[1] Ouimet was born and raised in Washtenaw County, Michigan.
He received a degree from the unaccredited Northwood Institute (since renamed Northwood University and became accredited), and received a bachelor's and master's degree from the unaccredited LaSalle University in Louisiana, a diploma mill closed by the FBI in July 1996.
He is married to Donna, and together they have two children named Mark and Courtney.
[4] In 2011, he endorsed Mitt Romney for the 2012 United States presidential election.
[6] In 2012, he faced Saline Mayor Gretchen Driskell, a Democrat,[7] for reelection and lost.