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This is basically an update from the primaries, hopefuls, incumbents, well-known past candidates, and future candidates

US Senate
Ted Cruz

US House
Jeb Hensarling- District 5
Eddie Zamora-District 15
John Ratcliffe
Brian Babin
Will Hurd
Louie Gohmert
Randy Weber



Governor: N/A
LT. Gov: N/A
AG: Ken Paxton
Comptroller:N/A
Land Commissioner: N/A
COG: N/A
RC: N/A



TX House
Bryan Hughes (District 5)
Matt Schaefer (District 6)
David Simpson (District 7)
Mark Keough (District 15)
James White (District 19)
Scott Turner (District 33)
Elijah Casas (District 41)
Andrew Murr (District 53)
Molly White (District 55)
Phil Stephenson (District 85)
Jodie Laubenberg (District 89)
Jonathan Strickland (District 92)
Matt Krause (District 93)
Albert McDaniel (District 95)
Giovanni Capriglione (District 98)
Rodney Anderson (District 105)
Matt Rinaldi (District 115)
Rick Galindo (District 117)
Dennis Paul (District 129)

TX Senate
Bob Hall (District 2)
Konni Burton (District 10)
Don Huffines (District 16)
John Lawson (District 23)
David Hamilton (District 27)

People that ran but lost
Jerry Patterson-Lt. Gov
Katrina Pierson-US Congress
TJ Fabby- TX House
Phillip Eby- TX House
Steve Stockman-US Senate
Stefani Carter-TX House
Ron Hale-TX Senate


Scored 90 or higher this session for votes:
Bolded will be 100

TX House:
Matt Rinaldi (District 115) New
Matt Schaefer (District 6)
Matt Shaheen (District 66) New
Stuart Spitzer (District 4) New
Johnathan Stickland (District 92)
Tony Tinderholt (District 94) New
Scott Turner (District 33)-Retiring
Molly White (District 55) New
Matt Krause (District 98)
David Simpson (District 7)
Rodney Anderson (District 105)
Scott Sanford (District 70)
William Zedler (District 96)
Pat Fallon (District 106)
Jeff Leach (District 67)
Dustin Burrows (District 83)
Bryan Hughes (District 5)
Stephanie Klick (District 91)


TX Senate:
Konni Burton (District 10)
Bob Hall (District 2)
Van Taylor (District 8)
Don Huffines (District 16)
Brian Birdwell (District 22)
Brandon Creighton (District 4)
 
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William Tell said:
He is not on the ballot this year, though.
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Well I just wanted to list every1 in general. I probably should just note the candidates who are on the ballot this year

FreedomFanatic said:
I quit reading after seeing his name.




I don't really think Mike Lee is either. He's way too hawkish against Iran for me to seriously consider him. But Cruz is even worse. +rep. This was an excellent post.


LOL!
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Ted Cruz is with us on a lot of issues. You don't need to be a complete Ron Pauler to be with us. If you are a Constitutionalist/Conservative/Libertarian, you are with us. If you have an objection, please explain why.
 
Vanguard101 said:
Well I just wanted to list every1 in general. I probably should just note the candidates who are on the ballot this year



Ted Cruz is with us on a lot of issues. You don't need to be a complete Ron Pauler to be with us. If you are a Constitutionalist/Conservative/Libertarian, you are with us. If you have an objection, please explain why.
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Ted certainly isn't a constitutionalist or a libertarian. He isn't even a real conservative, but frankly I think conservative is a term that has lost all real meaning. I usually say that neocons aren't real conservatives and limit my "conservative" term to refer to paleocons, libertarian-leaning people that aren't quite libertarian, and the like. People like Pat Buchanan, Rand Paul, and Chuck Baldwin. But, we could just as easily say that neocons are the real conservatives and that conservatism is crap. Either way, Ted Cruz is a warmonger and thus not a fiscal conservative. He's also pro-federal involvement in the drug war, which makes him not constitutional. He's also voted to give the Feds medical info. and he wanted to go to war in Syria.

