List of Liberty-minded Candidates for US Congress

[Spoa]

Just further proof anti-choice people are ridiculously biased. I have no problem voting for someone who is anti-choice, and don't hold that against them. In the same way, I don't care about their views on capital punishment, euthanasia or marriage equality.

My stars are entirely based on the candidates' positions on key issues.

Excuse me, but I DID NOT say that I don't support Mr. Hinckley. If I was in Rhode Island today as a voter, I would proudly go door-to-door campaigning for him, donating to him, and voting for him. All I said was that I don't believe he is 5-star quality.

I praise him for opposing the NDAA, the Patriot Act, opposing the TSA, supporting school choice, etc. He would be a remarkable improvement over his liberal opponent. So saying that I am "ridiculously biased" just because I only give him 4-stars instead of 5-stars is kind of ridiculous because it is just my opinion. Each person will have to decide what quality a candidate is for them, but the stars do not mean as much as the fact that I am supporting him for senate because his opponent is a socialist pro-abortion, tax-raising, happy spending liberal...PERIOD!

P.S.: I do hope he will match his anti-big government/massive spending ideology by supporting the defunding of private organizations (example: Planned Parenthood) that does abortions because whether you are for or against abortion, the fact is that our country is broke and as Dr. Benjamin Franklin said, "A penny saved is a penny earned." We need a lot of pennies to pay off our debt!

 

[Smart3]

P.S.: I do hope he will match his anti-big government/massive spending ideology by supporting the defunding of private organizations (example: Planned Parenthood) that does abortions because whether you are for or against abortion, the fact is that our country is broke and as Dr. Benjamin Franklin said, "A penny saved is a penny earned." We need a lot of pennies to pay off our debt!

You're just providing ammunition to our enemies. No, let's NOT defund Planned Parenthood or kill Big Bird. Let's instead focus on cutting BILLIONS not millions.

and also, Title 10 does not fund abortions, it funds education and cancer screenings. Virtually every civilized country has such funding, and I don't see any reason why America should be different, unless of course we've cut everything else we need to cut (Dept. of Edu, Energy, Agriculture, Commerce, HUD, Interior, etc) - then of course, we can use the argument that taxpayers shouldn't fund Planned Parenthood.

now I do make an exception - NPR, let's nuke that piece of sh--!

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Thanks for clearing that up with Hinckley, he is afterall the only one on the list that actually supports marriage equality. He is the one closest to the LP, and therefore my favorite running this year. He is young, he might yet win a seat in Congress.

 

[Spoa]

You're just providing ammunition to our enemies. No, let's NOT defund Planned Parenthood or kill Big Bird. Let's instead focus on cutting BILLIONS not millions.

and also, Title 10 does not fund abortions, it funds education and cancer screenings. Virtually every civilized country has such funding, and I don't see any reason why America should be different, unless of course we've cut everything else we need to cut (Dept. of Edu, Energy, Agriculture, Commerce, HUD, Interior, etc) - then of course, we can use the argument that taxpayers shouldn't fund Planned Parenthood.

now I do make an exception - NPR, let's nuke that piece of sh--!

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Thanks for clearing that up with Hinckley, he is afterall the only one on the list that actually supports marriage equality. He is the one closest to the LP, and therefore my favorite running this year. He is young, he might yet win a seat in Congress.

On your first point, I still don't think we should fund Planned Parenthood or NPR...but I do agree that we MUST ELIMINATE the Departments of Education, Energy, HUD, Agriculture, Commerce, maybe even Labor and Interior, and dramatically decrease funding for Homeland Security.

I like what one of my favorite senators, Senator Jim Demint said. I'm paraphrasing so bear with me. The only conversation worth having in the GOP is how much spending should be cut from the defense budget. There is no room for those Republicans (I'm talking about people like Graham, Murkowski, Lugar, and others) who refuse to consider the elimination of wasteful departments.

With Hinckley, I still don't agree with him (or probably you) on the social issues, but I don't think I feel like fighting with you on these issues because I don't think you'll change my mind, and I doubt I can change yours. I'd rather talk about the issues we can all agree on like ending indefinite detention, repealing Obamacare and the Patriot Act, cutting spending dramatically, ending departments, etc. Thanks for keeping the conversation civil.

