Chuck Montgomery

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Chuck Montgomery

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Republican Party

Elections and appointments
Last election

March 1, 2022

Education

Graduate

Spartan College of Aviation, 2006

Military

Service / branch

U.S. Air Force

Years of service

2002 - 2004

Personal
Birthplace
Woodville, Texas
Religion
Lutheran
Contact

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Chuck Montgomery (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Texas' 8th Congressional District. He lost in the Republican primary on March 1, 2022.

Montgomery completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

Chuck Montgomery was born in Woodville, Texas. Montgomery served in the U.S. Air Force from 2002 to 2004. He earned a graduate degree from Redstone College, now known as Spartan College of Aeronautics and Technology, in 2006. Montgomery's career experience includes working as an oilfield service technician and as a voiceover actor.[1]

Elections

2022

See also: Texas' 8th Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Texas District 8

Morgan Luttrell defeated Laura Jones and Roy Eriksen in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 8 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Morgan Luttrell
Morgan Luttrell (R) Candidate Connection
 
68.1
 
153,127
Image of Laura Jones
Laura Jones (D)
 
30.5
 
68,715
Image of Roy Eriksen
Roy Eriksen (L)
 
1.4
 
3,126

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 224,968
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 8

Laura Jones advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 8 on March 1, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Laura Jones
Laura Jones
 
100.0
 
14,496

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 14,496
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 8

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 8 on March 1, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Morgan Luttrell
Morgan Luttrell Candidate Connection
 
52.1
 
34,271
Image of Christian Collins
Christian Collins Candidate Connection
 
22.3
 
14,659
Image of Jonathan Hullihan
Jonathan Hullihan Candidate Connection
 
12.6
 
8,296
Image of Dan McKaughan
Dan McKaughan Candidate Connection
 
2.4
 
1,585
Image of Jessica Wellington
Jessica Wellington Candidate Connection
 
2.4
 
1,550
Image of Candice C. Burrows
Candice C. Burrows
 
2.3
 
1,519
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Chuck Montgomery Candidate Connection
 
1.8
 
1,169
Image of Mike Philips
Mike Philips Candidate Connection
 
1.3
 
871
Image of Jonathan Mitchell
Jonathan Mitchell Candidate Connection
 
1.2
 
791
Image of Betsy Bates
Betsy Bates Candidate Connection
 
1.1
 
712
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Taylor Whichard Candidate Connection
 
0.4
 
295

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 65,718
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 8

Roy Eriksen advanced from the Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 8 on March 19, 2022.

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Roy Eriksen (L)

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

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Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Candidate Connection

Chuck Montgomery completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Montgomery's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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I'm a born and raised Texas farm boy, disabled Air Force veteran, and 14 year oilfield hand. I'm not a politician and am self funded because I don't want to spend other peoples' money.
  • America First! Our government either focuses on other countries and their borders or on pandering to illegals in our country, all the while overlooking The People, our people. Let the other countries take care of their own business and focus on our people before giving a thought to illegals that shouldn't be here.
  • I am not a politician. I have no ties to the corruption in our government and have the freedom to pursue carving out the rot that infests our institutions. I am beholden to no one, but my constituents, and will aim to impose term limits and remove the perks that lead to Congressmen exiting Congress as millionaires, such as insider trading and special interest lobbying.
  • No more wars. The Middle East is not worth the American blood spilled there. If Ukraine is worried about their borders, we'll sell them munitions and wish them well. I don't care about the Palistine/Israel border dispute. They can solve it themselves. We need to take care of our own borders and if we ARE attacked, that country will be cratered and left in the stone age.
Term limits! We absolutely need to get the rot out of Congress. The first step is by instituting term limits of 6 years for the House and 12 for the Senate. We also need to root out perks that Congressmen receive that allow them to leave Congress as millionaires while on a government salary. There are reports of insider trading all throughout the House and Senate, but Congress gets away with it because they make the rules. Every one of them should be prosecuted for it as well. Serving as a member of Congress should be an honor that requires hard work for The People, not a get rich quick scheme and life long career.