If Ted Cruz is the standard for constitutionalist, libertarian, or conservative, than I want nothing to do with any of those things. I don't stand behind him at all.
 
Vanguard101 said:
Ted Cruz is with us on a lot of issues. You don't need to be a complete Ron Pauler to be with us. If you are a Constitutionalist/Conservative/Libertarian, you are with us. If you have an objection, please explain why.
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Ted Cruz is with us only on issues where the rest of the conservatives also agree with the libertarians (fiscal issues, Obamacare etc.). Cruz is strongly _against_ us on foreign policy. Not only is he not with us, he strongly campaigns against us and keeps rubbing it in our face. He is trying to position himself as in between McCain and Rand Paul on FP, but for that, he needs to paint Rand as an "isolationist" and McCain as an uber-hawk, while in reality he is really with McCain on FP. Just look at the crowd he mingles with - Israel-first, Zionist organizations (CUFI, AIPAC, John Hagee, Emergency Committee for Israel types). Each powwow he gets into with these people, he over-hawks his previous stances. Next he is going to Israel to fellate Netanyahu's dong. How the fuck is he TeamLiberty?! Unless you think foreign policy doesn't matter?
 
I find Hagee's influence somewhat odd considering even most dispensationalists believe that every saved man believes in Jesus Christ, yet Hagee believes that the Jews can save themselves through following OT law. And then of course there's his neocon foreign policy. Why do people keep falling for their schemes? I don't know.

Just out of curiosity, what are your thoughts on Lee? Do you actually trust him? I know he's more quiet than either Rand or Cruz. I'm not as afraid of him and doubt he's going to try to beat Rand for the Presidency. But policywise, he seems more like Cruz.
 
FreedomFanatic said:
Ted certainly isn't a constitutionalist or a libertarian. He isn't even a real conservative, but frankly I think conservative is a term that has lost all real meaning. I usually say that neocons aren't real conservatives and limit my "conservative" term to refer to paleocons, libertarian-leaning people that aren't quite libertarian, and the like. People like Pat Buchanan, Rand Paul, and Chuck Baldwin. But, we could just as easily say that neocons are the real conservatives and that conservatism is crap. Either way, Ted Cruz is a warmonger and thus not a fiscal conservative. He's also pro-federal involvement in the drug war, which makes him not constitutional. He's also voted to give the Feds medical info. and he wanted to go to war in Syria.

If Ted Cruz is the standard for constitutionalist, libertarian, or conservative, than I want nothing to do with any of those things. I don't stand behind him at all.
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You distinguish between libertarians and conservatives so where is your warrant for Cruz not being a conservative? Fiscal conservatism and positions on war are two entirely different things. Yes, I admit he's bad on some social issues and the federal drug war is only unconstitutional because it wasn't declared. I admit he's a hawk. Goldwater was a hawk too. In all honesty, I never asked you to stand with him. Oh and on Syria, you are wrong. He said he would vote no and gave legitimate reasons. That's when I began reconsidering him.

lib3rtarian said:
Ted Cruz is with us only on issues where the rest of the conservatives also agree with the libertarians (fiscal issues, Obamacare etc.). Cruz is strongly _against_ us on foreign policy. Not only is he not with us, he strongly campaigns against us and keeps rubbing it in our face. He is trying to position himself as in between McCain and Rand Paul on FP, but for that, he needs to paint Rand as an "isolationist" and McCain as an uber-hawk, while in reality he is really with McCain on FP. Just look at the crowd he mingles with - Israel-first, Zionist organizations (CUFI, AIPAC, John Hagee, Emergency Committee for Israel types). Each powwow he gets into with these people, he over-hawks his previous stances. Next he is going to Israel to fellate Netanyahu's dong. How the fuck is he TeamLiberty?! Unless you think foreign policy doesn't matter?
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He was with us on Syria, TSA, NDAA, and a lot of other issues. Yes he's a hawk but he's still better than every other senator except for 2. I'm pretty sure every president libertarians like one way or another was hawkish as well in some form. He's less interventionist than neocons and that's a good sign.
 
