IMPORTANT GOP House Primary Races: And How You Can Help (South & Midwest)

[campaignPete R-CT]

THIS IS FOR THE SOUTH AND MIDWEST
(NORTHEAST, WEST, AND CALIFORNIA are in separate threads and updates are coming, see links below)
This is an update of previous threads.

There are numerous important House Primary Races! And places where we can WIN! PLEASE contribute! And if you can't contribute money ... the least we can do is go to their pages and give them a "like" or a tweet. All of these candidates are involved in primaries that are close (or could be close) against generally more moderate or liberal Republicans. All of these districts are winnable in November.

Georgia:
BARRY LOUDERMILK, GEORGIA-11, MAY 20th ... Open Seat
Endorsed by: Family Research Council, Concerned Women of America, Freedom Works, Senate Conservatives Fund

Barry Loudermilk -- FACEBOOK -- TWITTER -- DONATE

Loudermilk has a shot to sneak past opponent Bob Barr or opponent Ed Lindsey to finish in 2nd place and make the run-off. He appears to have more support than fellow conservative Tricia Pridemore, who is likely to finish in 4th place. The district is R+19, so this primary is a big deal.

Alabama:
Scott Beason, ALABAMA-6, June 3rd ... 2 CONSERVATIVES trying to get into the run-off in this OPEN SEAT.
GARY PALMER, ALABAMA-6, June 3rd ... 2 CONSERVATIVES trying to get into the run-off in this OPEN SEAT.
Endorsed by: Gary Bauer, Ralph Reed, Tony Perkins

Scott Beason

Scott Beason -- FACEBOOK -- TWITTER -- DONATE

Gary Palmer

Gary Palmer -- FACEBOOK -- TWITTER -- DONATE

Conservatives Palmer and Mathis need to get into the run-off in this crowded primary. I think you will find that their opponents Brooke and DeMarco are not conservative enough for FreeRepublic, Alabama-style. Conservative Chad Matthis has spent his campaign resources attacking Palmer and Beason. Article on AL-6 poll is here.

Florida:
Lorenzo Palomares-Starbuck, FLORIDA-26, AUGUST 26th ... Winner takes on vulnerable DEM Rep. Joe Garcia in this R+4 district

Lorenzo Palomares-Starbuck -- FACEBOOK -- TWITTER -- DONATE

Opponent Curbelo is a big favorite to win the primary, but there are still 3 months to beat him. Either Lorenzo, with his grassroots campaign, or Dade County Commission Chairman Joe Martinez will make a challenge. Frontrunner Curbelo is a vocal supporter of "same-sex marriage".

Curbelo: "I have many gay friends. They are hard-working people. They love this country. And quite frankly I think most of them would be Republican if some in our party wouldn't express themselves in such an unfortunate way." Read more here.

Palomares-Starbuck: "Free enterprise is protected under the Constitution by the freedom of Association clause, under the First Amendment, under the right to privacy among other, a tax law scheme that is predicated on income base taxation tends to discriminate against those who endeavor to create wealth in the society."

Iowa: I am listing 2 candidates in the IA-3 race
MONTE SHAW, IOWA-3, JUNE 3RD ... Open Seat
Endorsed By: Greg Ganske, Former Congressman, Jon King, brother of U.S. Rep. Steve King

MATT SCHULTZ, IOWA-3, JUNE 3RD ... Open Seat ... 2 CONSERVATIVES trying to win this 6-way race.
Endorsed by: Rick Santorum, Tea Party Express, Senate Conservative Fund

Monte Shaw

Monte Shaw -- FACEBOOK -- TWITTER -- DONATE

Matt Schultz

Matt Schultz -- FACEBOOK -- TWITTER -- DONATE

Both candidates are getting conservative groups to support them. Hopefully, the folks in the district will do what is necessary to put one of them in first place on June 3rd over opponents Young and Zaun.

Michigan:
John Moolenaar, MICHIGAN-4, August 5th .... OPEN SEAT

JOHN MOOLENAAR -- FACEBOOK -- TWITTER -- DONATE

This race is just getting started, for Dave Camp's seat. Moolenaar is running against Paul Mitchell. The race needs further research by us. "I will be a strong conservative voice for the hard working families of mid and northern Michigan. In Michigan I have fought against overreaching government policies that are killing jobs and over burdening individuals,” said Senator Moolenaar."

