Vote up Ron Paul endorsing politicians

[Keith and stuff]

Let's reward the politicians that endorsed Ron Paul by voting them up! GoVote.com is a site where you rate elected officials.

These people put their neck on the line by supporting Ron Paul. Some of them like Sen. Rand Paul and state Sen. Jim Forsythe campaigned for Ron Paul in multiple states. Let's make a difference by giving something back to these politicians. Let it be known that the Ron Paul base has Ron Paul's back. It only takes a few minutes to vote up every single one of these fine folks. I am serious, you can do this in less than 15 minutes.

States are listed by how many elected officials in that state endorsed Ron Paul. To track our progress, I'll keep track of the rating of the first elected official listed for the 9 states with multiple endorsements. I'll try to post the progress every week here for a couple months. Then I'll contact those 9 people and show them what the Ron Paul diehards did for them. I'll show them that we truly thank them for endorsing Ron Paul. If anyone thinks I left out anyone featured on GoVote.com, please list the person below. If anyone wants to list honorable mentions (people like Sen. Mike Lee), feel free to list them below.

A lot of the highest rated politicians on GoVote.com are statists. We can change that! Thanks for voting :) Please just vote once per candidate. We are not trying to game the system.

New Hampshire
State Senator Andy Sanborn http://www.govote.com/elected-officials/new-hampshire/andy-sanborn
State Senator Jim Forsythe http://www.govote.com/elected-officials/new-hampshire/james-forsythe
State Senator Ray White http://www.govote.com/elected-officials/new-hampshire/raymond-white
State Representative Anne Cartwright http://www.govote.com/elected-officials/new-hampshire/anne-s-cartwright
State Representative Jenn Coffey http://www.govote.com/elected-officials/new-hampshire/jennifer-r-coffey
State Representative Seth Cohn http://www.govote.com/elected-officials/new-hampshire/seth-cohn
State Representative Tim Comerford http://www.govote.com/elected-officials/new-hampshire/timothy-p-comerford
State Representative Guy Comtois http://www.govote.com/elected-officials/new-hampshire/guy-comtois
State Representative Cameron DeJong http://www.govote.com/elected-officials/new-hampshire/cameron-dejong
State Representative Phil Greazzo http://www.govote.com/elected-officials/new-hampshire/phil-greazzo
State Representative J.R. Hoell http://www.govote.com/elected-officials/new-hampshire/jr-hoell
State Representative Paul Ingbretson http://www.govote.com/elected-officials/new-hampshire/paul-ingbretson
State Representative Kyle Jones http://www.govote.com/elected-officials/new-hampshire/kyle-jones
State Representative Laura Jones http://www.govote.com/elected-officials/new-hampshire/laura-jones
State Representative Robert Kingsbury http://www.govote.com/elected-officials/new-hampshire/robert-kingsbury
State Representative George Lambert http://www.govote.com/elected-officials/new-hampshire/george-lambert
State Representative Fred Leonard http://www.govote.com/elected-officials/new-hampshire/fred-leonard
State Representative Robert Malone http://www.govote.com/elected-officials/new-hampshire/robert-malone
State Representative Jonathan Maltz http://www.govote.com/elected-officials/new-hampshire/jonathan-maltz
State Representative Andrew Manuse http://www.govote.com/elected-officials/new-hampshire/andrew-manuse
State Representative Donna Mauro http://www.govote.com/elected-officials/new-hampshire/donna-mauro
State Representative Paul Mirski http://www.govote.com/elected-officials/new-hampshire/paul-m-mirski
State Representative Keith Murphy http://www.govote.com/elected-officials/new-hampshire/keith-murphy
State Representative Laurence Rappaport http://www.govote.com/elected-officials/new-hampshire/laurence-m-rappaport
State Representative Kevin Reichard http://www.govote.com/elected-officials/new-hampshire/kevin-reichard
State Representative Lisa Scontsas http://www.govote.com/elected-officials/new-hampshire/lisa-scontsas
State Representative Tammy Simmons http://www.govote.com/elected-officials/new-hampshire/tammy-simmons
State Representative Kathleen Souza http://www.govote.com/elected-officials/new-hampshire/kathleen-souza
State Representative Norman Tregenza http://www.govote.com/elected-officials/new-hampshire/norman-a-tregenza
State Representative Steve Vaillancourt http://www.govote.com/elected-officials/new-hampshire/steve-vaillancourt
State Representative Carol Vita http://www.govote.com/elected-officials/new-hampshire/carol-m-vita
State Representative Lucien Vita http://www.govote.com/elected-officials/new-hampshire/lucien-vita
State Representative Mark Warden http://www.govote.com/elected-officials/new-hampshire/mark-warden