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Vanguard101 said:
He was with us on Syria, TSA, NDAA, and a lot of other issues. Yes he's a hawk but he's still better than every other senator except for 2. I'm pretty sure every president libertarians like one way or another was hawkish as well in some form. He's less interventionist than neocons and that's a good sign.
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Ted Cruz started off his Syria position by claiming that we should go into Syria and secure their chemical weapons stockpile. Then when he saw that the country wanted nothing to do with Syria, and was strongly aligned with Rand's position, Cruz changed his tune. Even then he was not forceful about it. You could see that he avoided the topic and was pissed that Rand stole the limelight on Syria.
 
If you're going to include Hensarling and Cruz, then you might as well add Brian Babin, Will Hurd, John Ratcliffe, Randy Weber and Louie Gohmert too.
 
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compromise said:
If you're going to include Hensarling and Cruz, then you might as well add Brian Babin, Will Hurd, John Ratcliffe, Randy Weber and Louie Gohmert too.
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Randy Weber is not better than Roger Williams and the other average TX GOP congressmen. Hard to compare Cruz, since the Senate is a bit different. I certainly would not include him though.
 
Vanguard101 said:
Oh and on Syria, you are wrong. He said he would vote no and gave legitimate reasons. That's when I began reconsidering him.


He was with us on Syria, TSA, NDAA, and a lot of other issues. Yes he's a hawk but he's still better than every other senator except for 2. I'm pretty sure every president libertarians like one way or another was hawkish as well in some form. He's less interventionist than neocons and that's a good sign.
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He is not with us on Syria as of now:

May 28, 2014
The Senate Armed Services Committee passed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which included a provision that would authorize the Department of Defense to train and equip Syrian forces.
The NDAA was reported out of committee on a 25-1 vote. Lee was the only senator on the committee to oppose the legislation.
Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) said Wednesday that if President Obama increases military aid to Syrian rebels, it could be like “pouring gas on a fire.” http://www.dailypaul.com/320003/ted...ices-committee-passed-the-ndaa-which-included
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Political maneuvering.

Submitted by ProudAmericanFirst on Tue, 06/03/2014 - 07:25. Permalink
Cruz voted no on the NDAA, knowing full well that it would pass. He then comes in from the rear and votes YES on the provision that would authorize the Department of Defense to train and equip Syrian forces.
It is all planned before hand.
http://www.dailypaul.com/320003/ted...assed-the-ndaa-which-included#comment-3420243
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compromise said:
If you're going to include Hensarling and Cruz, then you might as well add Brian Babin, Will Hurd, John Ratcliffe, Randy Weber and Louie Gohmert too.
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Well Weber voted to raise the debt ceiling. I didn't really want to include average people. If you guys want me to, that's fine too
 
I went through the C4L and looked at people that answered yes for all of the questions or no for just one question. These are people that aren't on the list already.

State House:
Rick Miller District 26-100% (lol he's a fraud)
Mark Keough District 15-100%
Elijah Casas District 41 (No for texting while driving)
Andrew Murr District 53 100%
Phil Stephenson District 85 100%
Albert McDaniel District 95 100%
Rodney Anderson District 105 100%
Rick Galindo District 117 100%
Dennis Paul District 129 100%

That's potentially 20 people in the House. if the challengers stay principled or didn't lie on the C4L survey. If this pans out, we could have a little over 10% of the House apart of Team Liberty and about 20% of the GOP in the House apart of Team Liberty

TX Senate:
Bob Hall District 2 100%
Ron Hale District 15 100%
John Lawson District 23 100%

Any significant info on these candidates?
 
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