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==Personal life==
Stupak lives in [[Menominee, Michigan]], with his wife, Laurie, who is a former mayor of [[w: Menominee, Michigan|Menominee]], and unsuccessful candidate for the Michigan House of Representatives. Laurie Stupak was defeated by [[Tom Casperson]]. In 2008 Casperson unsuccessfully challenged Bart Stupak, the incumbent for Michigan's [[Michigan's 1st congressional district|1st Congressional district seat in the United States House of Representatives]].
 
The Stupaks' son Ken graduated from [[Pepperdine University]]'s School of Law in 2006 and resides in California. Their other son, Bart Jr., died by suicide in May 2000. Congressman Stupak testified before the [[United States House Committee on Energy and Commerce|House Energy and Commerce Committee's]] [[United States House Energy Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations|Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee]] during a 2002 hearing on the safety of [[Accutane]], an acne medication, which he believes contributed to his son's death.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.house.gov/stupak/accutane_statement.shtml|title=Safety Issues Surrounding Accutane|last=Stupak|first=Bart|date=December 11, 2002|work=Testimony before U.S. House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee|publisher=U.S. House of Representatives|access-date=March 22, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100309091853/http://www.house.gov/stupak/accutane_statement.shtml|archive-date=March 9, 2010|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref>