Candidates Worth Your Vote
May 28, 2008 5 Comments
After doing some research on the candidates who are in the primaries, I found some that stood out when it comes to having convictions in life, family, and education. Don’t get me wrong, these three issues are not the only things that make a promising candidate. These three core values, however, give the candidate a firm foundation on how they will tackle the other issues. By the way, if you are one of those Republicans who pride yourself in the label “fiscal conservative” I have news for you. Without maintaining the three issues of life, family, and education, you might as well kiss lesser and cheaper government good-bye. Without these three core values, our society will implode and we will need the government to step in more and more, which is definitely not cheap. That is why I am promoting candidates who share a similar vision in life, family, and education.
The first candidate is John Bridges who is running for Iowa House of Representatives District 94. His Republican challenger in the June 3rd primary is Howard Hubbard. I do not know what type of candidate Mr. Hubbard is since he has ignored all three of my emails inquiring about his stances. I have exchanged emails with John and have talked to him on the phone. He did have some skeletons in his closet that he got out in the open on his website, which I admire him for. He also was very willing to take the time to explain those skeletons to me in detail. If you have any reservations about anything from his past, shoot him an email jobridges@mchsi.com and he will respond almost immediately to you. I believe that John Bridges has the core convictions of life, family, and education.
http://iowabrigade.wordpress.com/category/john-bridges/
The other candidate that I believe will be a strong voice for these three issues is Adam Vandall. Adam is runnning for Republican Iowa House of Representatives District 41. His challenger in the primary is Susan Schmidt. Once again, Susan is candidate who must never check her emails since all thee I sent to her inquiring about her stances were never responded to. Adam took the time to respond to some of my emails. I believe he also will be a strong supporter of life, family, and education.
http://iowabrigade.wordpress.com/category/adam-vandall/
The Iowa legislature needs candidates like these two. Candidates that will not forget the foundations of the Republican party. Because without these foundations, the Republican party has no strength to tackle the new issues that will pop up in 2008 and beyond. Those who say we must forget those values in order to modernize our party just to be able to compete with the Democrats must have never tried to build a new house without first laying down a firm foundation. John and Adam need your vote on June 3rd and then they will need your help going up against the incumbent Democrats in those two districts.
It’s amazing how many candidates in this current primary feel it’s not necessary to connect with the voters or even answer our questions. It’s pretty hard to get excited, let alone support, a candidate who won’t give you the time of day.
In my opinion, any candidate who takes the time and makes the effort to communicate with us is already twenty leagues ahead of the rest.
I’m actually wondering if we should even consider for so much as a nano second any candidate who ignores us. Because with a track record like that, what can we expect from these people if we make the mistake of electing them?
These two guys sound really good. If you are in their districts, please support them.
Actually, I would welcome the opportunity to answer your questions. As the winner of the June 3rd Republican Primary for House District 94, I welcome questions and comments. I can be reached at anytime. I gave my number on the Iowa Secretary of State website. I am available for any and all questions. To the webmaster of this site, feel free to make my e-mail public. Thank You!
Hi – I am a registered voter in Iowa, and I came across your site looking for what else will be on the Iowa ballot other than President of the U.S.
Adam Vandall according to your blog seems strong, but is there a place where I can see who is up for elections on the Iowa ballot? Are there any laws/rules that will be on the ballot as well?
Thank you in advance for your help!
Brian, sorry it took me so long to respond to your post, been kinda busy around here lately.
Anyway to answer your question you can check out our sister site, the Iowa Brigade. We have a lot of information on conservative candidates that we like. You can find the link to that site in the sidebar on the left at top of the page.
Another site that you can check that will provide you with the basic information on the races such as who is running against whom and what district they are in, then you might want to check out the Iowa Secretary of State site at
http://www.sos.state.ia.us/elections/electioninfo/General08.html#1
There is going to be one amendment to the Iowa Constitution for us to vote on this year. It is listed at that website.
I hope that this helped you Brian.