 

[Smart3]

On your first point, I still don't think we should fund Planned Parenthood or NPR...but I do agree that we MUST ELIMINATE the Departments of Education, Energy, HUD, Agriculture, Commerce, maybe even Labor and Interior, and dramatically decrease funding for Homeland Security.

I like what one of my favorite senators, Senator Jim Demint said. I'm paraphrasing so bear with me. The only conversation worth having in the GOP is how much spending should be cut from the defense budget. There is no room for those Republicans (I'm talking about people like Graham, Murkowski, Lugar, and others) who refuse to consider the elimination of wasteful departments.

With Hinckley, I still don't agree with him (or probably you) on the social issues, but I don't think I feel like fighting with you on these issues because I don't think you'll change my mind, and I doubt I can change yours. I'd rather talk about the issues we can all agree on like ending indefinite detention, repealing Obamacare and the Patriot Act, cutting spending dramatically, ending departments, etc. Thanks for keeping the conversation civil.

Yeah, it's basically impossible to support marriage equality, and then change your mind.

I don't think we should fund any organization that could be privatized (like the Postal Service, NPR, PBS, etc), but our enemies will just use our position on those as the perfect ammunition to shoot down our commitment to auditing/ending the FED, repealing NDAA/Patriot Act, etc.

 

[Smart3]

Since the OP hasn't updated since Aug 29th, I took the liberty of doing it for him:

General Election Candidates
(Tuesday, November 6, 2012)

US House
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Arizona
David Schweikert (R) AZ-6 - (purity: ★★★☆☆)

California

Tom McClintock (R-incumbent) CA-4 - (purity: ★★★★☆)
Greg Imus (R) CA-5 - (purity: ★★★☆☆)
John Dennis (R) CA-12 - (purity: ★★★★★)
Dana Rohrabacher (R-Incumbent) CA-48 - (purity: ★★☆☆☆)

Colorado

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

Florida

Ted Yoho (R) FL-3 - (purity: ★★★★☆)
Calen Fretts (L) FL-1 - (purity: ★★★★★)

Georgia

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

Idaho

Raul Labrador (R) ID-1 - (purity: ★★★★☆)
Rob Oates (L) ID-1 - (purity: ★★★★★)

Illinois
Joe Walsh (R-incumbent) IL-8 - (purity: ★★☆☆☆)

Indiana

Kentucky

Thomas Massie (R) KY-4 - (purity: ★★★★★)

Maryland

Eric Knowles (R) MD-3 - (purity: ★★★☆☆)
Roscoe Bartlett (R-incumbent) MD-6 - (purity: ★★☆☆☆)

Michigan

Justin Amash (R-incumbent) MI-3 - (purity: ★★★★★)
Kurt Haskell (D) MI-7 - (purity: ★★★★☆)
Kerry Bentivolio (R) MI-11 - (purity: ★★★★★)

Minnesota

Missouri

Robyn Hamlin (R) - (purity: ★★★★★)

New Hampshire

Brendan Kelly (L) NH-1 - (purity: ★★★★★)
Hardy Macia (L) NH-2 - (purity: ★★★★★)

New York

North Carolina

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

North Dakota

Eric Olson (L) - (purity: ★★★★★)

Ohio

Richard Ehrbar (L) OH-3 - (purity: ★★★★★)

Oklahoma

Markwayne Mullin (R) OK-2 - (purity: ★★★☆☆)

Oregon

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

Pennsylvania

Mike Koffenberger (L) PA-4 - (purity: ★★★★★)

Tennessee

Texas

Patrick Hisel (L) TX-12 - (purity: ★★★★★)
Randy Weber (R) TX-14 - (purity: ★★★☆☆)
Steve Susman (L) TX-22 - (purity: ★★★★★)
Jessica Puente Bradshaw (R) TX-34 - (purity: ★★★☆☆)
Steve Stockman (R) TX-36 - (purity: ★★★★★)

Utah

Jason Chaffetz (R-incumbent) UT-3 - (purity: ★★☆☆☆)

Virginia

Washington

John Koster (R) WA-1 (purity: ★★★★☆)


US Senate
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Arizona

Jeff Flake (R) - (purity: ★★★☆☆)

California

Delaware

Kevin Wade (R) - (purity: ★★★☆☆)

Florida

Connie Mack (R) - (purity: ★★★☆☆)

Indiana

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

Maine

Maryland

Daniel Bongino (R) - (purity: ★★★☆☆)

