National Ron Paul Delegate Wins GOP Runoff in Charlotte, NC

[KMX]

Congratz on the win!

 

[GunnyFreedom]

Definitely help Ridenhour in this election. 100% agree.

But I really, really want NC to remember the name Greg Brannon for 2014.

Looks like a lot of NC'ers I've not interacted with before on the forums are on this thread. Good.

So I am planting a very important seed.

 

[devil21]

The local newspaper endorsed his opponent today.

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2012/10/16/3601456/our-endorsements-for-mecklenburg.html

If anyone here has been thinking of helping Matt out, make a donation now, as he is about to print his mailings...

Same paper endorsed Matthew in the primary. But the Observer is known to lean Democrat so it was expected they would endorse his opponent. Matthew had a successful fundraiser tonite that included establishment folks, Paul folks, even a conservative Democrat. He's a great candidate that stands for the right principles while being able to bring people other than Paulites into his camp and prove that you can win being a libertarian conservative.

 

[MozoVote]

The paper claims to weigh the constituents of the district in their endorsements. IE, they endorsed Sue Myrick many times even though they didn't like her votes in Congress. Ridenhour is clearly more in alignment philosophically with these conservative leaning suburbs. Especially since his district encompasses precincts from which "establishment Republicans" have sprung forth for decades, dating well into the prior century.

I agree with NCGOPer_for_Paul that the paper gave a limp endorsement to Wayne Powers, who is unlikely to win an at-large county race, so that they could try and block someone they see as a "Tea Party radical" from taking a district seat, while still appearing "fair"

 

[aclove]

Agreed. With Matthew's ability to unite Liberty Movement and Tea Party supporters (something not many candidates can do), a win by him would put him in the position to not only raise embarassing fiscal issues in county government, but actually mobilize citizens to put pressure on politicians to DO something about it. The Observer definitely does not want that.

 

[devil21]

Matthew won the seat tonite by a large margin! He won with a coalition of Paulites, TEA party, establishment and others working together to elect him and showed what conservatives can do when they work together instead of working against each other.

THANK YOU to everyone that donated or helped his campaign. This win will be remembered as a landmark victory for this part of the country. He has a future as a voice for liberty.

 

[MozoVote]

Matt got more votes in some precincts for his "lowly" county commission seat, than the NC legislative candidates or the US Congressional district candidate did. I agree, he should have an interesting future in politics here.