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38-408: C4L may refer to: Campaign for Liberty , a U.S. political organization founded by Ron Paul Citroën C4L , a French saloon car See also [ edit ] [REDACTED] Search for "c4l" , "c-4l" , "c4-l" , or "c-4-l" on Misplaced Pages. C4I C41 (disambiguation) CL4 (disambiguation) Topics referred to by

76-414: A large margin ($ 2.1 million to $ 0.7 million). In 2000, Sneary ran against Paul again, with Paul winning 60% to 40% and raising $ 2.4 million to Sneary's $ 1.1 million. As in the prior two elections, the national Democratic Party and major unions had continued targeting Paul with heavy spending. Paul was re-elected to Congress in 2002. Two Democrats without political experience ran for

114-664: A lecture by historian and author Thomas E. Woods, Jr. Campaign for Liberty held another conference on May 22–24, 2009, at the Doubletree Hotel in Seattle, Washington. On July 10–12, 2009 Campaign for Liberty members gathered at Bally's in Las Vegas, Nevada, for the next regional conference where they were able to "network, learn, and build their local organizations as our grassroots Revolution to reclaim our Republic and restore our Constitution continues." This event ran in conjunction with

152-459: A moment of great crisis, stood up to the politicians, the opinion-molders, and the establishment, and saved their country. It was also established as a reporting agency for news involved with the principles of the organization. Campaign for Liberty's first major policy initiative involves pushing support for HR 1207 , a bill that calls for more transparency of the Federal Reserve . Also called

190-487: A new government agency to handle a license plate fee he enacted. Sneary considered Paul's attack to consist of "half-truths and no truths", claims supported by Austin TV station KVUE ; his aides replied that he had actually voted to raise all county employees' pay by 5% in a " cost of living " increase. Paul countered that he had never voted to raise Congressional pay. Paul won the election 55% to 44%, outraising his opponent by

228-488: A tool of trial lawyers and big labor. Paul won the election by a close margin of 51% to 48%, the third time he had been elected to Congress as a non-incumbent. In 1998 Paul again won the Republican primary. The Democratic primary candidates included education professor Margaret Dunn; former congressional aide Roger Elliott; car dealer Tom Reed; and Bay City rice farmer and cattle rancher Loy Sneary. Reed, who claimed to be

266-685: A year. At the event, Campaign for Liberty trains its members with the newest campaign and political activism techniques. On June 10, 2008, the Ron Paul Campaign announced the first promotional event for the organization, a " Rally for the Republic ". After not being offered a speaking slot at the Republican convention , Ron Paul, who did not support GOP nominee John McCain , decided to stage his own parallel convention in Minneapolis. This event occurred at

304-574: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Campaign for Liberty The Campaign for Liberty was announced on June 12, 2008, as a way of continuing the grassroots support involved in Ron Paul's 2008 presidential run, and corresponded with the suspension of that campaign. Paul formally announced during the Texas Republican Convention that he had created this new organization known as

342-630: The National Rifle Association of America and other interest groups. Ron Paul , an ob/gyn and former U.S. Representative from Texas's 22nd congressional district , opposed Laughlin. Paul hoped to have more influence in Congress after the Republicans took over both houses in the 1994 election . Though Laughlin defeated Paul in the open primary, a runoff between the two candidates followed. While Gingrich and other Republican leaders visited

380-875: The Target Center on September 2, 2008, which was the second day of the GOP Convention. On July 22, 2008, the event's official website launched, which provided details of the Rally, and of other events which were to occur in the same week including a leadership summit , book signing , and free concert . Notable attendees were announced, including the Rally's emcee , MSNBC 's Tucker Carlson , former Governor Jesse Ventura , Governor Gary Johnson , Barry Goldwater Jr. , Bruce Fein , Howard Phillips , Thomas Woods , Bill Kauffman , Erik Vendt , Grover Norquist , Lew Rockwell , Barb Davis White and Doug Wead . Country music star Sara Evans and singer/songwriter Aimee Allen headlined

418-598: The United States House of Representatives stretches from Freeport to Orange, Texas . It formerly covered the area south and southwest of the Greater Houston region, including Galveston , in the state of Texas . The district was created as a result of the 1900 U.S. census and was first contested in 1902. The Galveston area had previously been included in Texas's 10th congressional district . Its first representative

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456-405: The "Campaign for Liberty". On August 5, 2015, C4L Chairman John Tate was indicted by a federal grand jury for felony charges arising from an alleged cover-up Tate, and colleagues on the 2012 Ron Paul presidential campaign, conducted to conceal the expenditure of campaign money to buy the endorsement of an Iowa politician. In October 2015, Tate was acquitted of all charges. According to Ron Paul,

