2016 Liberty Candidates

[jurgs01]

Federal Liberty Candidates

State Liberty Candidates

Federal Fellow Travelers

State Fellow Travelers

Alabama
Alaska
American Samoa
Arizona
Arkansas
California(PLACEHOLDER)
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Massachusetts(PLACEHOLDER)
Michigan(PLACEHOLDER)
Mississippi(PLACEHOLDER)
Missouri(PLACEHOLDER)
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Nebraska(PLACEHOLDER)
Nevada(PLACEHOLDER)
New Hampshire(PLACEHOLDER)
New Jersey(PLACEHOLDER)
New Mexico(PLACEHOLDER)
New York(PLACEHOLDER)
North Carolina(PLACEHOLDER)
North Dakota(PLACEHOLDER)
North Mariana Islands (PLACEHOLDER)
Ohio(PLACEHOLDER)
Oklahoma(PLACEHOLDER)
Oregon(PLACEHOLDER)
Pennsylvania(PLACEHOLDER)
Puerto Rico (PLACEHOLDER)
Rhode Island(PLACEHOLDER)
South Carolina(PLACEHOLDER)
South Dakota(PLACEHOLDER)
Tennessee(PLACEHOLDER)
Texas(PLACEHOLDER)
U.S. Virgin Islands (PLACEHOLDER)
Utah(PLACEHOLDER)
Vermont(PLACEHOLDER)
Virginia(PLACEHOLDER)
Washington(PLACEHOLDER)
West Virginia(PLACEHOLDER)
Wisconsin(PLACEHOLDER)
Wyoming(PLACEHOLDER)

Feel free to post your suggestions anytime. It's going to take me about a month to get the list and organization ready, but this will be constantly kept up to date through the whole cycle.

 

[jeffro97]

IT BEGINS.

On a more serious note, I will recommend at least one person I know. Stuart Mears ran for State House in Florida District 86 this year, but lost to the Incumbent. The Incumbent, is the most liberal member of the State House Mark Pafford. I met him several times, we've talked issues, and we campaigned together at our precinct. Overall a very good guy, and he has already filed to run in 2 years

 

[gnuschler]

Feel free to post your suggestions anytime. It's going to take me about a month to get the list and organization ready, but this will be constantly kept up to date through the whole cycle.

Going forward, I think we would be wise to focus substantially more time and resources on state-level races rather than federal races. Washington will never reform itself ... we need to be identifying and supporting candidates for the state legislatures who are ready to resist federal power, rather than folks who are simply looking for a stepping stone to get to Washington.

Texas HD-10: TJ Fabby: http://tjfabby.com/

I intend to do all that I can to help him raise the funds needed to compete effectively!

 

[invisible]

Going forward, I think we would be wise to focus substantially more time and resources on state-level races rather than federal races. Washington will never reform itself ... we need to be identifying and supporting candidates for the state legislatures who are ready to resist federal power, rather than folks who are simply looking for a stepping stone to get to Washington.

Texas HD-10: TJ Fabby: http://tjfabby.com/

I intend to do all that I can to help him raise the funds needed to compete effectively!

This! We need a forum section for state-level candidates, or some other way to make state-level races more prominent here. The State Legislatures are the fastest way to take our freedom back, and are cheaper and easier to win, giving us far more bang for the buck. Plus, this is where our Amashes and Massies come from.

Here in OK, we are already thinking about 2016. We have term limits here, and there will be quite a few people terming out in 2016, including some of the worst people who have been killing good legislation in committee. All of the info from the last State Convention has been retained, so we know who and where Ron Paul supporters are. We will be identifying Ron Paul supporters in all of the districts becoming open in 2016, recruiting them to run, and polishing them as candidates. It will be much more difficult for the chamber of commerce to buy off 30+ different races, than 3. Our problem this election was only running 3 candidates for open seats in the State Legislature, instead of aggressively recruiting candidates to run for every open seat - it was too easy for the chamber of commerce to pick them off. And yes, those three candidates will also run again. None of us are going away any time soon.

This effort needs to be duplicated across all 50 states: Identify seats becoming open as early on as possible. Identify Ron Paul supporters in those districts, and recruit them to run. Then teach those candidates how to run, and polish them while there is plenty of time to do so.

 

[Vanguard101]

We need senate candidates...

 

[jeffro97]

We need senate candidates...