Maine
State Representative Larry Dunphy http://www.govote.com/elected-officials/maine/larry-c-dunphy
State Representative Jeffery Gifford http://www.govote.com/elected-officials/maine/jeffery-allen-gifford
State Representative Lance Harvell http://www.govote.com/elected-officials/maine/lance-evans-harvell
State Representative David Johnson http://www.govote.com/elected-officials/maine/david-d-johnson
State Representative Aaron Libby http://www.govote.com/elected-officials/maine/aaron-f-libby
State Representative Michael McClellan http://www.govote.com/elected-officials/maine/michael-d-mcclellan
State Representative Beth O'Connor http://www.govote.com/elected-officials/maine/beth-a-oconnor
State Representative Heather Sirocki http://www.govote.com/elected-officials/maine/heather-w-sirocki
State Representative Paul Waterhouse http://www.govote.com/elected-officials/maine/g-paul-waterhouse
State Representative Michael Willette http://www.govote.com/elected-officials/maine/michael-j-willette

Idaho
State Senator Shirley McKague http://www.govote.com/elected-officials/idaho/shirley-mckague
State Senator Monty Pearce http://www.govote.com/elected-officials/idaho/monty-j-pearce
State Representative Vito Barbieri http://www.govote.com/elected-officials/idaho/vito-barbieri
State Representative Lenore Barrett http://www.govote.com/elected-officials/idaho/lenore-hardy-barrett
State Representative Phil Hart http://www.govote.com/elected-officials/idaho/phil-hart
State Representative Pete Nielsen http://www.govote.com/elected-officials/idaho/peter-nielsen

Iowa
State Senator Kent Sorenson http://www.govote.com/elected-officials/iowa/kent-sorenson
State Representative Glen Massie http://www.govote.com/elected-officials/iowa/glen-h-massie
State Representative Kim Pearson http://www.govote.com/elected-officials/iowa/kim-pearson
State Representative Jason Schultz http://www.govote.com/elected-officials/iowa/jason-schultz

South Carolina
State Senator Tom Davis http://www.govote.com/elected-officials/south-carolina/tom-davis
State Senator Lee Bright http://www.govote.com/elected-officials/south-carolina/lee-bright
State Senator Kevin Bryant http://www.govote.com/elected-officials/south-carolina/kevin-l-bryant
State Senator Danny Verdin http://www.govote.com/elected-officials/south-carolina/daniel-b-verdin

Minnesota
State Representative Jim Abeler http://www.govote.com/elected-officials/minnesota/jim-abeler
State Representative Kurt Bills http://www.govote.com/elected-officials/minnesota/kurt-bills
State Representative Branden Petersen http://www.govote.com/elected-officials/minnesota/branden-petersen

Washington
State Representative Cary Condotta http://www.govote.com/elected-officials/washington/cary-condotta
State Representative Jason Overstreet http://www.govote.com/elected-officials/washington/jason-overstreet
State Representative Matt Shea http://www.govote.com/elected-officials/washington/matt-shea

North Carolina
Congressman Walter Jones http://www.govote.com/elected-officials/north-carolina/walter-b-jones
State Representative Glen Bradley http://www.govote.com/elected-officials/north-carolina/glen-bradley

Vermont
State Representative Tom Burditt http://www.govote.com/elected-officials/vermont/tom-burditt
State Representative Adam Howard http://www.govote.com/elected-officials/vermont/adam-b-howard

