Wes Riddle

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Wes Riddle
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Candidate for
U.S. House, Texas, District 25
PartyRepublican
Education
Bachelor'sUnited States Military Academy, 1983
Master'sOxford University, 1993
Military service
Service/branchUnited States Army
Personal
Place of birthHouston, TX
ReligionChristian
Websites
Campaign website

Contents

Wes Riddle was a 2012 Republican candidate seeking election to the U.S. House representing the 25th Congressional District of Texas.[1]

Issues

Campaign themes

2012

Riddle's campaign website listed the following five issues:[2]

  • Budget
Excerpt: "Many families and businesses are making cuts and other hard choices when it comes to balancing their budgets. Why should government be any different? We now owe more than $14.3 trillion, that’s more than $46,000 for every man, woman and child in the United States."
  • Education
Excerpt: "Not only has government forgotten the purpose of education, it has forgotten its own purpose too! There is room enough for freedom to have competing systems of education."
  • Energy
Excerpt: "It is high time that this great nation develops a plan that will lead us to energy independence. Being energy independent is vital to the well-being of this nation and to our national security. As global demand for energy expands at a dramatic rate we must have a real course of action that will produce real results for Americans."
  • Healthcare
Excerpt: "Repeal Obamacare and replace it—there’s no justification to transform the entire health care system in America—how about getting at the problem: deal with the few million uninsured, reduce costs for everybody through common sense solutions."
  • U.S. Border Security
Excerpt: "My step-son Danilo recently arrived in this country, having just emigrated from the Philippines—a long journey and his first plane flight. It took us 17 years to follow the process legally. His mother and I are most assuredly not for amnesty of illegal aliens."
  • Obama impeachment
Riddle is campaigning on a platform that involves impeaching President Barack Obama. He has promised to begin the impeachment process as soon as he enters Congress, because of a treaty in which Obama ceded seven islands in the Arctic Ocean to Russia. In actuality, the island were ceded in 1991 under President George H.W. Bush.[3]
Riddle has also stated that he wants to impeach Obama because of "President Obama’s abuse of power and blatant disregard to the Constitution."[3]

Elections

2012

See also: Texas' 25th congressional district elections, 2012

Riddle ran in the 2012 election for the U.S. House, representing Texas' 25th District. He and Roger Williams defeated Bill Burch, Dianne Costa, James Dillon, Dave Garrison, Justin Hewlett, Charles Holcomb, Brian Matthews, Ernie Beltz, Jr., Chad Wilbanks, and Michael Williams in the May 29, 2012, Republican primary. He was then defeated in the subsequent runoff.[4][5][6]

[7]

Campaign donors

2012

Candidates for Congress were required to file up to seven main reports with the Federal Election Commission during the 2012 elections season. Below are Riddle's reports.[8]

Wes Riddle (2012) Campaign Finance Reports
ReportDate FiledBeginning BalanceTotal Contributions
for Reporting Period		ExpendituresCash on Hand
April Quarterly[9]April 15, 2012$126,162.43$31,297.32$(41,449.30)$116,010.45
Pre-Primary[10]May 30, 2012$116,010.45$12,636$(71,071.97)$57,574.48
July Quarterly[11]July 16, 2012$60,889.07$21,336.35$(28,461.81)$53,763.61
Pre-Runoff[12]July 20, 2012$53,763.61$875$(7,111.18)$47,527.43
Running totals
$66,144.67$(148,094.26)

Endorsements

Riddle was endorsed by Representative Ron Paul.[13]

Personal

Riddle has a wife, Aida.[14]

See also

External links

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References

  1. ↑ Fort Worth Star-Telegram, "Former TV reporter eyes Marchant's House District 24 seat", September 7, 2011
  2. ↑ Campaign website, Issues
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Think Progress, "Republican Congressional Candidate Wants To Impeach Obama For ‘Giving Away’ Seven Arctic Islands," June 22, 2012
  4. ↑ Republican candidate list
  5. ↑ Unofficial Republican primary results
  6. ↑ Associated Press primary runoff results
  7. ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "Race Summary Report-2012 Republican Party Primary Runoff," accessed August 30, 2012
  8. ↑ Federal Election Commission "Wes Riddle's Summary Report," Accessed July 27, 2012
  9. ↑ Federal Election Commission "Wes Riddle April Quarterly," Accessed July 27, 2012
  10. ↑ Federal Election Commission "Wes Riddle Pre-Primary," Accessed July 27, 2012
  11. ↑ Federal Election Commission "Wes Riddle July Quarterly," Accessed July 27, 2012
  12. ↑ Federal Election Commission "Wes Riddle Pre-Runoff," Accessed July 27, 2012
  13. ↑ NYdailynews.com, "BLOG: Politex: U.S. Rep. Ron Paul endorses Wes Riddle in 25th Congressional District runoff," July 10, 2012
  14. ↑ Project Vote Smart biography
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