David Young wins 3rd District GOP nomination in stunning upset

[MichaelDavis]

David Young, a former chief of staff to U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley, won a stunning upset victory Saturday to capture the Iowa Republican Party's nomination in what is expected to be a nationally watched race to succeed U.S. Rep. Tom Latham.

Young's win came on the fifth ballot at a convention of 3rd Congressional District delegates at Des Moines Christian School in Urbandale. The day had begun with six candidates vying for the nomination, but the final ballot came down to a decision between Young and state Sen. Brad Zaun of Urbandale.

Zaun had led on the first four ballots and had been in first place in a June 3 primary among six candidates, but he couldn't get enough votes from rural county delegates to secure the nomination. As the balloting proceeded and other candidates dropped out, Young's candidacy gained in strength.

"I am trusted, tried and true in my conservative thought," Young said. "I am asking for your vote."

The final ballot had Young with 276 delegate votes, or 55.5 percent, to Zaun's 221 votes, or 45.5 percent"

[Vanguard101]

Won by the same amount as Brat did. Around the same number too

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Some stuff about him

[William Tell]

Our people were supporting Zaun.

[RandallFan]

http://stevedeace.com/news/iowa-says-yes-to-gubment-again/

(http://stevedeace.com/news/iowa-says-yes-to-gubment-again/)
The only reason to elevate Young at the end was a need for government, as Young articulated in his speech before the final vote to the big government delegates up-for-grabs. He made the case he doesn’t want to burn down Washington, D.C., with a Congress that has the lowest approval rating in the history of anything polled by Gallup. And that got him the big government supporters previously pledged to a lobbyist he needed to put him over the to

[Keith and stuff]

Even if this is a loss for liberty, it is still a darn interesting story. Thanks for sharing with us.

[RandallFan]

I don't think he is too bad a candidate. He will always be overshadowed by Grassley, possibly Ernst and Steve King.

[jon4liberty]

Iowa has just been awful this year. Besides a few good liberty candidates, I definitely got my hopes up and expected better results. I can't find myself voting this year. I mean Joni Ernst, Terry Brandstadt, and David Young in three key Iowa races no thanks.

[Keith and stuff]

Iowa has just been awful this year. Besides a few good liberty candidates, I definitely got my hopes up and expected better results. I can't find myself voting this year. I mean Joni Ernst, Terry Brandstadt, and David Young in three key Iowa races no thanks.

Some of the decent state rep. candidates won this year. Just pay attention closer to the general. The Ron Paul folks should make sure you know who to vote for ;)

[malkusm]

Iowa has just been awful this year. Besides a few good liberty candidates, I definitely got my hopes up and expected better results. I can't find myself voting this year. I mean Joni Ernst, Terry Brandstadt, and David Young in three key Iowa races no thanks.

Rod Blum is supposedly good in IA-1, no? YAL PAC endorsed him...

[MichaelDavis]

Rod Blum is supposedly good in IA-1, no? YAL PAC endorsed him...

He is, but the district is solidly Democratic. It would take the perfect candidate in a wave election year to win this seat.

Not voting is giving up one of our most sacred privileges. Just remember that (almost) every Republican is better than every Democrat. I challenge anyone to name one pro-liberty congressional Democrat. The entire purpose pf the Democratic Party is to expand government.

[XTreat]

He is, but the district is solidly Democratic. It would take the perfect candidate in a wave election year to win this seat.

Not voting is giving up one of our most sacred privileges. Just remember that (almost) every Republican is better than every Democrat. I challenge anyone to name one pro-liberty congressional Democrat. The entire purpose pf the Democratic Party is to expand government.

I imagine there are several here, myself included, that would challenge that line of thinking, because a vote is such a powerful thing. If cast unwisely that vote could amount to all manner of horrible things being done in your name. There are about 350 Republicans in congress I wouldn't piss on if they were on fire, but I donate to Amash and Massie every time they ask. A vote is earned, just having the right letter next to your name isn't good enough to get me off my couch.

I don't want to speak for everyone else, but I would guess that this is the more prevalent thought process here.

I can name several D's that are better on certain issues than most R's, Ron Wyden on privacy and civil liberties is better than 90% of R's.

[MichaelDavis]

I imagine there are several here, myself included, that would challenge that line of thinking, because a vote is such a powerful thing. If cast unwisely that vote could amount to all manner of horrible things being done in your name. There are about 350 Republicans in congress I wouldn't piss on if they were on fire, but I donate to Amash and Massie every time they ask. A vote is earned, just having the right letter next to your name isn't good enough to get me off my couch.

I don't want to speak for everyone else, but I would guess that this is the more prevalent thought process here.

I can name several D's that are better on certain issues than most R's, Ron Wyden on privacy and civil liberties is better than 90% of R's.

http://congress.freedomworks.org/legislators/ron-wyden
http://www.thenewamerican.com/freedomindex/profile.php?id=W000779
http://scorecard.organizeliberty.org/legislator/300100/ron-wyden