I think I agree more with gnuschler. The State Legislatures should take more priority upon restoring liberty. The 50 laboratories have the power to nullify Federal Mandates as they come out, and even halt the practices of Federal Agencies if they wish. That's where a lot of power lays, and if we can get enough liberty people in a State Legislature, then the things they could do would be very helpful to that state.

Sure, we need Senate candidates, but state races should be a big focus in 2016.

 

[TaftFan]

Throwing Greg Brannon, Milton Wolf, Matt Bevin, and Chris McDaniel out there.

 

[jurgs01]

Going forward, I think we would be wise to focus substantially more time and resources on state-level races rather than federal races. Washington will never reform itself ... we need to be identifying and supporting candidates for the state legislatures who are ready to resist federal power, rather than folks who are simply looking for a stepping stone to get to Washington.

Texas HD-10: TJ Fabby: http://tjfabby.com/

I intend to do all that I can to help him raise the funds needed to compete effectively!

I completely agree. Once I get this running, I encourage someone else to narrow my list down to smaller groups for certain political action or donations. Give me about a month and I will have the links set up by state.

Also, I am not going to list speculative candidates. Only people who have declared they are running and incumbents. I didn't like the confusion that created with the last thread. Someone feel free to do that on a separate thread if they want.

 

[jurgs01]

This! We need a forum section for state-level candidates, or some other way to make state-level races more prominent here. The State Legislatures are the fastest way to take our freedom back, and are cheaper and easier to win, giving us far more bang for the buck. Plus, this is where our Amashes and Massies come from.

Here in OK, we are already thinking about 2016. We have term limits here, and there will be quite a few people terming out in 2016, including some of the worst people who have been killing good legislation in committee. All of the info from the last State Convention has been retained, so we know who and where Ron Paul supporters are. We will be identifying Ron Paul supporters in all of the districts becoming open in 2016, recruiting them to run, and polishing them as candidates. It will be much more difficult for the chamber of commerce to buy off 30+ different races, than 3. Our problem this election was only running 3 candidates for open seats in the State Legislature, instead of aggressively recruiting candidates to run for every open seat - it was too easy for the chamber of commerce to pick them off. And yes, those three candidates will also run again. None of us are going away any time soon.

This effort needs to be duplicated across all 50 states: Identify seats becoming open as early on as possible. Identify Ron Paul supporters in those districts, and recruit them to run. Then teach those candidates how to run, and polish them while there is plenty of time to do so.

You should work with the guys who run liberty ballot in New Hampshire and see if maybe you can work with them to do the same thing. It is really a great resource.

 

[Vanguard101]

I think I agree more with gnuschler. The State Legislatures should take more priority upon restoring liberty. The 50 laboratories have the power to nullify Federal Mandates as they come out, and even halt the practices of Federal Agencies if they wish. That's where a lot of power lays, and if we can get enough liberty people in a State Legislature, then the things they could do would be very helpful to that state.

Sure, we need Senate candidates, but state races should be a big focus in 2016.

I'm more interested in fixing the financial sector and the economy. Also, the foreign policy. That can only be done on a federal level. Everything else, I'm apathetic towards atm.

 

[invisible]

I completely agree. Once I get this running, I encourage someone else to narrow my list down to smaller groups for certain political action or donations. Give me about a month and I will have the links set up by state.

Also, I am not going to list speculative candidates. Only people who have declared they are running and incumbents. I didn't like the confusion that created with the last thread. Someone feel free to do that on a separate thread if they want.

In regards to this, it will be helpful to make sure everyone is well aware of filing deadlines in each state. Many or most candidates will not openly declare until the filing deadline, making almost everything speculative until that point. In many states, there isn't a whole lot of time between the filing deadline and the primary. If that window is relatively narrow, it will become more difficult to get people in other locations quickly onboard with support and donations.

 

[Bastiat's The Law]

If we learned one thing, it's that we need to raise 5 million+ to run a competitive Senate primary challenger.

 

[jurgs01]

If we learned one thing, it's that we need to raise 5 million+ to run a competitive Senate primary challenger.

Depends on the state.

 

[William Tell]

How about listing everyone who won their races this year for starters? I know they have not announced for reelection, but it will keep their names in everyone's minds. We can update with whoever seeks higher office or retires. I have yet to see a full list of our people who won this year in local races. I know the candidates in my state, Shem, Nisley, and that's about it.

