Endorsements for Rand Paul

[jurgs01]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rand_Pa...6#Endorsements

Other (not listed in link above):

CJ Pearson - Youtube channel young commentator
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgfrRs_CR5U

[eleganz]

There is a list being compiled here.

http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthr...mpaign-up-with

[invisible]

I'm sure there will also be some endorsements from state-level legislators here in OK. I'll add them as I hear about it. I'll be at the capitol tomorrow morning anyways, so can try to ask a few of the more likely ones, depending on how the day goes (end of a committee meeting might run up against the lunch hour and make it impossible to get anyone in their office).

[jurgs01]

There is a list being compiled here.

http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthr...mpaign-up-with

That thread seems more speculative. I want to track concrete endorsements with links in the OP.

[CaptUSA]

JC Watts
Mark Sanford
Tom Davis

[jurgs01]

JC Watts
Mark Sanford
Tom Davis

I know Sanford and Davis are guaranteed to do so, but have either of them made it official?

[TaftFan]

Can you organize it a certain way? For example, list U.S. Senators, U.S. Representatives, former U.S. Senators, former U.S. Representatives, etc. State level office holders as well.

Here is what I have:
U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell: http://www.nationaljournal.com/polit...r-won-20141107
U.S. Representatives Justin Amash, Thomas Massie, Mark Sanford, and Raul Labrador: http://www.nationaljournal.com/2016-...akers-20150405
U.S. Representatives Andy Barr and Brett Guthrie: http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/...up-behind-paul
Former U.S. Rep J.C. Watts:http://www.realclearpolitics.com/vid...he_island.html

[KEEF]

I endorse him. ;0)

[jurgs01]

Can you organize it a certain way? For example, list U.S. Senators, U.S. Representatives, former U.S. Senators, former U.S. Representatives, etc. State level office holders as well.

Here is what I have:
U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell: http://www.nationaljournal.com/polit...r-won-20141107
U.S. Representatives Justin Amash, Thomas Massie, Mark Sanford, and Raul Labrador: http://www.nationaljournal.com/2016-...akers-20150405
U.S. Representatives Andy Barr and Brett Guthrie: http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/...up-behind-paul
Former U.S. Rep J.C. Watts:http://www.realclearpolitics.com/vid...he_island.html

Sure I'll organize it that way. I'm going to wait until I get first party endorsements from a lot of those members. I've seen the third-party links, but I want all of the OP to link to actual concrete endorsements.

[invisible]

Well, the committee meeting got moved to tomorrow, but I didn't find that out until I had already arrived at the capitol. I didn't stick around, as I wanted to get home for lunch before other places I have to be this afternoon. Tomorrow's schedule is less crowded, so I should be able to track down a few state legislators. However, this morning I did happen to bump into one of the more decent State Reps in passing, and asked if he would be endorsing Rand. His answer was "It's a bit early, and I'm not going to make any official endorsement yet. But I really like the combination of Rand Paul and scott walker in either order, that's the ticket that can win". I'll have to get his secretary and a few others that I know have his ear to work on him a little more, but an eventual endorsement should be forthcoming.

[TaftFan]

[jurgs01]

Updated Avard. Still waiting for a positive endorsement from Sanborn.

[jurgs01]

Saw the Sanborn endorsement. Good one. Mark Sanford and Mulvaney didn't actually endorse that I saw, but may as well have.

[GunnyFreedom]

Congressman Walter Jones (R- NC 3)

http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthr...-Paul-for-2016

http://www.newsmax.com/Newsmax-Tv/wa.../10/id/637749/

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1082294961784340

[William Tell]

I think this might qualify. Mulvaney asking people to get involved with the campaign sounds kinda like an endorsement. Maybe not technically...

[William Tell]

Regarding Sanford.

"I've long endorsed the ideas he believes in and we've long shared a belief in the ideas of limited government," said Sanford, as the senator signed autographs and posed for selfies nearby. "It was not a formal endorsement, but stay tuned. I don't think I will stay neutral over the long run."


