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A former state senator convicted of conspiracy in a kickback scheme now says he plans to run for Congress.

Gary George, a Milwaukee Democrat, announced Monday that he will run for the seat currently held by fellow U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore, D-Milwaukee.

He submitted his nomination papers with the state Government Accountability Board.

“I’m running for Congress because public service is my calling,” George said in a release. “And Milwaukee desperately needs the results-oriented leadership that I can provide.”

George, 60, was once a rising Democratic star in the state Senate, but his political career crumbled after he pleaded guilty about a decade ago to a federal charge of conspiracy to defraud the government.