Michigan

Scotty Boman (L) - (purity: ★★★★★)

Minnesota

Kurt Bills (R) - (purity: ★★★★★)

Missouri

Jonathan Dine (L) - (purity: ★★★★★)

Montana

Denny Rehberg (R) - (purity: ★★★☆☆)
Dan Cox (L) - (purity: ★★★★★)

Nebraska

New Mexico

Jon Barrie (I) - (purity: ★★★★★)

New York

Chris Edes (L) - (purity: ★★★★★)

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

Barry Hinckley (R) - (purity: ★★★★★)

Tennessee

Texas

Ted Cruz (R) - (purity: ★★★☆☆)

Virginia

Wisconsin

Washington

Michael Baumgartner (R) - (purity: ★★★★☆)


Green Purity indicates endorsement by Ron Paul.


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

 

[compromise]

Some good additions (all Republican) would be:
Senate:
- Michael Baumgartner - Washington , 4-5 stars
- Denny Rehberg - Montana, ~3 stars, RP endorsed, RP liberty caucus member, tried to amend NDAA

House:
- Richard Tisei - Massachusetts 6th, ~4 stars
- Randy Weber - Texas 14th - 2-3 stars, RP endorsed
- David Schweikert - Arizona 6th - ~4 stars, RP endorsed, YAL endorsed
- Ted Yoho - Florida 3rd - ~4 stars, RP endorsed, YAL endorsed

 

[GeorgiaAvenger]

Some good additions (all Republican) would be:
Senate:
- Michael Baumgartner - Washington , 4-5 stars
- Denny Rehberg - Montana, ~3 stars, RP endorsed, RP liberty caucus member, tried to amend NDAA

House:
- Richard Tisei - Massachusetts 6th, ~4 stars
- Randy Weber - Texas 14th - 2-3 stars, RP endorsed
- David Schweikert - Arizona 6th - ~4 stars, RP endorsed, YAL endorsed
- Ted Yoho - Florida 3rd - ~4 stars, RP endorsed, YAL endorsed

Don Volaric in Michigan.

 

[LibertyPA]

Does anyone know about Tom Smith from PA for senate?
http://tomsmithforsenate.com/

He supports a simple tax code. He wants to reduce federal spending. Wants to mandate a budget (or congress doesn't get paid). He wants to end regulations and wants to repeal Obama Care.

I was wondering why I did not see him on the Original Post -- does he qualify as someone the majority of people here would support or is there more to know about this guy that I am missing?
Thanks!!

 

[Spoa]

Does anyone know about Tom Smith from PA for senate?
http://tomsmithforsenate.com/

He supports a simple tax code. He wants to reduce federal spending. Wants to mandate a budget (or congress doesn't get paid). He wants to end regulations and wants to repeal Obama Care.

I was wondering why I did not see him on the Original Post -- does he qualify as someone the majority of people here would support or is there more to know about this guy that I am missing?
Thanks!!

He also supports Senator Rand Paul's budget. He is quite good and I would encourage all Pensylvanians to vote for him. He has a few flaws, but defeating Senator Casey and replacing him with a serious fiscal conservative would be really good. On liberty issues, he struggles on stuff like the NDAA and the Patriot Act, not really sure how he would vote. But it's not like Casey is any good anyway...and Smith would vote to end foreign aid.

In the end, Tom Smith meets my 80% requirement to have my support. VOTE TOM SMITH 2012!

 

[torchbearer]

Louisiana-
U.S. House District 5
Clay Grant

 

[LibertyPA]

He also supports Senator Rand Paul's budget. He is quite good and I would encourage all Pensylvanians to vote for him. He has a few flaws, but defeating Senator Casey and replacing him with a serious fiscal conservative would be really good. On liberty issues, he struggles on stuff like the NDAA and the Patriot Act, not really sure how he would vote. But it's not like Casey is any good anyway...and Smith would vote to end foreign aid.

In the end, Tom Smith meets my 80% requirement to have my support. VOTE TOM SMITH 2012!

80% sounds like a great option -- is there any way he can ge added to the first post?? It would be best for the PA voters to find his name on a quick view. I liked him for many other reasond but didn't know he was supporting Rand Paul - that makes him an even better choice!!!!
Thanks for sharing and I hope others from PA see this!!

 

[matt0611]

So lets make a list of who won?

