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MichaelDavis
06-01-2014, 11:42 AM
Alabama: Chad Mathis (AL-06)
California: Tim Donnelly (CA-Gov), Igor Birman (CA-07), Greg Raths (CA-45), Carl DeMaio (CA-52)
Iowa: Matt Whitaker (IA-Sen), Rod Blum (IA-01), Brad Zaun (IA-03)
Mississippi: Chris McDaniel (MS-Sen), Tavish Kelly (MS-04)
Montana: Matt Rosendale (MT-AL)
New Jersey: Muray Sabrin (NJ-Sen), Steve Lonegan (NJ-03)
New Mexico: David Clements (NM-Sen)
South Dakota: Stace Nelson (SD-Sen)

Matt Collins
06-01-2014, 11:47 AM
Is this the official thread? :p

MichaelDavis
06-01-2014, 11:52 AM
Is this the official thread? :p

:toady: :toady: :toady:

William Tell
06-01-2014, 12:27 PM
Is Joni Ernst the best candidate? I have not looked into the Iowa Senate candidates much.

BamaAla
06-01-2014, 01:20 PM
Why Chad Mathis?

I'm supporting Scott Beason.

MichaelDavis
06-01-2014, 01:38 PM
Why Chad Mathis?

I'm supporting Scott Beason.

Mathis has been endorsed by FreedomWorks, Club for Growth, Senate Conservatives Funds, Madison Project, RedState, Citizens United, and U.S. Senator Mike Lee. Why are you supporting Beason?

William Tell
06-01-2014, 01:42 PM
Alieta Eck, CD 12 New Jersey. She is the only GOP candidate in that race.

BamaAla
06-01-2014, 01:46 PM
Mathis has been endorsed by FreedomWorks, Club for Growth, Senate Conservatives Funds, Madison Project, RedState, Citizens United, and U.S. Senator Mike Lee. Why are you supporting Beason?

I don't have much info on Mathis other than his plan to fix Obamacare; other than that, he hasn't really said much. All he's really done is put out attack ads, so much so that 3 of the other candidates held a joint presser last week to denounce his "lies."

Beason is a known quantity that is on record with a lot of issues. Not perfect, but he's pretty good. Our local political talk show has been having candidates on and I got to question Beason and really liked one of his responses and disliked 1, but I at least got them out of him straight.

He (Beason) said he was not in favor of legalizing marijuana at the federal level. I asked "if you're elected, you will have to vote on the patriot act sunsets next year, how would you?" He said he would vote against them, the patriot act at large, and would work to abolish the NSA entirely.

Uriah
06-01-2014, 01:49 PM
Joni Ernst is NOT a liberty candidate. There is no liberty candidate for US Senator from Iowa. The best of the bunch would be Sam Clovis or Matt Whitaker but they both fall short.

You should add Brad Zaun IA-3. He has been endorsed by Liberty Iowa PAC, and every Paul supporter I know in IA-3 is supporting him.

There are also at least 4 liberty candidates running for state assembly in Iowa.

William Tell
06-01-2014, 01:51 PM
CALIFORNIA:

LIBERTY CANDIDATES:

US HOUSE:
California 4th:
Tom McClintock (incumbent)
http://www.tommcclintock.com
California 7th:
Igor Birman (running)
http://igorbirman.com
California 8th:
Paul Hannosh (running)
http://www.paulhannosh.com
California 12th:
John Dennis (running)
http://www.johndennisforcongress.com
California 16th:
Johnny Tacherra (running)
http://www.johnnyforcongress.com
California 32nd:
Art Alas (running)
www.electalas.com (http://www.electalas.com)
California 47th:
Andy Wallon (running)
http://andywhallon.com
California 50th:
California 52nd:
Carl DeMaio (running)
http://carldemaio.com

California 2nd Assembly District:
Matt Heath (running)
http://heathforassembly.com
California 9th Assembly District:
Manuel Martin (running)
http://manuelforassembly.com
California 46th Assembly District:
Zachary Taylor (running)
http://www.electzacharytaylor.com

FELLOW TRAVELERS:

US HOUSE:
California 1st:
Doug LeMalfa (running)-Fellow traveler
http://www.douglamalfa.com
California 5th:
Stewart Cilley (running)-Fellow traveler
https://www.facebook.com/StewartCilleyForCongress2012
California 53rd:
Joel Marchese(running)-Fellow traveler
http://www.joelforcongress2014.org