494-692: The "Freedom Celebration" featured Dr. Ron Paul, the American Conservative Defense Alliance's Phil Giraldi, New Jersey State Assemblyman Mike Doherty, and Ron Paul's son and C4L board member, Ronnie Paul. On Friday, attendees received political training, and then Judge Andrew Napolitano delivered speech about the problems with the PATRIOT Act . The conference concluded on Saturday with an "Economic Liberty Symposium", which featured author Thomas E. Woods, Jr. , broker and Senate Candidate Peter Schiff , and British MEP Daniel Hannan . C4L held

532-540: The 1990s. Former Republican and Libertarian Presidential candidate Ron Paul held congressional office from 1997 to 2013. The district's current representative is the Republican Randy Weber . The incumbent Harry M. Wurzbach successfully contested the 1928 election of the Democrat Augustus McCloskey to the 71st United States Congress , and was finally seated on February 10, 1930. In "one of

570-464: The 2008 primary, he was opposed by Chris Peden, who informally announced his challenge on May 22, 2007. Peden, a certified public accountant , was elected to the Friendswood city council in 2005 with 67%, and was chosen as mayor pro tem . The Victoria Advocate and Galveston County Daily News both endorsed Peden. Paul had a larger national source of funding, while Peden raised more money from

608-630: The Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2009, HR 1207 was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives of the 111th United States Congress by Campaign For Liberty's Honorary Chairman, Congressman Ron Paul ( TX-14 ). The bill proposed a full audit of the Federal Reserve System (the "Fed") before the end of 2010. As of May 25, 2010, it had 319 cosponsors and has been referred to the Committee on Financial Services . The bill

646-616: The Republican Party more welcoming than the dominant Democratic Party. In 1901, the Democratic-dominated legislature had passed a poll tax, which effectively had disfranchised most blacks and many poor whites and Latinos. The district's ultimate shift to the Republican Party in the 1980s has been attributed to the coattail effect of Ronald Reagan 's electoral successes. A few Democrats have won local and state elections in

684-527: The annual Freedom Fest which features over 100 libertarian-minded speakers. Thomas E. Woods, Jr. and Ron Paul were joined by economist Mark Skousen for the C4L event. On September 17–19, C4L held its next regional conference right outside Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at the Valley Forge Convention Center. This event included two rallies, each attended by several hundred activists. On opening night,

722-557: The bill has 142 co-sponsors. An identical bill, S.209, was introduced in the Senate by Senator Rand Paul. As of April 15, 2013, the bill has 24 co-sponsors. Campaign for Liberty has lobbied against CISPA and SOPA / PIPA . Campaign for Liberty is opposed to the Marketplace Fairness Act and has urged its members to lobby against it. The Liberty Political Action Conference (LPAC) is a conference held by Campaign for Liberty once

760-664: The coastal 14th Congressional district rather than the 22nd district he had previously represented, due to redistricting borders. Charles "Lefty" Morris, a trial lawyer, was Paul's Democratic opponent in the fall election; he was strongly supported by the AFL–CIO and ran numerous attack ads. Morris cited Paul's past votes to repeal federal drug laws in favor of state legislation, and also ran numerous ads about newsletters which had contained derogatory comments published in Paul's name concerning race and other politicians. Paul's campaign responded at

798-533: The district stumping for Laughlin, Paul ran newspaper ads quoting Gingrich's harsh criticisms of Laughlin's voting record 14 months earlier, before the party switch. Paul won the low-turnout primary runoff with the assistance of a largely out-of-state free-market network of support, such as his Foundation for Rational Economics and Education and other market-oriented organizations. Though he continued to maintain his home in Lake Jackson, Texas , Paul had run for

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836-662: The district, the majority of which came from within his own family or loans to himself. Paul won 70% to 30%. On November 4, 2008, Paul was reelected. The election was uncontested because the Democrats did not run a candidate. On March 2, Ron Paul won the Republican Party nomination for re-election to the US House . Robert Pruett and Winston Cochran from the Democratic Party faced a runoff election in April to determine which one will get

874-510: The election of 1928, taking his seat in 1930 for the remainder of the term, and was re-elected in 1930. The district during that era included the aberrant counties of Gillespie , Kendall , Comal and Guadalupe , whose German Americans had historically opposed slavery and became Texas' only consistent Republican Party voters during the " Solid South " era. In addition, Galveston was a major port of entry for immigrants , with many arriving from southern and eastern Europe. At that time, many found

912-600: The first two days of the Republican National Convention and featured top conservative speakers, musicians, and organizations. It also had an organizational and training function for the Campaign for Liberty and the Freedom Movement." Much of the press of the event referred to the rally as a "counter-convention". On October 26, 2008, Don Rasmussen, the former Director of Operations for Campaign for Liberty said

950-473: The general election its "No. 1 challenge race in the state of Texas". The Texas Farm Bureau endorsed Sneary and ranked Paul's agricultural record poorly. Sneary also said that Paul's anti-government stance left constituents inadequately represented. Paul ran ads warning voters to be "leery of Sneary". Paul accused Sneary of voting to raise his pay by 5%, increasing his judge's travel budget by 400% in one year, and creating more government bureaucracy by starting

