Topic: The Revolution
Nevadan Revolution Strikes Primary Elections Report on the Revolution's effect on the August 12th primary.by Exavior
(libertarian)
Sunday, August 17, 2008
August 12 was a day of victory for the Revolution in Nevada.
Ron Paul Republicans were scattered across State Senator, Assembly, and even Congressional races, identifiable by there little-to-no political experience and starkly familiar stances on issues ranging from the Federal Reserve to a non-interventionalist foreign policy.
Still reeling from the presidential caucus, with scarce funding, most of them filing on the deadline, and against such entrenched incumbents, there was more hope for a strong showing to prove strength for the revolution than victory.
On election day, the turnout was low, record low, with the Paulistas showing up to vote in a disproportionately positive ratio.
In the congressional fights, Paulites James Smack, Chris Dyer, and Carl Bunce exhibited encouraging showings of 10-15% against their opponents.
Local lawmakers weren't so lucky. Republican incumbents John Marvel, Francis Allen, and Bob Beers lost their seats to conservatives Richard McArthur, Jon Ozark, and Don Gustavson.
These three victors are likely to move into the state legislature, residing in favorably republican districts.
Ron Paul Republicans weren't the only candidates to benefit from the revolution. Sharon Angle, challenger to the most incumbent of incumbents, Bill Raggio, failed to defeat him by only 6%, and Don Chairez, who ran for supreme court justice under a constitutional banner failed to move on to the general elections by a narrow 2%. The supreme court justice race was very heated, with all three of his opponents well funded.
Another shining star, Nicole Lindsay Madsen, Ron Paul Republican in every way except her stance on gay marriage was victorious in her primary, and will face democrat incumbent David Parks for the seat in November.
Did you like this article? If you did, Thumb It! 6 thumbs so far
The views expressed in this
article are those of Exavior only and do not represent
the views of Nolan Chart, LLC or its affiliates. Exavior is
solely responsible for the contents of this article and is not an
employee or otherwise affiliated with Nolan Chart, LLC in his/her role as a columnist.
There's a reason that Las Vegas holds a special place in my heart, and it has simply to do with the fact that it is the most politically free state in the union. I still think the Free-State team should've chosen Nevada instead of NH.
I too ran August 5th in Kansas as a 'RPR', and I'll post an article soon here on the site detailing the striking success and parallels that many of your NV RPRs had.
Here in Nevada, the response from the Ron Paul Republicans to this article goes a little something like this :
"Pretty sloppy and illogical. Sheesh. What a mess." - - Brian Kominsky, Clark County Ron Paul Campaign Coordinator
"Total garbage." -- Robert Holloway, RP delegate and member of the Clark County GOP Executive Board
First, Richard McArthur wasn't the Ron Paul candidate for Assembly District 4. The Ron Paul candidate was Andrew Brownson. In fact, the Campaign for Liberty came out AGAINST Richard McArthur simply becuase he's a retired FBI agent. Brownson got his ass kicked, by the way. Even the whackjob incumbent Frances "Steak Knife" Allen outpolled him.
Second, in Assembly District 21 Jon Ozark wasn't the Ron Paul candidate. The Ron Paul candidate was Bob Beers -- no relation whatsoever to Senator Bob Beers, chairman of the Nevada GOP Convention. In the 2007 Legislature, Assemblyman Bob Beers voted with the liberal tax-and-spend Democrats 94% of the time. Excellent record for a Ron Paul Republican, wouldn't you say? Needless to say, that clown got the boot.
Third, in Assembly District 32 Don Gustavson is not the Ron Paul candidate either. The RP candidate was Mike "Showboat" Weber. While Gustavson was out actually doing the business of winning a primary, Weber was busy hosting unlawful rump GOP conventions, suing the state party, and filing fruitless petitions of contest over Nevada's delegation to the Republican National Convention. Worked out well for him, didn't it?
Lindsay Nicole Madsen is not a Ron Paul Republican, either. She's the Nevada Concerned Citizens candidate. Knowing Lindsay, I wouldn't be suprised if she asked you to remove her name from this article.