STATE AND LOCAL:
Calfornia State Assembly 38th:
Eusebio Preciado (running)-Fellow traveler
http://www.preciado2014.com

William Tell
06-01-2014, 01:56 PM
IOWA:

STATE AND LOCAL:
Iowa Linn County Supervisor:
Brent Oleson(incumbent)
Iowa State House 26th:
Eric Durbin (running)
www.durbinforiowa.com
Iowa State Senate 9th:
Jason Schultz

William Tell
06-01-2014, 02:02 PM
New Jersey:
New Jersey Bayonne City Council First Ward:
Daniel Herrera (running)
New Jersey Bayonne City Mayor:
Anthony Zanowic (running)
http://www.zanowicformayor.com
New Jersey Assembly 16th District:

Uriah
06-01-2014, 02:07 PM
more in Iowa:
Kevin Wolfswinkel IA House 1
Jeff Shipley IA House 82
Shawn Dietz IA Senate 27

Fellow Traveler:
Mark Chelgren IA Senate 41

MichaelDavis
06-01-2014, 02:19 PM
Joni Ernst is NOT a liberty candidate. There is no liberty candidate for US Senator from Iowa. The best of the bunch would be Sam Clovis or Matt Whitaker but they both fall short.

You should add Brad Zaun IA-3. He has been endorsed by Liberty Iowa PAC, and every Paul supporter I know in IA-3 is supporting him.

There are also at least 4 liberty candidates running for state assembly in Iowa.

Is there anything that makes Zaun a better candidate than Schultz? FreedomWorks and Senate Conservatives Fund have endorsed Schultz, but he endorsed Rick Santorum for president, which is very questionable. Normally, I would trust FreedomWorks' endorsement, but after the Nebraska senate debacle, I have less trust.

William Tell
06-01-2014, 02:28 PM
Does anyone know much about the Montana US Congress race? Turiano and Rosendale look the best to me. All the Candidates sites are linked here:

http://www.thegreenpapers.com/G14/MT

Uriah
06-01-2014, 02:33 PM
Is there anything that makes Zaun a better candidate than Schultz? FreedomWorks and Senate Conservatives Fund have endorsed Schultz, but he endorsed Rick Santorum for president, which is very questionable. Normally, I would trust FreedomWorks' endorsement, but after the Nebraska senate debacle, I have less trust.

Schultz supports farm subsidies, the minimum wage, and medicare. I'm not an expert on the IA-3 race. My understanding is he would be the next best option, perhaps. Zaun has a firm understanding of the constitution but won't budge on supporting the elderly, the disabled, and veterans.

Liberty Iowa http://www.libertyiowa.com/ which was founded by Paul supporters I know, has endorsed Brad Zaun. This gives him priority status in my view. I trust their endorsement over that of an out of state organization.

MichaelDavis
06-01-2014, 02:52 PM
Schultz supports farm subsidies, the minimum wage, and medicare. I'm not an expert on the IA-3 race. My understanding is he would be the next best option, perhaps. Zaun has a firm understanding of the constitution but won't budge on supporting the elderly, the disabled, and veterans.

Liberty Iowa http://www.libertyiowa.com/ which was founded by Paul supporters I know, has endorsed Brad Zaun. This gives him priority status in my view. I trust their endorsement over that of an out of state organization.

Schultz says he opposed the Farm Bill because it was 80% food stamps and says states should decide their own minimum wage, not the federal government. Do you have a link where it says he supports farm subsidies? Medicare is very popular, especially with older voters. As long as he supports Medicare reform, I don't see that as a negative. I'm disappointing that neither returned their Campaign for Liberty survey.

http://caffeinatedthoughts.com/2014/05/kcci-iowa-3rd-congressional-district-race-live-blog/

Root
06-02-2014, 06:38 AM
Huh, I started to see political lawn signs everywhere a few days ago, but I had no idea there was an election in Mordor (aka NJ) tomorrow.

I believe David Larson is running against incumbent "Liberal" Leonard Lance. Regardless, anyone but Lance...

klamath
06-02-2014, 07:55 AM
Mark Potts sheriff Trinity County.