Kentucky
Senator Rand Paul http://www.govote.com/elected-officials/kentucky/rand-paul

Michigan
Congressman Justin Amash http://www.govote.com/elected-officials/michigan/justin-amash

Illinois
Congressman Tim Johnson http://www.govote.com/elected-officials/illinois/timothy-v-johnson

New Jersey
State Senator Michael Doherty http://www.govote.com/elected-officials/new-jersey/michael-j-doherty

Rhode Island
State Senator Nick Kettle http://www.govote.com/elected-officials/rhode-island/nicholas-d-kettle

Oklahoma
State Representative Charles Key http://www.govote.com/elected-officials/oklahoma/charles-key

Louisiana
State Representative Joel Robideaux http://www.govote.com/elected-officials/louisiana/joel-c-robideaux

Wyoming
State Representative Kendell Kroeker http://www.govote.com/elected-officials/wyoming/kendell-kroeker

Missouri
State Representative Paul Curtman http://www.govote.com/elected-officials/missouri/paul-curtman

[Keith and stuff]

1st update, 4/4/12:

Do you approve of X?
Yes
No
Undecided

New Hampshire State Senator Andy Sanborn
55%
32%
13%

Maine State Representative Larry Dunphy
42%
42%
17%

Idaho State Senator Shirley McKague
45%
36%
18%

Iowa State Senator Kent Sorenson
33%
50%
17%

South Carolina State Senator Tom Davis
43%
43%
14%

Minnesota State Representative Jim Abeler
36%
45%
18%

Washington State Representative Cary Condotta
42%
42%
17%

North Carolina Congressman Walter Jones
53%
33%
13%

Vermont State Representative Tom Burditt
30%
50%
20%

[sailingaway]

I think this is a great idea!

[EaSy]

Voted. Uh... :) Very low vote counts.

[Keith and stuff]

Voted. Uh... :) Very low vote counts.

Thank you. Please 5 star this thread if you like it. I'll try to give everyone that votes up all of these politicians and then posts in this thread that they voted a +Rep. So, +Rep for you!

[Dissent]

Voted for them all.

[Hendrik]

great idea. Just voted every single one up.

[Havax]

Before Ron Paul exits politics, I think the C4L, or something should have an official website created to grade every single politician's "liberty purity". Sort of like how rotten tomatoes works with movies, if they get a 60% or higher, they can be stamped as "approved" to be voted for by anyone in the liberty movement. The larger our movement gets, the more politicans will care about their "[Ron Paul] liberty/purity rating". Thoughts?

[Keith and stuff]

Before Ron Paul exits politics, I think the C4L, or something should have an official website created to grade every single politician's "liberty purity". Sort of like how rotten tomatoes works with movies, if they get a 60% or higher, they can be stamped as "approved" to be voted for by anyone in the liberty movement. The larger our movement gets, the more politicans will care about their "[Ron Paul] liberty/purity rating". Thoughts?

The Republican Liberty Caucus used to do that for US Reps and US Senators. For some reason, the last year was 2009. It wasn't 100% accurate but it was a good approximation. http://www.rlc.org/liberty-index/

The New Hampshire Liberty Alliance has done it in New Hampshire since 2005, http://nhliberty.org/liberty_rating . The NHLA version is much more accurate than the RLC version. However, the NHLA version only covers NH state Senators and NH state Reps. 60% is way too low in my opinion and in the opinion of the NHLA, if you go by their ratings.

[eduardo89]

Took me about 10 minutes but I voted them all up

[Keith and stuff]

Here is someone I am adding just for fun. Let's show some love to the man himself :)

Texas
Ron Paul http://www.govote.com/elected-officials/texas/ron-paul

Currently, he is at
Yes 65%
No 27%
Undecided 8%

Let's see, if we just vote once per person, how high we can get Paul's Yes :)

[Keith and stuff]

2nd update, 4/14/12:

Please vote for all of the folks listed in the first post if you haven't. Please spread the word. Let's reward the elected politicians that lent their name and time to help Ron Paul :)

