pizzas. You can't put the amount of effort I've put in it and not be serious. If I do this again, I will learn to start much earlier and to have people to help me more.

MC: So you're not in it to win?

EG: I'm in it to win but I have limited resources and time. I'm a member of Michigan Right to Life but I couldn't get to their questionnaire (for endorsement). You wouldn't think it would take that much time but you get inundated with mail. If I win would I run again in two years.

MC: How do you run on the Republican ticket at a time when the Republican Party is so unpopular?

EG: Mrs. Kilpatrick is very unpopular among people who would traditionally support her. I would hope that I would get some support from those people. I wasn't driven to school. I took the public buses and I lived on campus when I went to Wayne State. I let people know the Republican Party is not their enemy. When you ask people what they believe, a lot of times they'll tell you they're very conservative. When they go to vote, they're just in the habit of generations of pulling the "D" lever.

MC: Collin Powell expressed concern as a moderate Republican that the party is moving way to the right. How do you respond to that?

EG: I had been involved in the Right to Life movement for many years. African Americans used to comprise 15 percent of the population. They only comprise 13 percent now. It's not because they procreate less than other groups. It's because they constitute 30 percent of the abortions in this country. Abortion and the supposed right to chose is probably the single most racist policy this government has ever engaged in. Probably more so than slavery.

MC: You mean the Bush government?

EG: Abortion in general.

MC: You support the overturn of Roe v. Wade?

EG: That's probably one of the most heinous acts on this planet.

MC: So you don't believe in a woman's right to chose?

EG: A woman's right to chose what?

MC: To maintain her health.

EG: She has a right to maintain her health when she gets a prescription, when she gets a breast examination. Does she have a rightto have her unborn child killed? No. Nobody has a right to kill. It's very un-Christian. My concern is that Colin Powel is way too far to the left and he sees that from a slightly left point of view. There's a lot of complaints among Republicans that the Republican isn't "right" enough.

MC: How would you rate the current Bush administration?

EG: I would give him certainly a passing grade, but a marginally passing grade. I would give him a solid C.

MC: How do you make a case against the fact that we are in an economic recession under a Republican administration?

EG: Bill Clinton signed into the law NAFTA that was not a Republican effort. You've got jobs leaving Michigan - not just overseas. You've got them leaving Michigan for Tennessee, Mississippi, Kentucky. Why are these other state more successful than Michigan? Again it's partly because of the Democratically controlled government. Michigan has been in a recession for many years when the rest of the country was doing well. How do you pin that on Republicans when the rest of the country is doing well? Or gas prices didn't skyrocket and  the foreclosure crisis didn't occur until Democrats took control of Congress two years ago.

MC: Gas prices went down before Bush's 2004 election and the price increased after he won.

EG: That might be what you call semantics. Ever since there was gasoline, gas prices have been going up, so how you define "skyrocket" is relative. It didn't really take off until the Democrats took control of Congress.

MC: What's your position on Affirmative Action?

EG: Affirmative Action is a huge disservice to the African American community. A lot of people call it Affirmative Discrimination. There were kids poorer than I was at Cass who did much better than I've done.

They didn't do it because of Affirmative Action. They did it because they had the ability to do it and probably because they had loving parents that helped them through it.

MC: The overwhelming thinking in the African American community is that Affirmative Action serves to remedy past discrimination and past wrongs. It's a panacea. So you don't buy that argument?

EG: Discrimination anywhere is wrong. And very often it's tragic and this is one of the reason why I'm a member of the Republican Party because I'm absolutely believe it is the party for all races. The Democratic

Party is the absolutely racist party. My job partly, whether I get elected or not, is going to continue as a grassroots activist to educate people on that point. But you can't hold people in the future responsible for crimes committed in the past.

MC: You're confident that on Nov. 4 voters will send you to Congress.

EG: No.

MC: Then why are you running?

EG: I'm confident that I'm going to give it my best shot.

MC: So basically you're just giving this a try?

EG: No. I'm trying to win. I'm putting my heart and soul into this; a lot of my own money ($2,113.35) and money's pretty hard to come by. These are things we've learned this time and like I said whether it's a re-election or an election in two years we would have learned a lot. My priority this time is to meet people and let them know who I am and (how) I believe conservative principles are in your best interests.