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Eugene

(61,593 posts)
Mon Mar 9, 2015, 07:21 AM Mar 2015

Kentucky GOP leadership greenlights Rand Paul's plan for dual campaigns

Source: Associated Press

Kentucky GOP leadership greenlights Rand Paul's plan for dual campaigns

Associated Press in Bowling Green, Kentucky
Sunday 8 March 2015 13.00 GMT

Kentucky Senator Rand Paul took his first step toward running for president with state party leaders on Saturday endorsing his plan for a presidential caucus in 2016.

The move clears the way for Paul to run for president and for re-election to his Senate seat without breaking a state law that bans candidates from appearing on the ballot twice in the same election.

The state GOP’s central committee must still sign off on the proposal in August. But, more importantly for Paul, Saturday’s vote by the Republican Party of Kentucky’s executive committee was an early endorsement of his unusual plan for dual campaigns ahead of a wide open Republican presidential primary.

“I just want to be treated like many other candidates around the country who have not been restricted,” Paul told reporters after the vote.

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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/mar/08/kentucky-republicans-rand-paul-two-campaign-senate-presidential
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Kentucky GOP leadership greenlights Rand Paul's plan for dual campaigns (Original Post) Eugene Mar 2015 OP
I have mixed feelings on letting politicians run for two offices at the same time davidpdx Mar 2015 #1
Not really FBaggins Mar 2015 #2

davidpdx

(22,000 posts)
1. I have mixed feelings on letting politicians run for two offices at the same time
Tue Mar 10, 2015, 07:20 AM
Mar 2015

I'm not from Kentucky, so I have no say in it (and I certainly don't like Paul). In 2008, Joe Biden ran for reelection and for VP. So it's not unheard of.

FBaggins

(26,696 posts)
2. Not really
Tue Mar 10, 2015, 09:17 AM
Mar 2015

He'll be able to run for both during the primary period, but without additional changes, he still can't be on both ballots come next November.

What this really says is that he doesn't expect to be the Republican nominee for President, but he'll be able to participate in the process long enough to influence the early primaries and get himself some face time before dropping out and shifting back to his Senate run...

... perhaps just as importantly, it makes it easier for him to raise funds for the race he actually expects to be in.

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