Deputy Potts Can’t Be Silenced


Kym Kemp / Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2012 @ 9:23 a.m. / News





According to a recent court ruling, law enforcement officials cannot be silenced or reprimanded for speaking out against the drug war. A Trinity County Deputy who made national news when he sued the County for restricting him from sending letters to the editor about subjects which included the opinion that “drug laws, just like Prohibition, have given rise to a black market and created the Mexican Drug Cartels” has received an injunction protecting his free speech rights.

Trinity County Deputy Mark Potts worked narcotics from 2008 to 2011 and the perspective he gained gave him concerns about the drug war. During that time he was assigned to the Narcotics Investigations Unit, where, he said, “I focused on marijuana enforcement.” Even earlier though, Potts wrote letters to the local paper, The Trinity Journal. Letters he described in his court papers as “generally themed around the Constitution, related laws, and how we have gotten very far away from the original intent of the Constitution.”

The District Attorney of Trinity County expressed concern about some of Potts’ letters might affect his testimony in court. In a sworn declaration, the former sheriff of Trinity County, Lorrac Craig, stated


When I was Sheriff, District Attorney Michael Harper approached me about Mark’s letters to the editor and urged me to restrain Mark from writing any letters to the newspaper. District Attorney Harper expressed to me his concern that if Mark testified in a criminal case that he had investigated, his letters to the editor might become an issue in the trial, I told the District Attorney that if it actually came up in a case, I was sure Mark would handle himself well on the stand. My approach was that we could deal with it, if a problem actually arose, but no such problem ever arose when I was Sheriff.

… My position, which I told District Attorney Harper, was that as long as Mark did his job, I did not have a problem with his editorial writing. I therefore refused to stop Mark from writing letters to the newspaper….As someone who worked in law enforcement for approximately 30 years, what mattered to me was how my deputies performed their job, and not their political opinions. Mark always did his job diligently.

…Mark’s letters, in which he expressed his views on various legal and policy issues,
did not cause me the concern that he would be lenient about enforcing marijuana or other laws.
When it came to his work, he took his duties seriously.

In 2010, Potts ran for Trinity Co. Sheriff and lost to Bruce Haney. According to Sheriff Haney’s statement in sworn court documents, Potts continued to write letters to the Trinity Journal. Including one in 2011 in which he discussed jury nullification (where juries can refuse to convict someone guilty of a crime but not, in their opinion deserving of punishment.)

The DA approached Haney and, according to Sheriff Haney, “advised me that it was improper for Deputy Potts to tell the public that they can disregard the law.” Haney had Potts called in and made aware of what he felt were Potts’ improper actions in writing his opinions in letters to the newspapers.

Potts continued to write letters including ones entitled Prohibition Creates Markets and Incarceration Nation which Potts characterized as questioning the “wisdom of laws against drugs.” An investigation was begun and in February of 2012, Potts was given a written reprimand for violating department policy and warned that further incidents could result in him being fired.

In the summer of 2012 Potts sued, not for money, but for the removal of the reprimand and the right to speak his mind on issues. He wanted to continue to “express his deeply held views about the Constitution.” The ACLU took up his case. A few days ago, Trinity County was ordered to expunge Potts’ reprimand, pay his attorney fees, and desist from interfering in his right to speak his mind.

Potts proclaimed in a September letter to the editor, “Government employees did not check their rights at the door when they signed on. Quite the contrary, I swore an oath to support and defend the Constitution of which the freedom of speech is a part…Who better to judge the folly of our “War on Drugs” than the cops that fight it on a daily basis? Should these warriors be silenced? I think not. These are the very people with the intimate knowledge necessary to make an informed decision… .”

http://lostcoastoutpost.com/2012/nov/21/deputy-potts-pot-speech-protected/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RNoDBVKB-c

Brian4Liberty
06-02-2014, 09:34 AM
Is this the official thread? :p

There is no official thread. This is nothing more than the opinion of people posting here, including people who probably never supported Ron Paul.

dannno
06-02-2014, 09:42 AM
Thoughts on "Tea Party" candidate Chris Mitchum to replace Lois Capps (D) in CA?

Lois Capps is not great on civil liberties and pretty bad on gun rights, but has actually done some voting against wars and stuff, I don't think it's been across the board though.

William Tell
06-02-2014, 10:02 AM
Mark Potts sheriff Trinity County.

