Sheriff Richard Mack is the former Sheriff of Graham County, Arizona, and was a Libertarian Party candidate for U.S. Senate in Arizona in 2006, recording almost 50,000 votes for 3.16%. Now, however, Mack is a Republican candidate in Texas’ 21st Congressional District, running to unseat incumbent Lamar Smith.
In the 14th District there is an open Republican primary to replace retiring incumbent Ron Paul. Robert Gonzalez has received the endorsement of Rhode Island Representative Dan Gordon, a member of the Libertarian Party and an active twitter user, in this primary. Gonzalez is the leader of the Clear Lake Tea Party.
dailykos says
Any word on the guy who won the primary for Ron Paul’s congressional seat? Was it a pro-liberty candidate?
Steve @12 Agreed!
He ran against an incumbent. It’s pretty much expected.
I heard Richard Mack speak at an Oathkeepers event last month. He is quite an impressive man. I’m very sorry he lost so badly.
Steve–I agree, mostly. Rather, I would’ve preferred to see Mack not take on an incumbent at all. There were several open seats and Mack is a former elected official with a fundraising base and an interesting background to set him apart. It’s shame he wasted political capital on this race, though I should say I too am glad to see Smith have to face a primary that clearly worried him. I’d love to see that bastard unseated due to SOPA.
Biggest win related to third parties last night was Steve Stockman, who forced a runoff in TX-36 against Takach. Stockman has dabbled in the Constitution Party and will likely be considered a CP candidate for higher office in the future if he wins that congressional seat. Stockman is also a firm advocate of better ballot access laws–I’ll be pressuring him on that soon.
I’m for an all-of-the-above approach to taking on statists, so its good to see a Republican (especially such a deserving one as Lamar Smith) have to face a libertarian challenger in the primary, but when the chance of victory is so low as in Mack’s case it would be much better to run as a Libertarian then have the whole general election season to spread the message.
I should add that I met Richard Mack at a gun show in California several years ago. Seemed like a great guy.
“9 Don Wills // May 29, 2012 at 11:29 pm
Mack loses big. Lamar Smith wins with 77% of the vote, Mack 15%, Morgan 8%.”
Damn shame that Mack lost.
Mack loses big. Lamar Smith wins with 77% of the vote, Mack 15%, Morgan 8%.
Im sure old lists are being used. That’s the only reason he’d be calling outside his new district.
It’s the former district, but the districts have significantly changed since the last election. I hope old lists aren’t being used.
Are they close, or in the former district?
Guns and Weed the movie (dated 2011) has a substantial portion with Richard Mack on screen talking about his position on drugs (legalize them). He was able to motivate the local CBS affiliate to include him in a 2006 televised debate with Jon Kyl and his Democratic opponent.
http://www.gunsandweed.com/
The movie is available for download without charge with the consent of the maker [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0] and can be purchased in packaged form from amazon.com for $13.95 (plus shipping).
William–probably just a simple mix-up.
I hope Mack forces the bastard into a runoff.
I’m sure Mack doesn’t realize it, but he’s sending out robo-calls to people that aren’t even in the 21st District.
Im following the US Senate race, presidential primary results, and Robert Gonzalez, Richard Mack, and Steve Stockman with interest tomorrow.
It would be awesome if Mack won.