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State Chapters => Arizona => Topic started by: Cyber Liberty on July 01, 2021, 05:41:30 pm
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Former US Rep. Matt Salmon seeks governorship
By Howard Fischer, for the Miner | azcapmedia
Originally Published: June 17, 2021 12:09 p.m.
PHOENIX – Matt Salmon, who came within 11,819 votes of becoming governor nearly two decades ago, is making another bid for the office.
But the former state legislator, congressman and lobbyist first has to survive what is becoming an increasingly crowded Republican primary. And Salmon, in his Wednesday announcement, is seeking to prove that he is as conservative – if not more so – than anyone else in the race.
"Today, the Arizona values we cherish are under attack from Washington and liberals here at home,” he said in his prepared statement, decrying "open borders, closed classrooms, crushing tax hikes and socialism, censorship and cancel culture.”
The other three GOP contenders have made similar claims.
But Salmon is jumping into the race with something they don't have: an endorsement from Club For Growth, a political action committee primarily focused on cutting taxes that has resources to help finance a campaign.
https://kdminer.com/news/2021/jun/17/former-us-rep-matt-salmon-seeks-governorship/
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Mrs. Liberty and I worked for his campaign last time he ran for Governor, and he was my Representative from 1995-2001.
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Lobbyist?
NEXT!
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Lobbyist?
NEXT!
C'mon man. It is honest work when you can't find honest work. Honestly
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Mrs. Liberty and I worked for his campaign last time he ran for Governor, and he was my Representative from 1995-2001.
Is he still a worthwhile representative?
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Is he still a worthwhile representative?
He later ran for Representative (and won) in a different District so I didn't keep tabs. He was very good as my Representative, but that means nothing because the fellow who replaced Matt was Jeffy "Dog Killer" Flake.
An indication of how he did later on: He was thrown off his Committee assignments for being too conservative and a member of the Freedom Caucus. Sounds like he's done OK. I hear discouraging words about his being a Lobbyist, but I don't put a lot of stock in that...what if he lobbied for somebody like the Gun Owners of America? That's supposed to be a reason to reject him?
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What say we run him against Mark Kelly ?