US Senate:
Jeff Flake of Arizona
Ted Cruz of Texas
Denny Rehberg of Montana is still too close to call.

US House:
Thomas Massie of Kentucky
Kerry Bentivolio of Michigan
Justin Amash (i) of Michigan
David Schweikert (i) of Arizona
Ted Yoho of Florida
Walter Jones (i) of North Carolina
Jason Chaffetz (i) of Utah
Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma
Steve Stockman of Texas
Randy Weber of Texas
Raul Labrador of Idaho
Tom Graves (i) of Georgia
Paul Broun (i) of Georgia
Tom McClintock (i) of California
Dana Rohrabacher (i) of California
John D. Duncan (i) in Tennessee

I think that's all. Let me know if I missed anything.

Thank you to all who have contributed to this thread and have picked up the slack for me when I was busy.

 

[supermario21]

Akin and Mourdock opening their mouths about rape cost us two more allies. Mourdock actually said in his debate with Dick Lugar that he was opposed to the Ryan budget because it didn't cut enough and Rand was sending money to Akin.

 

[Brian4Liberty]

Akin and Mourdock opening their mouths about rape cost us two more allies. Mourdock actually said in his debate with Dick Lugar that he was opposed to the Ryan budget because it didn't cut enough and Rand was sending money to Akin.

And if Gary Johnson had run for Senate in New Mexico, we might have one more vote in Senate. Instead we have another Obama/Reid rubber-stamper.

 

[supermario21]

And if Gary Johnson had run for Senate in New Mexico, we might have one more vote in Senate. Instead we have another Obama/Reid rubber-stamper.

Think GJ should run in 2014 against the Udall in New Mexico?

 

[Smart3]

So lets make a list of who won?

US Senate:
Jeff Flake of Arizona
Ted Cruz of Texas
Denny Rehberg of Montana is still too close to call.

US House:
Thomas Massie of Kentucky
Kerry Bentivolio of Michigan
Justin Amash (i) of Michigan
Kurt Haskell of Michigan
David Schweikert (i) of Arizona
Ted Yoho of Florida
Walter Jones (i) of North Carolina
Jason Chaffetz (i) of Utah
Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma
Steve Stockman of Texas
Randy Weber of Texas
Raul Labrador of Idaho
Tom Graves (i) of Georgia
Paul Broun (i) of Georgia
Tom McClintock (i) of California
Dana Rohrabacher (i) of California

I think that's all. Let me know if I missed anything.

Thank you to all who have contributed to this thread and have picked up the slack for me when I was busy.

Haskell didn't win, actually lost pretty badly.

 

[matt0611]

Akin and Mourdock opening their mouths about rape cost us two more allies. Mourdock actually said in his debate with Dick Lugar that he was opposed to the Ryan budget because it didn't cut enough and Rand was sending money to Akin.

True. I really liked Mourdock, and his comment was not really that bad in context but the media and the masses of this country that look to abortion as some sort of holy sacrament wouldn't stand for his blasphemy of regarding all human life precious no matter the circumstances of how it came about.

We're a secular nation, slowly but surely descending into mob rule, its really no surprise I guess.

 

[Brian4Liberty]

Think GJ should run in 2014 against the Udall in New Mexico?

Sure, he could do that. Libertarian or GOP? Probably only has a chance of winning as GOP.

 

[GeorgiaAvenger]

So lets make a list of who won?

US Senate:
Jeff Flake of Arizona
Ted Cruz of Texas
Denny Rehberg of Montana is still too close to call.

US House:
Thomas Massie of Kentucky
Kerry Bentivolio of Michigan
Justin Amash (i) of Michigan
David Schweikert (i) of Arizona
Ted Yoho of Florida
Walter Jones (i) of North Carolina
Jason Chaffetz (i) of Utah
Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma
Steve Stockman of Texas
Randy Weber of Texas
Raul Labrador of Idaho
Tom Graves (i) of Georgia
Paul Broun (i) of Georgia
Tom McClintock (i) of California
Dana Rohrabacher (i) of California

I think that's all. Let me know if I missed anything.

Thank you to all who have contributed to this thread and have picked up the slack for me when I was busy.

John D. Duncan in Tennessee.
http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?394946-Congressman-Jimmy-Duncan-of-Tennesseee-relected!

 

[KevinR]

How would I add my name to this list? Any info on where to get started?