The name tells us all we need to know!:eek:

specsaregood
06-02-2014, 11:12 AM
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dannno
06-02-2014, 01:12 PM
bump

BamaAla
06-02-2014, 10:50 PM
I got to ask the same question to Will Brooke today and threw in a question about NDAA as well. He said nay on the pat-act and dodged the NDAA question; he did say that Snowden was "a little hero and a little traitor; a hero for blowing the whistle, a traitor for how he did it."

Going into the vote tomorrow, I'm really comfortable supporting Scott Beason.

gnuschler
06-03-2014, 09:41 AM
Going into the vote tomorrow, I'm really comfortable supporting Scott Beason.

Justin Amash tweeted support for Chad Mathis last week.

BamaAla
06-03-2014, 11:53 AM
Justin Amash tweeted support for Chad Mathis last week.

I don't really care; I'm on the ground and engaged in the district and Beason is my guy.

William Tell
06-03-2014, 12:02 PM
I don't really care; I'm on the ground and engaged in the district and Beason is my guy.

Always vote your conscience! Doing otherwise is how we got into this mess, keep us informed on your area, please.:cool:

trey4sports
06-03-2014, 12:17 PM
Toady is the primary? :toady:

specsaregood
06-03-2014, 12:51 PM
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Brian4Liberty
06-03-2014, 01:04 PM
Just got back from voting for Lonegan, here it is 2pm and I was only the 12th person to vote in my precinct.

Very low turnout today in CA too.

Uriah
06-03-2014, 02:21 PM
23 people had voted in my precinct as of 12:30pm. I've heard things are also pretty slow in Dem Moines today. Pretty low turnout overall in Iowa it.

Uriah
06-03-2014, 04:37 PM
Another precinct, which usually has good turn out in my county, had only 54 voters as of 3pm.

Mr.NoSmile
06-03-2014, 06:32 PM
While I'm not invested in either, according to Politico, MacArthur's got an early start on Lonegan so far.

MichaelDavis
06-03-2014, 06:47 PM
I don't really care; I'm on the ground and engaged in the district and Beason is my guy.

You aren't an educated voter. You don't even look into Chad Mathis' positions. This is how establishment shills who pretend to be conservative win elections.

klamath
06-03-2014, 06:57 PM
The name tells us all we need to know!:eek:Potts doesn't get my vote so much because he is against the drug war but because on every issue he generally writes to the local paper and states his opinion and who he is voting for. Always constitutional and supported RP since 2007

fr33
06-03-2014, 07:13 PM
You aren't an educated voter. You don't even look into Chad Mathis' positions. This is how establishment shills who pretend to be conservative win elections.

That's a pretty ridiculous statement. He's actually been asking questions of the candidates while all you do is ask other orgs what your opinion should be.

Mr.NoSmile
06-03-2014, 07:26 PM
Race called for MacArthur over Lonegan. Can't say I'm too surprised about that one when the state Party doesn't even back you.

MichaelDavis
06-03-2014, 07:28 PM
That's a pretty ridiculous statement. He's actually been asking questions of the candidates while all you do is ask other orgs what your opinion should be.

He said he knew nothing about Mathis' positions except on Obamacare.

Rep. Steve Palazzo is loosing, lol. That's what happens when you vote like a RINO and, in turn, receive no support from truly conservative groups.

McDaniel's precincts are coming in and the race has tightened considerably to a one point difference.

Uriah
06-03-2014, 07:32 PM
McDaniels up by 1% with 26.5% reporting.

MichaelDavis
06-03-2014, 07:35 PM
McDaniel and Cochran are tied. This might actually go to a runoff.

wetroof
06-03-2014, 07:43 PM
I want to see J. Bell win his primary.

Uriah
06-03-2014, 08:17 PM
IOWA

Republican

1.4% Reporting
J. Ernst 33.7% 1,602
S. Clovis 32.9% 1,563
M. Jacobs 24.1% 1,147
M. Whitaker 8.2% 388
S. Schaben 1.2% 57

TaftFan
06-03-2014, 08:20 PM
IOWA

Republican

1.4% Reporting
J. Ernst 33.7% 1,602
S. Clovis 32.9% 1,563
M. Jacobs 24.1% 1,147
M. Whitaker 8.2% 388
S. Schaben 1.2% 57

I'm rooting for Clovis. Smartest guy, most qualified and most conservative. Not a libertarian but I think he would do some good in the Senate.

