Latest update: List of Liberty-minded Candidates for US Congress

[Brian4Liberty]

http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?365683-List-of-Liberty-minded-Candidates-for-US-Congress

California results added.

List updated on June 8, 2012.

US House
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California
Primary: Jun 05, 2012

Gary Clift (R) CA-3
Tom McClintock (R-incumbent) CA-4 - (purity: ★★★★☆)
John Dennis (R) CA-12 - (purity: ★★★★★)
Jenny Worman (R) CA-28 - (purity: ★★★★☆)

Colorado
Primary: Jun 26, 2012

Tisha Casida (I) CO-3 - (purity: ★★★★★)

Florida
Primary: Aug 14, 2012

Calen Fretts (L) FL-1
Marcus Rivchin (R) FL-18

Georgia
Primary: July 31, 2012

Paul Broun (R-incumbent) GA-10 - (purity: ★★★☆☆)
Tom Graves (R-incumbent) GA-14 - (purity: ★★☆☆☆)

Idaho
Primary: May 15, 2012

Rob Oates (L) ID-1 - (purity: ★★★★★)

Indiana
Primary: May 08, 2012

Kristi Risk (R) IN-8 - (purity: ★★★★☆)

Kentucky
Primary: May 22, 2012

Thomas Massie (R) KY-4 - (purity: ★★★★★)
Patrick Kelly (R) KY-6 - (purity: ★★★★★)

Maryland
Primary: April 3, 2012

Eric Knowles (R) MD-3
Peter James (R) MD-6
Gus Alzona (R) MD-8

Michigan
Primary: Aug 07, 2012

Justin Amash (R-incumbent) MI-3 - (purity: ★★★★★)
Kerry Bentivolio (R) MI-11 - (purity: ★★★★★)

Missouri
Primary: Aug 07, 2012

Jason Greene (R) MO-5
Mike Moon (R) MO-7
Bob Parker (R) MO-8

New York
Primary: June 26, 2012

Dan O'Connor (D) NY-7 - (purity: ★★★★★)
Robert Spencer (R) NY-25

North Carolina
Primary: May 8, 2012

Walter Jones (R-incumbent) NC-3 - (purity: ★★★★☆)

North Dakota
Primary: June 12, 2012

Eric Olson (L)

Ohio
Primary: March 6, 2012

Richard Ehrbar (L) OH-3
Bill Yarbrough (R) OH-12

Oregon
Primary: May 15, 2012

Art Robinson (R) OR-4 - (purity: ★★★★★)
Matthew Robinson (D) OR-4

Pennsylvania
Primary: Apr 24, 2012

Mike Koffenberger (L) PA-4
Evan Feinberg (R) PA-18

Texas
Primary Runoff: July 31, 2012

Patrick Hisel (L) TX-12 - (purity: ★★★★★)
George Harper (R) TX-14 - (purity: ★★★★★)
Sheriff Richard Mack (R) TX-21 - (purity: ★★★★★)
Steve Susman (L) TX-22
Wes Riddle (R) TX-25
Bill Tofte (R) TX-34
Michael Cole (L) TX-36
Steve Stockman (R) TX-36

Utah
Convention (No Primary in these races): April 21, 2012

Jacqueline Smith (R) UT-1 - (purity: ★★★★☆)
Jason Chaffetz (R-incumbent) UT-3 - (purity: ★★★☆☆)
Carl Wimmer (R) UT-4 - (purity: ★★★★★)

Virginia
Primary: June 12, 2012

Karen Kwiatowski (R) VA-6 - (purity: ★★★★★)
Floyd Bayne (R) VA-7
Ken Vaughn (R) VA-11

Washington




US Senate
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Arizona
Primary: Aug 28, 2012

Jeff Flake (R) - (purity: ★★★☆☆)

California
Primary: Jun 05, 2012

Rick Williams (R) - (purity: ★★★★★)

Florida
Primary: Aug 14, 2012

Dan Stojadinovic (R) - (purity: ★★★★★)
Connie Mack (R) - (purity: ★★★☆☆)

Indiana
Primary: May 08, 2012

Richard Mourdock (R) - (purity: ★★☆☆☆)
Andrew Horning (L)

Maine

Scott D'Amboise (R) - (purity: ★★★★☆)

Maryland
Primary: Apr 03, 2012

Daniel Bongino (R)

Michigan
Primary: Aug 07, 2012

Scotty Boman (L) - (purity: ★★★★★)

Minnesota
Primary: Aug 14, 2012

Kurt Bills (R) - (purity: ★★★★★)

Missouri
Primary: Aug 07, 2012

John Brunner (R) - (purity: ★★★★☆)
Sarah Steelman (R) - (purity: ★★☆☆☆)

Montana

Dan Cox (L) - (purity: ★★★★★)

Nebraska
Primary: May 15, 2012

Don Stenberg (R)

New Mexico

Jon Barrie (I) - (purity: ★★★★★)

New York

Chris Edes (L) - (purity: ★★★★★)

Pennsylvania
Primary: Apr 24, 2012

Marc Scaringi (R) - (purity: ★★★★★)
Sam Rohrer (R) - (purity: ★★★★☆)

Rhode Island
Primary: Sep 11, 2012

Barry Hinckley (R)

Tennessee
Primary: Aug 02, 2012

Zack Poskevich (R) - (purity: ★★★★☆)

Texas
Primary Runoff: July 31, 2012

Ted Cruz (R) - (purity: ★★★★☆) Odds: ?
Lela Pettinger (R) - (purity: ★★★★★) Odds: Longshot.
Glenn Addison (R) - (purity: ★★★★★) Odds: Longshot.