The coyness had a purpose. The Paul campaign sees its launch week events as sui generis, front-page happenings. The endorsements can come later, when Paul's back in the primary states and in need of boosts over later-announcing candidates. Still, with South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham running his own surprise presidential bid, and Representative Trey Gowdy insisting on remaining neutral, it's possible that the defiantly anti-establishment, anti-Washington Paul would enter the South Carolina primary backed by most of the state's delegation. Mulvaney and Sanford are all but signed up; Representative Jeff Duncan is said to be leaning toward Paul.

http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/ar...rses-rand-paul

[TaftFan]

Clawson is helping out Rand.

http://www.floridatoday.com/story/ne...ubio/25641461/

[jurgs01]

Clawson is helping out Rand.

http://www.floridatoday.com/story/ne...ubio/25641461/

I'm waiting for a full endorsement to list on the OP, but I'm guessing he's in camp Rand if it comes down to it.

http://www.naplesnews.com/news/polit...ident_30101802

[LatinsforPaul]

Mr. Libertarian Walter Block Endorses Rand Paul for President
Other Candidates "Not Even Close" Says Anarcho-Capitalist Stalwart

“I stand with Rand,” he wrote, “and I urge my fellow libertarians, particularly those who have been most dismissive of him, to reconsider their position on this man.”

“He is by far the best we have [and] It cannot be denied that Rand is pretty darned good from a libertarian point of view – compared with the realistic alternatives.”

Read more: http://blog.panampost.com/fergus-hod...for-president/

[jurgs01]

Mr. Libertarian Walter Block Endorses Rand Paul for President
Other Candidates "Not Even Close" Says Anarcho-Capitalist Stalwart



Read more: http://blog.panampost.com/fergus-hod...for-president/

That's great. I like Walter. Very good thinker.

[jurgs01]

Added Stossel.

[PaleoPaul]

For those who want to update the list, here's a site:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rand_Pa...6#Endorsements

[eleganz]

Oh I should've posted it here but California state senator Ted Gaines has endorsed Rand Paul, he told me himself.

Also should put in the list, Pastor Jerry Stephenson

Celebrities and Religious figures should have their own categories.

[presence]

[jurgs01]

For those who want to update the list, here's a site:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rand_Pa...6#Endorsements

That one is pretty good. I'll just make that the original post.

[milgram]

Comedian Dave Smith is probably the biggest Ron / Rand fan in the New York comedy scene. His podcasts are Part of the Problem and Legion of Skanks.
The reference was yanked off Wikipedia by some Australian. I guess he's not famous enough (at least in Australia). But maybe a few people here would still be interested to know about him.

https://soundcloud.com/potp-dave-smith/stand-with-rand

[Virgil]

CJ Pearson just endorsed Rand for 2016.

-Virgil

[CaptUSA]

CJ Pearson just endorsed Rand for 2016.

-Virgil

[PaleoPaul]

Rand Paul's campaign manager, Chip Englander, was Bruce Rauner's campaign manager last year. It would be SO great if we could get Governor Rauner's endorsement, especially considering it's a big state like Illinois. Englander should call up Rauner and say "Hey, I helped you win last year, so you owe me one. Endorse the guy I'm working for."

[William Tell]

20 NH State Reps just endorsed him.

Reps. Laura Jones of Rochester, Dan McGuire of Epsom, Keith Ammon of New Boston, Keith Murphy and Bart Fromuth of Bedford, Christopher Adams of Brookline, Glen Aldrich of Gilford, Ralph Boehm of Litchfield, Eric Eastman and David Murotake of Nashua, Larry Gagne, Victoria Sullivan and Joe LaChance of Manchester, Joseph Hannon of Lee, Shem Kellogg of Plaistow, James McConnell of Keene, Jim Parison of New Ipswich, Eric Schleien of Hudson, Brian Seaworth of Pembroke and Nick Zaricki of Goffstown.

http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthr...-NH-state-reps