I am asking each of you - please run for office. (Local, State, Federal)

[giovannile07]

I would love to, but I'm only eighteen, so I don't think there's any positions for an 18 year old and I'm afraid that I won't understand everything that would come to me if I ran...

 

[1836]

If you want to earn money, stick around with the Revolution.. I myself always contribuite to candidates standing up for liberty, and I know others always dump in a little bit aswell.

But raising money is the toughest part, studies have shown it could take up to a million dollars to get a House seat in large states.

Here in Texas, it's more than that. But a strong liberty candidate with $500,000 could do pretty well if they campaigned hard. It's about meeting people.

Texas has a long, long list of congressmen who simply are not real conservatives, much less constitutionalists. There are few "good" congressmen here.

You've got Ron, you've got Randy Neugebauer who is pretty solid, and Louie Gohmert, Ted Poe isn't bad, the list is fairly short though.

 

[jcannon98188]

I plan on it! I am 19 now, but as soon as I hit 25 I plan to make my first House of Representatives run. Its funny. Part of me hopes that Ron Paul gets elected, but if he does than my message of freedom and liberty won't be anything new in 6 years

 

[bluesc]

I would love to, but I'm only eighteen, so I don't think there's any positions for an 18 year old and I'm afraid that I won't understand everything that would come to me if I ran...

Join the local GOP, attend meetings, get to know people in the party and local media, study the issues, and position yourself well. You have a huge head start and if you're politically smart, you will be asked by the GOP to run for a seat.

Learn from Ron's mistakes, learn from Rand's successes.

 

[Spanky]

2032 or 2036 I'm running for President under Paul's campaign (a little stronger), Congress before then. Right now going for my undergrad in Finance/Accounting, then hopefully my MBA and a Masters in Finance

 

[mmadness]

Can't believe we got to Page 5 off this thread without mentioning DELEGATES!

If you want to be involved with politics, then what better way than to get involved as a delegate for Ron Paul? That way, you can make a difference IN THIS ELECTION, meet the people involved with the party, as well as learn how to lead, organize and how the party processes work.

Many people who are now in office started out as delegates. You don't need any special degrees, you just need to take the time and get involved.

So for those of you who don't know about the delegate process, it is something we MUST do to ensure that Ron has a fighting chance at the nomination. Please see the stickied Delegates thread in Grassroots Central, or the first link in my signature.

 

[realtonygoodwin]

Once my enlistment is over, I plan to get very involved in local politics wherever I end up living (probably /hopefully. Colorado Springs) If I can't find an outstanding candidate to help get elected, I suppose I will have to do it myself.

 

[jcannon98188]

2032 or 2036 I'm running for President under Paul's campaign (a little stronger), Congress before then. Right now going for my undergrad in Finance/Accounting, then hopefully my MBA and a Masters in Finance

Sorry Spanky, I am going to be running in 2032 AND 2036 and fully plan to win BOTH times. Perhaps you can run in 2040?

 

[priest_of_syrinx]

I'm a music performance major, and I plan on attending graduate school to get a doctorate and become a professor. This doesn't leave much room for public office.

[waits for another forum member to push me toward public office/away from music]

 

[DealzOnWheelz]

I'm a music performance major, and I plan on attending graduate school to get a doctorate and become a professor. This doesn't leave much room for public office.

[waits for another forum member to push me toward public office/away from music]

Ron Paul was a Doctor and had time to be a congressman. The only thing fair in this world is we each have the same 24 hours a day, SLEEP LESS & DO NOT STOP MOVING!!!

 

[ZanZibar]

Only run if you can either cause signifigant pain to the establishment, or if you see a path to victory.

 

[GeorgiaAvenger]

Check out the 2012 Candidates section

 

[Keith and stuff]

This thread is great. If you want to be a State Rep, here you go
http://www.ronpaulforums.com/entry.php?471-How-to-Become-a-Pro-liberty-State-Representative

 

[Okie RP fan]

Revive this thread in about five years. Then ten...

 

[virginiakid]

I think everyone should run for office if they can. Yea, it is hard to take out the establishment, but if done right, it can be done. Running as an independent is extremely tough because of you not having a good base of supporters. You almost need a hot topic issue that you can use against them. If the liberty movement wins the state houses, they will win the country. Winning state offices is where it's at. Yes, run for federal office to, but if you win your own back yard, you will have a lot of support for the constitution.

 

[Jingles]

In future (years from now) I plan on trying to do such a thing. I am rather to young to do so at the moment (21) and I want a good amount of job experience/college degree experience under my belt to help give credibility. As much as I love the ideas of liberty and feel that is enough to elect someone the average person in the public doesn't...

 

[SaulPaulinsky]

Jingles, living in Blacksburg, depending on how your wards/districts/etc. are drawn, your age may not be the detractor you think.

I live in a college town and we have two city council people that are fresh out of college, and a state senator that is barely out of it as well.

If VTech is anything like most colleges in the country, there's a significant amount of support for libertarians and libertarian Republicans like Ron Paul. Not pushing you to do something you don't want to do, but if you do want to do it, don't let your age detract!

And I wouldn't hesitate to get involved in the Republican party rather than trying to go it alone as an independent. There's a reason Ron Paul's doing it! We have a very libertarian council member -- not one of the college-aged people -- that is a tea party republican but yet holds libertarian ideals. Takes all kinds!

Good luck to you!

 

[Jingles]

Jingles, living in Blacksburg, depending on how your wards/districts/etc. are drawn, your age may not be the detractor you think.

I live in a college town and we have two city council people that are fresh out of college, and a state senator that is barely out of it as well.

If VTech is anything like most colleges in the country, there's a significant amount of support for libertarians and libertarian Republicans like Ron Paul. Not pushing you to do something you don't want to do, but if you do want to do it, don't let your age detract!

And I wouldn't hesitate to get involved in the Republican party rather than trying to go it alone as an independent. There's a reason Ron Paul's doing it! We have a very libertarian council member -- not one of the college-aged people -- that is a tea party republican but yet holds libertarian ideals. Takes all kinds!

Good luck to you!

After college I intend to move directly back to Northeast PA (Family/property reasons) or to NH for the FreeStateProject. I understand what you are saying, but that isn't the way I'm heading/planning my life.

 

[Keith and stuff]

Revive this thread in about five years. Then ten...

That is smart but why wait? People that are generally libertarian are already 1/3 of the Republican State Reps in NH and about 1/4 of the total State Reps in NH. Pro-liberty people are not only accepted but welcomed into the Republican Party in NH. They love libertarians here. The time is now, at least in NH.

 

[justinjj]

I started at the bottom, I became a GOP precinct chairman in Texas and would have became a county delegate to the state convention in 2010. I quickly realized that I fucking that the GOP and almost everybody in it, at a local and national level. But hey, more power to you if you can stomach it.