Virginia
Primary: Jun 12, 2012

Bob Marshall (R) - (purity: ★★★★★)

Wisconsin
Primary: Aug 14, 2012

Mark Neumann (R) - (purity: ★★★★☆)

Green Purity indicates endorsement by Ron Paul.
Lined-out candidates have dropped out or been eliminated.

Check out http://libertycandidates.com/ for more Liberty Candidate endorsements!

 

[Spoa]

Thank you Brian4Liberty for keeping Tom Graves, Paul Broun, Richard Mourdock, and Jeff Flake on the list! Also, thanks a lot for considering and adding Tom McClintock to the list. Thanks a lot!

LIBERTY 2012!

 

[trey4sports]

In MO Brunner needs to be bumped up to a 4 or bring steelman to a 2. The liberty crew is getting behind brunner locally and he dropped into a STL ron paul office and talked about how much he liked ron paul. I had steelman as a teacher at MO state and she is a defense hawk. She also mentioned how we needed lower interest rates..... lolz

 

[Brian4Liberty]

In MO Brunner needs to be bumped up to a 4 or bring steelman to a 2. The liberty crew is getting behind brunner locally and he dropped into a STL ron paul office and talked about how much he liked ron paul. I had steelman as a teacher at MO state and she is a defense hawk. She also mentioned how we needed lower interest rates..... lolz

Thanks for the update from the ground. Nothing beats actually meeting the candidates in person. And hanging out at the Ron Paul campaign office says something.

 

[GeorgiaAvenger]

In MO Brunner needs to be bumped up to a 4 or bring steelman to a 2. The liberty crew is getting behind brunner locally and he dropped into a STL ron paul office and talked about how much he liked ron paul. I had steelman as a teacher at MO state and she is a defense hawk. She also mentioned how we needed lower interest rates..... lolz

I'll take your word for it.

I imagine those endorsing from out of state don't know the candidates as well as the locals.

Phyllis Schlafly and Jim Jordan endorsed Akin, and I like both of them, especially Schalfly. He was also endorsed by Bachmann and King, who are pretty conservative but not perfect obviously. The Huckabee endorsement scares me off though.

Coburn, Johnson, and FreedomWorks endorsed Brunner. On the other hand, the liberal Chamber of Commerce endorsed him as well.

Lee, TPE, and Susan B. Anthony List endorsed Steelman.

In short, the endorsements are so muddled it is best to disregard them.

 

[ShaneEnochs]

My state is so screwed.

 

[Spoa]

My state is so screwed.

West Virginia has been known to elect some RINOs and liberals as their leaders. I can't help but say that I've been disappointed with Rep. McKinley. As most people know, I'm pretty lenient and generous to our legislators, allowing them to make mistakes sometimes. But Rep. McKinley claims to support spending cuts, but as far as I see, he hasn't at all. But don't lose hope...keep fighting for liberty...it will soon come to your state!

 

[Spoa]

In MO Brunner needs to be bumped up to a 4 or bring steelman to a 2. The liberty crew is getting behind brunner locally and he dropped into a STL ron paul office and talked about how much he liked ron paul. I had steelman as a teacher at MO state and she is a defense hawk. She also mentioned how we needed lower interest rates..... lolz

Mr. Brunner is great! Also, I'm just wondering, have you heard anything about Bob Parker and how his primary challenge to Rep. Emerson is going? I would really like to see Rep. Emerson sent to retirement.

 

[ONUV]

Poskevich supports 9-9-9

http://www.zach4senate.com/economy

 

[matt0611]

Poskevich supports 9-9-9

http://www.zach4senate.com/economy

IMO its not necessarily anti-liberty. It's stupid but not fundamentally or philosophically any more anti-liberty than our current system.
Even Herman Cain said it was to eventually transition to something like a fair tax.

I actually support a federal retail sales tax (of maybe 5% or so?) if we can get rid of the personal and business income taxes.

 

[GeorgiaAvenger]

Poskevich supports 9-9-9

http://www.zach4senate.com/economy

The FairTax is good. 9-9-9 is terrible.

The whole argument that 9-9-9 must be used as a transition because we must repeal the 16th amendment first makes no sense, because 9-9-9 itself implements a national sales tax which defeats the purpose of the transition.

 

[Spoa]

9-9-9 is a trillion times better than our current tax code. But if Mr. Cain hopes that it will be the permanent tax code of America, then I am seriously opposed to this idea. I support decreasing taxes, eliminating the death tax, lowering or eliminating the income tax (why should hard-working Americans be taxed to give money to people who refuse to work...not that all unemployed are like that, but some are), and replacing the entire tax code with either a fair or flat tax (essentially only taxes purchases and goods)! Supporting 9-9-9 should never be a disqualifying condition of a candidate, since it shows that the candidate agrees that our tax code needs to be overhauled. I would be cautious about giving too much money to this candidate though, and I would instead redirect my contributions to candidates that support the flat or fair tax.

 

[Vanilluxe]

John Dennis was endorsed by RP back in 2010 and should get a green star.

 

[SpicyTurkey]

This should have been promoted to the front page....a week ago.

 

[Brian4Liberty]

John Dennis was endorsed by RP back in 2010 and should get a green star.

Have been using the green star for current endorsements.

 

[Brian4Liberty]

OP updated today with California results.