Campaign Evaluation: Rick Bond (State House, LA)

[Bryan]

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Candidate Name: Rick Bond
Office Sought: State House
Website: http://www.rickforrep.com
Social Media:
https://www.facebook.com/RickforRep

Candidate Profile: On the Issues
Civil Liberties: [Rating TBD]
Constitutional Issues: [Rating TBD]
Economic Issues: [Rating TBD]
Foreign Policy: [Rating TBD]
Social Issues: [Rating TBD]
Overall Issues Rating: [Rating TBD]

Race Profile: Competition & Demographics
State: Louisiana
District: 66
Incumbent:
Other Primary Candidates:
Non-Incumbent Candidates from Other Parties:
Relevant poll numbers: None.
Overall Race Profile Rating: [Rating TBD]

Miscellaneous Pros/Cons
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[Shotdown1027]

What is proven: Rick Bond was a Ron Paul delegate in 2012. I supplied a link for that.

There is no incumbent. There are three other "primary candidates" because Louisiana state races are jungle primaries. An Independent (and former Democratic spokesperson), a former Republican City Councillor (Darrell Ourso, out of office since 2008) and a current Republican City Councillor (Buddy Amoroso) whose district has virtually no overlap with the district in question. It's an incredibly Republican district, so a Republican WILL win.

He's the son of a really well known physician in the area and the Vice President of the American Cancer Society of Greater Baton Rouge Leadership Council. He was endorsed by a MAJOR PAC called LABI recently.

Economic issues--he spoke at a GOP forum where he strongly endorsed free markets. He majored in Economics. He also runs 3 businesses.
Social issues--On his website he says he's pro-life, but is also involved in stem cell stuff (according to his bio), so it's safe to say he's not a whackjob in that regard. Constitutional issues--He's also a strong second amendment supporter as a lifetime member of the NRA--again, from his bio on the website.

[William Tell]

Well defined policy positions would be nice. Linking him to groups like the NRA and Cancer groups doesn't tell us anything.

Its nice that he was a Ron Paul guy though.

[Shotdown1027]

William--I could give you personal testimony about his policy positions, but I suspect you guys want news reports and other objective measures (which I understand). Those will be in VERY short order for all four candidates in this race because it's a special election--policy issues just aren't going to come out much. The election only started two weeks ago and it'll basically finish 2 weeks from now.