Michigan:
Tom McMillin, MICHIGAN-8, August 5th .... OPEN SEAT

TOM MCMILLIN -- FACEBOOK -- TWITTER -- DONATE

This race is just getting started, for Mike Roger's seat. McMillin is running against Mike Bishop. The race needs further research by us.

McMillin's argument is here.

[yongin]

Gene Taylor and Steve Palazzo have endorsed Thad Cochran. They say no Cochran means no Hurricane Relief for the Gulf Coast.

[Impy]

Gene Taylor and Steve Palazzo have endorsed Thad Cochran. They say no Cochran means no Hurricane Relief for the Gulf Coast.

That's a pretty stupid argument if you ask me. Like Christie quasi-endorsing Obama because of Hurricane relief to NJ. Bush, McCain or Romney would have let NJ rot I'm to suppose? Give me a break.

Well, Taylor "former" democrat now a RINO, thankfully he failed to make a runoff against Palazzo. Palazzo, for his part, endorsed Cochran way back in December.

Meanwhile, Chuck Woolrey endorses McDaniel. I'd take him over Farve and Taylor, 2 democrats. Our course Cochran's strategy and only hope is to win with democrat votes.

[Viennacon]

Favre endorsed Cochran because Barbour got his murdering brother out of jail. So sick the games being played in this race. I really hope McDaniel pulls through. I cannot stomach the Establishment.

[Impy]

“Favre endorsed Cochran because Barbour got his murdering brother out of jail”

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2014/06/19/Is-Brett-Farve-s-Cochran-Endorsement-Political-Payback-To-Haley-Barbour-For-Brother-s-Pardon

Wow. Well he did pardon Favre’s brother but just to clear his record, long after he’d been released after serving only a couple months for violating his probation. Still doesn’t look good. Doubtlessly Favre’s borther has benefited from no longer having a criminal record.

[Impy]

Survey USA poll, Pompeo 51%, Tiahrt 34%.

[GOPsterinMA]

So between Brett Far-ve’s pill popping and dong selfies, his bro gets his record expunged for murder? Nice!!!

All the more reason for COCK-ran to be retired and then go hangout at “Old Country Buffet”.

[AuH2ORepublican]

“Meanwhile, Chuck Woolrey endorses McDaniel. I’d take him over Farve and Taylor, 2 democrats.”

I’m glad to see that my early endorsement of McDaniel has proven to be the right decision, with Chuck Woolery’s endorsement providing additional confirmation. But we can’t be 100% sure until we hear from Wink Martindale.

[Impy]

Ha, I didn’t know he was still alive.

Poll of Louisiana 6th by the Glascock group

Convicted Felon Rat Ex-Governor Edwin Edwards apparently still has enough name recognition that he leads the pack with 32%. He is the only name democrat in the race.

Republican Paul Dietzel and RINO State Sen. Dan Claitor are tied with 16%.

Edwards trails both by 14 points for the runoff, I think that’s generous, he has a zero% chance of winning.

There is a third Republican in the race, Garrett Graves, I can’t seem to find if he was included in the poll. It is essential that Dietzel or Graves makes the runoff.

[fieldmarshaldj]

If the RINO Claitor gets the runoff slot, I’d endorse Fast Eddie. At least Edwards isn’t pretending to be a Republican.

[Impy]

I wouldn’t go that far. I wouldn’t have supported Edwards over David Duke either, like the State GOP officially did, F them both. I’d sooner smear dog doo on the ballot and cast that.

[AuH2ORepublican]

While I was leaning towards Lenar Whitney or Trey Thomas, the most important thing is to avoid a run-off between corrupt Democrat former Gov. Edwin Edwards (who is polling in the 30s in the jungle primary and likely will make the run-off due to such a large GOP field) and RINO state Senator Dan Claitor, so, if conservative Republican businessman Paul Dietzel continues to be Claitor the Traitor’s main rival for the second spot, I will switch my support to Dietzel. The LA-06 is an overwhelmingly conservative and Republican CD after 2011 redistricting (in which black precincts in Baton Rouge were added to the New Orleans-based black-majority LA-02), and it deserves nothing less than a conservative congressman. That sure ain’t Claitor the Traitor.