Do you approve of X?
Yes
No
Undecided

New Hampshire State Senator Andy Sanborn
61%
34%
5%

Maine State Representative Larry Dunphy
53%
40%
7%

Idaho State Senator Shirley McKague
57%
36%
7%

Iowa State Senator Kent Sorenson
52%
38%
10%

South Carolina State Senator Tom Davis
59%
37%
4%

Minnesota State Representative Jim Abeler
59%
36%
5%

Washington State Representative Cary Condotta
57%
36%
6%

North Carolina Congressman Walter Jones
68%
28%
3%

Vermont State Representative Tom Burditt
66%
30%
5%

[Paul Or Nothing II]

Done :D


Before Ron Paul exits politics, I think the C4L, or something should have an official website created to grade every single politician's "liberty purity". Sort of like how rotten tomatoes works with movies, if they get a 60% or higher, they can be stamped as "approved" to be voted for by anyone in the liberty movement. The larger our movement gets, the more politicans will care about their "[Ron Paul] liberty/purity rating". Thoughts?

I agree there needs to be a list of libertarian issues & how they fair on each one of those & deciding the percentage based on that

Remember, most people vote for the same party most of the time, which means that only a small chunk of voters actually decide elections & now, our numbers are big enough to be that decisive voting-bloc that the parties must concede to, if they want to win :D


Here is someone I am adding just for fun. Let's show some love to the man himself :)

Texas
Ron Paul http://www.govote.com/elected-officials/texas/ron-paul

Currently, he is at
Yes 65%
No 27%
Undecided 8%

Let's see, if we just vote once per person, how high we can get Paul's Yes :)

Now, he's down to 61% :( Why? :( I wonder who's voting him down! :mad:

[Keith and stuff]

Now, he's down to 61% :( Why? :( I wonder who's voting him down! :mad:

Thank you for taking 10 or so minutes to vote Yes for all of those fine folks. Remember folks, I'll give you + Rep if you do that and post in this thread about it.

As for Paul, I don't know what happened. There is good news. Since you post, he moved to 63% Yes.

[Keith and stuff]

If you have already voted for the folks supporting Ron Paul and want to vote some more, here are some organizations you might want to consider voting up:
Anti War http://www.govote.com/organizations/us/aw
Cato Institute http://www.govote.com/organizations/us/cato
Constitution Party http://www.govote.com/organizations/us/constitutionparty
Gun Owners of America http://www.govote.com/organizations/us/gunowners
Judicial Watch http://www.govote.com/organizations/us/judicialwatch
Libertarian Party http://www.govote.com/organizations/us/LP
The Advocates for Self Government http://www.govote.com/organizations/us/theadvocates
Tenth Amendment Center http://www.govote.com/organizations/us/tac
U.S. Libertarian Party http://www.govote.com/organizations/us/uslp
Young Americans for Liberty http://www.govote.com/organizations/us/yaliberty

[Mini-Me]

Cool thread. I went ahead and voted for every one once (although I may have accidentally doubled up on the first couple when I was messing with my NoScript and it didn't look like the votes were taking), and I affected the percentages on almost all of them. The vote counts are very low, so we could do some real damage here if everyone takes a few minutes.

I probably wouldn't strictly "approve" of most of these politicians if I really looked into each of them, since the vast majority of politicians have some kind of dealbreaker issue that they're totally authoritarian about. Still, anyone who openly supports Paul can't be that bad on the balance, relative to the others on the site...and they deserve SOMETHING in return for sticking their necks out...so yeah, I held my nose and voted blindly, and so should you! :p

[Paul Or Nothing II]

Cool thread. I went ahead and voted for every one once (although I may have accidentally doubled up on the first couple when I was messing with my NoScript and it didn't look like the votes were taking), and I affected the percentages on almost all of them. The vote counts are very low, so we could do some real damage here if everyone takes a few minutes.