About those Congressional races: You might call 7% of the R vote in a primary "encouraging results" for a candidate like Carl Bunce, but anyone with an ounce of practical political experience would call that a sad, sick joke.
Chris Dyer, who should have had 50% of the R's in his district, didn't even get 15%. He finished a paltry 3rd. I'm sure that had nothing to do with his music video referring to Nevada GOP Chairwoman Sue Lowden as a c***.
The fact is, not a single Ron Paul Republican in Nevada's primary won. The only two Ron Paul Republicans who are going to the November general are Lisa Marie Johnson and David Isbell, and that's only becuase they didn't have primary opponents.
Here's the bottom line: The Nevada Primary was a big success for limited goverment, lower taxes candidates in spite of the Ron Paul Republicans.
"Nevada Revolution Strikes Primary Elections?" Oh yeah. The voters were revolted okay. By an 8 to 2 margin across the board they pretty much told the Paulistas, "Go Away." In Nevada, "Ron Paul Republican" is poison to a campaign. Think the R3VOLutionaries here got the message?
Jesse Law was similar enough to Carl Bunce that the percentage was considered combined.
Nicole Lindsay Madsen approved and applauded the article, also commenting that her brother Jesse Law was a RPR except more charismatic than Bunce.
Edited out the confusion with Bob Beers.
Mike Weber is NOT, a Ron Paul Republican. He supports McCain and shares most of his views.
Even though you went on a demonic rant, the appropriate corrections have been made. Try to do your research on Weber, Madsen, and Law. If you have any contradictions you wish to counter with Madsen and Law, remember that I have received direct comments from them.
"Jesse Law was similar enough to Carl Bunce that the percentage was considered combined."
That's great. Are you writing election analysis or political propaganda?
Scratch that. I already know the answer.
Jesse Law polled at 11%. Bunce at 7%. Neither is a viable candidate, and neither will be taken seriously should they decide to run again. Their combined totals are actually LESS THAN Jon Porter's negatives. That tells me quite a few voters went to the polls, held their nose, and voted for Porter instead of either of the other two. That's really not encouraging showings.
Love Carl's Congresspedia page, by the way. Really paints a picture of the candidate.
"Try to do your research on Weber, Madsen, and Law?"
That is too funny. If your intent was to write a propaganda piece for the Campaign for Liberty, guess what? Every Ron Paul Republican in Nevada that I ran this article past took one look at it and immediately tore it apart. That's sad, Exavior.
And it's because you didn't do your research.
Mike Weber was the candidate of the Ron Paul Republicans. Wake up, dude.
About Lindsay Madsen. No one in the Ron Paul campaign in Nevada has ever heard of her. She's never gone to any meetups, didn't attend any of the conventions, and has nothing on her site indicating she's a "Ron Paul Republican." None of the newspaper articles written on Madsen in the Las Vegas Review-Journal or the Las Vegas Sun make mention of her supporting Ron Paul.
But hey, if you want to call Lindsay Madsen a "Ron Paul Republican," go right ahead. Ten bucks says she's willing to take any help she can get.
Thanks for the "appropriate corrections," but if anyone's interested in the real story about the revolution's effect on the Nevada Primary, I can sum it up in just a few words.
By trying to steal the Nevada Republican delegation for Ron Paul, first through election tampering at the convention, then an unlawful rump convention, and finally by filing a frivolous lawsuit against the Nevada GOP, the Ron Paul Revolution sealed its own fate. On August 12, Republican voters went to the polls and overwhelmingly rejected the Campaign for Liberty candidates by an 8 to 2 margin. For the Paulites in Nevada, the Revolution is dead.
Want to comment on this
article? Leave your comment here. Your email address is
required to track your comment. However, we will neither
publish your email address nor distribute it to other
organizations or persons. The only reason we might use
it would be if we needed to contact you regarding your
comment. All comments are subject to our
terms of use policy.