988-561: The musical portion of the event. On September 1, more than 10,000 tickets were sold out. Most of the rally was broadcast live on C-SPAN 2 and a live stream was set up on the Campaign for Liberty website. According to the Rally's official website, its purpose was to "be a celebration of our movement and our supporters , a launch party for the Campaign for Liberty, and a clear call to the Republican Party to return to its roots of limited government , personal responsibility, and protection of our natural rights . The event ran in conjunction with

1026-684: The next regional conference in Atlanta, Georgia , on January 15–17, 2010. It was held at the Sheraton in Atlanta and brought supporters from Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Florida, Alabama, and many more states. Speakers included Congressman Ron Paul, Thomas Woods , Lew Rockwell , and Thomas DiLorenzo . 38°48′38″N 77°13′18″W  /  38.8106°N 77.2217°W  / 38.8106; -77.2217 Texas%27s 14th congressional district Texas's 14th congressional district for

1064-496: The nomination, a faced a runoff election in April to determine which one will get the nominations neither received a majority. Pruett won the run off election with just 52% of the vote, and lost to Paul in the general election. On July 11, 2011, Ron Paul announced that he would not seek re-election to the US House . Randy Weber and Felicia Harris from the Republican Party faced a runoff election in July to determine which one would get

1102-534: The only Texas-born candidate in the race, had served in local economic development projects and had been appointed to the White House Conference on Small Business; he was endorsed by the AFL–CIO . Sneary, a self-described "conservative Democrat" and also a former Matagorda County judge, prevailed in the primary; by December 31, 1997, including self-loans, Sneary had outraised Reed by $ 175,000 to $ 33,000. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee made

1140-509: The organization was planning a series of regional summits throughout 2009. Matt Hawes, Vice President of Programs, later announced that the C4L would hold these events throughout the country. The first of these regional conferences was held on March 27–29, 2009, in St. Louis, Missouri. Ron Paul, Judge Andrew Napolitano , and staff members from C4L and Young Americans for Liberty spoke. Other activities included grassroots training sessions in addition to

1178-464: The primary, but not much support from the Democratic Party was visible. Local Democratic consultant Ed Martin criticized Paul's frequent budget dissents as "180 degrees opposite from" his campaign promises to protect Social Security . Paul's free-market foundation and network of support continued its fundraising strength. Paul was re-elected to Congress in 2004 (running unopposed). In 2006, Paul

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1216-475: The purpose of the Campaign for Liberty is to continue the principles that invoked the grassroots support of his campaign, and to also be able to continue the message that he promoted during the course of his bid, without having a presidential campaign, and is also intended to "lay the groundwork for a different America." Paul also noted, The time has come to act on these words. May future generations look back on our work and say that these were men and women who, in

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1292-409: The stranger Congressional elections of modern times", the incumbent Greg Laughlin switched from the Democratic Party to the Republican in 1995. The Republican National Committee , hoping to encourage other Democrats to switch parties, threw its full support behind Laughlin. He had support from Republican leaders, including House Speaker Newt Gingrich and Texas Governor George W. Bush , as well as

1330-411: The time that voters might not understand the "tongue-in-cheek, academic" quotes out of context, and rejected Morris's demand to release back issues. Paul's large contributor base outraised Morris two-to-one, giving him nearly $ 2 million, the third-highest amount of individual contributions received by any House member (behind Gingrich and Bob Dornan ). In his campaign, Paul characterized Morris as

1368-566: Was opposed in the primary race by Cynthia Sinatra, the ex-wife of Frank Sinatra Jr., son of the legendary singer. Paul won the primary handily with nearly 80%, though his opponent campaigned on Paul's lack of support for President George W. Bush . Paul then won the general election by 20%, entering his tenth term and outraising Shane Sklar $ 1.2 million to $ 0.6 million. In March 2007, Paul announced his candidacy for U.S. president . According to Texas law, Paul could run for president without having to relinquish his Congressional seat. In

1406-572: Was reintroduced in the 112th Congress by Congressman Ron Paul. The Federal Reserve Transparency Act passed the House of Representatives on July 25, 2012, by a margin of 327–98. At the time of passage, the bill had 274 co-sponsors. Harry Reid refused to bring the Senate version, S.202, introduced by Senator Rand Paul, up for a vote. H.R 24, "Ron Paul's Audit the Fed" was introduced in the House on January 3, 2013 by Congressman Paul Broun of Georgia. As of April 15, 2013,

1444-665: Was the Democrat James L. Slayden , based in San Antonio , who had served the 12th congressional district since 1897 and was redistricted. He was elected from the new district and began representing the 14th in March 1903 as a member of the 58th United States Congress . He was repeatedly re-elected and served until 1919. He refused nomination in 1918. Republican Harry M. Wurzbach carried this district in several elections, from 1920 to 1926, serving from 1921 to 1929. He successfully contested

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