I probably wouldn't strictly "approve" of most of these politicians if I really looked into each of them, since the vast majority of politicians have some kind of dealbreaker issue that they're totally authoritarian about. Still, anyone who openly supports Paul can't be that bad on the balance, relative to the others on the site...and they deserve SOMETHING in return for sticking their necks out...so yeah, I held my nose and voted blindly, and so should you! :p

There's only one Ron Paul so if we use him as the standard then we'll never get anywhere with liberty, even Rand Paul mightn't fit into that (& some liberty-minded folks already dislike him because he's not a clone of his father), that's been the problem of Libertarian Party too, people agree on 90% of the stuff but keep fighting over the 10% they don't

[seeker4sho]

Before Ron Paul exits politics, I think the C4L, or something should have an official website created to grade every single politician's "liberty purity". Sort of like how rotten tomatoes works with movies, if they get a 60% or higher, they can be stamped as "approved" to be voted for by anyone in the liberty movement. The larger our movement gets, the more politicans will care about their "[Ron Paul] liberty/purity rating". Thoughts?

Excellent suggestion, we need a C4L approved list of Florida (all states) candidates so folks will know the good candidates from the incumbent bad guys.

[Keith and stuff]

3rd update, 4/22/12:

Please continue to spread the word. Most of the politicians improved their yes vote but a couple saw a decrease in their yes vote. Remember, if you vote and then post here, I'll give you +rep :)

Please vote for all of the folks listed in the first post if you haven't. Please spread the word. Let's reward the elected politicians that lent their name and time to help Ron Paul

Do you approve of X?
Yes (difference from last update)
No
Undecided

New Hampshire State Senator Andy Sanborn
67% (+6)
29%
4%

Maine State Representative Larry Dunphy
59% (+6)
36%
5%

Idaho State Senator Shirley McKague
66% (+9)
28%
6%

Iowa State Senator Kent Sorenson
55% (+3)
35%
10%

South Carolina State Senator Tom Davis
61% (+2)
35%
4%

Minnesota State Representative Jim Abeler
60% (+1)
35%
5%

Washington State Representative Cary Condotta
61% (+4)
33%
6%

North Carolina Congressman Walter Jones
65% (-3)
32%
4%

Vermont State Representative Tom Burditt
65% (-1)
30%
5%

[TheTexan]

Did all the representatives but there's no way I'm voting up the Constitution party :P

[Araskaz]

Didn't take long at all to vote yes for them all. Thanks.

[Keith and stuff]

Did all the representatives but there's no way I'm voting up the Constitution party :P

Thanks.

Don't worry, the Constitution Party isn't on the list ;)

Also, Ron Paul isn't on the list but he could use your support :)
Texas
Ron Paul http://www.govote.com/elected-officials/texas/ron-paul

[Keith and stuff]

I removed Maine Representative Ryan Harmon because he urged his supporters to support Mitt Romney in the Maine Republican Convention. I am not going to say terrible things about him or call him names, but I'm certainly not going to help him. If you voted for him, you might want to change your vote.
http://www.govote.com/elected-officials/maine/r-ryan-harmon

To read more about what Harmon did, see this thread http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?374949-Maine-Legislator-Turncoat

[Keith and stuff]

4th update, 5/05/12:

Please continue to spread the word. Remember, if you vote and then post here, I'll give you +rep

It looks like people are voting down these politicians because they endorsed Ron Paul. Please fight back and stand up for these politicians. They put their neck on the line for Ron Paul and it looks like they are being punished for it. Let's show people that Ron Paul supporters will not be bullied!

Do you approve of X?
Yes (difference from last update)
No
Undecided

New Hampshire State Senator Andy Sanborn
67% (same)
29%
4%

Maine State Representative Larry Dunphy
57% (-2)
38%
6%

Idaho State Senator Shirley McKague
65% (-1)
29%
6%

Iowa State Senator Kent Sorenson
55% (same)
36%
9%

South Carolina State Senator Tom Davis
60% (-1)
37%
3%

Minnesota State Representative Jim Abeler
60% (same)
36%
4%

Washington State Representative Cary Condotta
59% (-2)
37%
5%

North Carolina Congressman Walter Jones
64% (-1)
33%
3%

Vermont State Representative Tom Burditt
63% (-2)
32%
5%