This could at least be a Liberty Incumbent thread for starters. We can call out 'our guys' if they vote contrary to their promises.

 

[GunnyFreedom]

Going forward, I think we would be wise to focus substantially more time and resources on state-level races rather than federal races. Washington will never reform itself ... we need to be identifying and supporting candidates for the state legislatures who are ready to resist federal power, rather than folks who are simply looking for a stepping stone to get to Washington.

Texas HD-10: TJ Fabby: http://tjfabby.com/

I intend to do all that I can to help him raise the funds needed to compete effectively!

Been saying this since 2007.

 

[GunnyFreedom]

How about listing everyone who won their races this year for starters? I know they have not announced for reelection, but it will keep their names in everyone's minds. We can update with whoever seeks higher office or retires. I have yet to see a full list of our people who won this year in local races. I know the candidates in my state, Shem, Nisley, and that's about it.

This could at least be a Liberty Incumbent thread for starters. We can call out 'our guys' if they vote contrary to their promises.

Great idea!

 

[jurgs01]

How about listing everyone who won their races this year for starters? I know they have not announced for reelection, but it will keep their names in everyone's minds. We can update with whoever seeks higher office or retires. I have yet to see a full list of our people who won this year in local races. I know the candidates in my state, Shem, Nisley, and that's about it.

This could at least be a Liberty Incumbent thread for starters. We can call out 'our guys' if they vote contrary to their promises.

When the first list comes out in a month, that will be all it initially has (we won't have candidates yet). I want to do it by state, so it will take a bit of time. We are also refining my formula for ranking incumbent liberty candidates and fellow travelers. I will post how it is done when the first list is released.

 

[Bastiat's The Law]

Depends on the state.

Not really.

 

[Bastiat's The Law]

Going forward, I think we would be wise to focus substantially more time and resources on state-level races rather than federal races. Washington will never reform itself ... we need to be identifying and supporting candidates for the state legislatures who are ready to resist federal power, rather than folks who are simply looking for a stepping stone to get to Washington.

Texas HD-10: TJ Fabby: http://tjfabby.com/

I intend to do all that I can to help him raise the funds needed to compete effectively!

It hard to even raise 10k for state level races and even harder to raise awareness. We need to come up with a way to go about it differently. Maybe pick a state that we all agree on, run liberty candidates up and down the ticket at every level and push HARD on those races. Get liberty into every state one at a time.

 

[jurgs01]

It hard to even raise 10k for state level races and even harder to raise awareness. We need to come up with a way to go about it differently. Maybe pick a state that we all agree on, run liberty candidates up and down the ticket at every level and push HARD on those races. Get liberty into every state one at a time.

The first thing we have to realize is that we are moving the goal post every year. Literally, we are getting more people who agree with us into elected office EVERY YEAR since 2008, and we are getting more ballot initiatives and policies that lean towards our way approved or in the pipeline. That is GREAT!

Second, there is ways we can become more organized and focus. I will write a blog post about this in the next couple of months and post it. We need leaders who are willing to harness talent and keep making the effort even though it feels like you are all along (like Ron Paul did for years).

Third, we need not criticize each other's ideas for liberty action. You are not going to recruit people to your way of action by telling them their way is stupid, and these people are bound to piss people off enough to go into their corner. There is utility to most of the actions people are taking to fight for liberty. People who don't see this utility seem to be tunnel vision folks. They have never had large groups of people working for them and had to collaborate. If you strongly feel that your way is the best way, don't spend all of your time attacking other people's methods. Take action and prove your method is the best.

My favorite people on here are those like William Tell and invincible who are devoted to working on liberty in their state. There are many others too. They tend not to criticize, but they help and make a daily effort to do what they think is best to advance liberty. They will make mistakes and fail, but along the way they will get better from their experiences and make contacts and friends because they are IN THE FIGHT every day. Be in the fight or support those in the fight. If you don't have the time or money to be in the fight, then support those who are. If you have good ideas, present them constructively.

Your post brought out a lot, but I urge you to be the driver on your idea if you can. I am probably on the top 10% of busiest people on here, but make sure to take a little time each day to move forward with my projects. Aristotle discusses habits (or habituation) in Nicomachean Ethics, which although it is not focused on political action has great insights on ways to make something in your life a habitual process http://classics.mit.edu/Aristotle/nicomachaen.2.ii.html. Make liberty part of your habit!