If nobody gets 35%, it goes to convention.

Uriah
06-03-2014, 08:23 PM
If it goes to convention then Clovis wins hands down. The party activists love him.

Brett85
06-03-2014, 08:38 PM
Wow, McDaniel absolutely killed Cochran in Jones county and is back ahead. He's still under 50% though, and the counties that are left look like strong counties for Cochran. But it certainly looks to me like this race will end up going to a run off. We'll see.

BamaAla
06-03-2014, 08:43 PM
AL-06 looks like DeMarco and Palmer will make the runoff followed by Beason, Brooke, Mathis.

Tywysog Cymru
06-03-2014, 08:48 PM
McDaniel has a slight lead.

MichaelDavis
06-03-2014, 08:52 PM
Chris McDaniel (MS-Sen) is leading with a majority and Steve Palazzo (MS-04) is hovering around 50%. Rod Blum (IA-01) is leading with a majority and Brad Zaun (IA-03) is in the lead with less than 35%. Corey Stapleton (MT-AL) is barely leading.

TaftFan
06-03-2014, 08:56 PM
Chris McDaniel (MS-Sen) is leading with a majority and Steve Palazzo (MS-04) is hovering around 50%. Rod Blum (IA-01) is leading with a majority and Brad Zaun (IA-03) is in the lead with less than 35%. Corey Stapleton (MT-AL) is barely leading.

Is Stapelton any good?

Uriah
06-03-2014, 08:58 PM
If IA-3 goes to convention, 35% needed to avoid, then I don't know if Zaun will win. The liberty wing should solidly get behind him with his support in Polk county. I don't know if it would be enough though.

mosquitobite
06-03-2014, 09:01 PM
What's with the 4 counties in MS that haven't reported anything at all?

ClydeCoulter
06-03-2014, 09:07 PM
What's with the 4 counties in MS that haven't reported anything at all?

I know, right?

mosquitobite
06-03-2014, 09:13 PM
I know, right?

Pontotoc county came in - but Cochran only got a 150 vote lead from it. Someone said that was his native county?

TaftFan
06-03-2014, 09:16 PM
Pontotoc county came in - but Cochran only got a 150 vote lead from it. Someone said that was his native county?

He is never there, so it's not surprising.

MichaelDavis
06-03-2014, 09:23 PM
Alabama: DeMarco and Palmer headed to runoff. California: Kashkari leads Donnelly, Ose leads Birman. Iowa: Ernst and Blum win, Zaun leads with less than 35%. Mississippi: McDaniel leads Cochran with less than a majority. Palazzo leads Taylor with a majority. Montana: Stapleton barely leads Zinke. New Jersey: Bell wins. New Mexico: Weh defeats Clements. South Dakota: Rounds wins.

Uriah
06-03-2014, 09:40 PM
We've had at least a couple liberty guys make it through state house primaries. I'll be updating in the next few days. If these guys win in November then they will be some of the first local officials to endorse Rand in 2016.

TaftFan
06-03-2014, 10:12 PM
Really glad Blum won his primary.

MichaelDavis
06-04-2014, 03:26 PM
It looks like McDaniel will become the nominee in three weeks. Many Cochran supporters will not continue to pour energy and cash into an effort to rescue a six-term incumbent who failed to win a majority of the vote in a primary.

"If Republican groups continue to bombard McDaniel — their TV ads have called him a flip-flopping trial lawyer and blasted him for waffling on his views about hurricane aid for Mississippi — that might ultimately do no more than damage the eventual Republican nominee.

Asked if it made sense to attack McDaniel over the next three weeks, as the NRSC did during the primary, Kansas Sen. Jerry Moran, who chairs the National Republican Senatorial Committee, said “It does not to me." Ohio Sen. Rob Portman, the NRSC’s vice chairman, said in an interview that it wouldn’t make sense to go negative against McDaniel.

“Should he choose to persist, the Club for Growth PAC and conservatives throughout Mississippi will vigorously pursue this race to its conclusion, and we will look forward to the election of Senator Chris McDaniel,” Club President Chris Chocola said.

http://www.politico.com/story/2014/06/thad-cochran-chris-mcdaniel-mississippi-runoff-cochran-allies-107426.html#ixzz33hvXBXEd