I guess that we should be thankful that Edwards ran and is consolidating the Democrat vote in the jungle primary, since otherwise we could have ended up with a run-off between RINO Claitor the Traitor and a conservative Republican, and Claitor could win the run-off with close to 100% of the Democrat vote and 20-25% of the Republican vote. Conservatives can defeat Claitor the Traitor in the first round (which will be held on Election Day in November) by coalescing around the conservative with the best chance of beating Claitor out for second place, and right now it looks like it’s Dietzel.

[Impy]

We’ll see if Whitney or Thomas post any fund-raising or start showing up in the polls, as of the last report Whitney raised nothing and Thomas less than 9 grand. Either could be an attractive candidate.

[Impy]

Runoffs in Bama and NC tonight.

2 House seats at sake. In Bama-6 I’m for Gary Palmer, who’s up huge in a recent poll. Ironically Chad Mathis, who attacked Palmer and all of his other primary opponents as RINOs has given him a glowing endorsement.

The other seat is NC-6, a hard charging D.A. (Berger) versus a Baptist Minister (Walker).

There are also runoffs for Bama SOS and Auditor.

http://elections.nytimes.com/2014/results/primaries/alabama-runoff

http://elections.nytimes.com/2014/results/primaries/north-carolina-runoff

[Impy]

Walker called the winner in NC-6.

And wasn’t that Derek Jeter commercial just precious?

[Impy]

Palmer wins big.

[Impy]

The Pompeo/Tihart Race is tightening

Survey USA Mike Pompeo 46%, Todd Tiahrt 39%.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2014/07/24/more-gop-infighting-in-kansas-as-a-literal-food-fight-ensues/

Based on what how Tihart is campaigning, I hope Pompeo wins. Tihart just wants his job back, he shouldn’t have filed.

Meanwhile a long list of RINO traitors endorsed the rat in gubernatorial election.

But some names were falsely added, and others have actually left the GOP

http://www.politico.com/story/2014/07/paul-davis-kansas-election-2014-109123.html

[Impy]

Polls from Hendrix College on Ark Congressional Races

Is CD 4, Tom Cottons open seat, Westerman (R) is comfortably ahead 48%-34%

In CD 3 (safe R and no rat is even running) the Libertarian is polling 20%, the LP record for a House race stands at 31.5%, in 2012 in Kansas 3rd (was no rat in that race).

In CD 2 it’s uncomfortably close, French Hill (R) leads only 44%-43% with 3% for the Liartarian.

In CD 1, Incumbent Rick Crawford (R) leads 47.5%-33%

http://talkbusiness.net/2014/07/poll-gop-advantages-in-three-congressional-districts-toss-up-in-another/

[fieldmarshaldj]

Curiously, in AR-4, the Democrat, James Lee Witt, has a nearly two-to-one $$ advantage over Westerman ($833k-$488k). That’s the only thing I can see to make it possibly get closer.

AR-2 is troubling. Hill came out of a contested primary and the district itself is the most urban liberal one in the state (after all, it sent the moonbat Vic Snyder). NLR Mayor Pat Hays is no slouch in fundraising, he has nearly $900k to Hill’s $1.3 mil. This will remain the most difficult district in the state for the GOP until they alter the lines in 8 years.

[Clintonfatigued]

The District 2 race in Arkansas is problematic. It’s obvious that the establishment got their pick. They chose a banker named French Hill. Does he wear a white linen suit and sip mint juleps from his plantation? That name alone and the fact he’s a banker screams Country Club Establishment.

[fieldmarshaldj]

He’ll probably win, if only because of the national climate. If he loses, it will be Tim Griffin’s fault. I think he decided to drop out of running to go for Lt Governor (which is a nothing-burger job) perhaps on the suspicion that Asa Hutchinson might lose the top job, and would then give him a leg up for the office in 2018. It appears Hutchinson, after 3 decades+ of attempting to win statewide, may finally score a win, so Griffin won’t have another opening until 2022.