Social Security has to be addressed. We can't kick that can down the road anymore. Our seniors deserve better than that. The fastest route to refilling its coffers is by putting a federal tax on marijuana. It's already legal in half the nation and it only takes one person to make it legal across the rest of it. Federally legalize marijuana, place the tax on it in a lockbox Congress can't touch, and then states can make up their own minds on what they want to do about marijuana.

Finally, college tuition needs fixing. Where does all the money colleges receive go? Where does all the sports money from football and so on go? I want to investigate it and propose capping college tuition for public colleges at affordable rates or pulling federal funding from colleges that refuse. All credits transfer. Cap student loans at 3%. Promote trade schools.
Quite frankly, I look up to my dad. He always put family ahead of himself and worked his hands to the bone to provide for us. After my parents split, he drove from a job he had in Illinois, back down to Texas, just to spend a Wednesday night with his boys or the odd weekend he was allowed custody on. The man was dedicated to family. I am so proud and thankful to be able to call my dad my hero.

And not only was he a hero in taking care of the family, but he was a Vietnam veteran in the Army and a life flight helicopter pilot. He even received a Director's Award for flying through weather no one else would to rescue families from atop their houses during a flood.

My dad is strong willed (or stubborn, depending on who you ask), dedicated to his family, and courageous. I couldn't think of a better example to follow.
Integrity. All too often, politicians sell out to greed or intimidation, whether outside the party or within. Do what you say and say what you mean. It's not a hard concept, but it seems to get lost in the weeds.
Integrity and an open ear. I stand by what I say, but am open to hearing others. I am not so prideful that I can't acknowledge that someone might have a better idea than I do. I cannot abide by ruling with absolutes. Swift decisions in government are generally poor. I bring deep thought and the ability to see varying perspectives.
I don't care if people remember me, so long as I have done right by them.
The one that changed the direction of my life was 9/11. I was going to college and working as a store manager up in Nacogdoches, at the age of 20, when it happened. At that point, I enlisted in the US Air Force to defend my country and left everything else behind.
I grew up on a farm in Doucette, Texas. I was riding horses before I was in school and driving a tractor once I'd started elementary. I fed cows, horses, chickens, goats, and rabbits. I mended fences, pounded posts, bucked hay bales, and herded cattle. I broke horses in and sometimes got broke myself by others. It didn't end till the day I left for college.
I enjoy fiction. I read all the Harry Potter books, Jurassic Park, The Relic, Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, A Song of Ice and Fire series, the Dexter series and all the Warcraft books. I don't have a favorite book. I just love the escape.
Just your average adventurer exploring the world and doing quests for gold!
See You Again by Charlie Puth - Not the one with the rapping in it, but just the simple piano version. My best buddy of 12 years, my Coney Dog, my co-captain on road trips and trusted lap warmer, passed away in January 2022. Losing him was/is devastating. To help my family cope and to give us some comfort, I made a video to remember him with See You Again playing in the background. Losing a fur-baby is tough. They ARE family.
I don't like to ask for help, even to my own detriment. Even with this campaign, I've not asked for a single donation nor have I asked for assistance with any other aspect of it. I've always believed in picking myself up off the ground.
No. You need fresh ideas and perspectives. That "previous experience" is what can lead to the corruption we have now. Joe Biden had 40 years of "experience" and has gutted this country in one year.
Our society is in a state of decay. There is resentment among every unique self identifying characteristic out there because we have politicians, newscasters, and hatemongers, in general, inciting cherry picked nonsense to keep us divided.

Police are scared to do their jobs because small numbers are twisted by mouthpieces into inciting riots over a fictional crisis for financial and political gain. Cities are allowed to burn. Looters aren't prosecuted, but innocent homeowners ARE for defending their homes. Criminals are freed, knowing they'll commit more crime, and store owners can't touch them as they come back to steal more merchandise.

Women can't feel safe in their own spaces anymore, now that men can use them, if they happen to feel like a woman that day. Women are also second rate athletes in their own division now that men can compete against them. Young girls are being exposed to nude men in change rooms and showers and, if you have a problem with it, you must be a bigot.

We are constantly censored for our opinions. Big Tech hates freedom and strips us of it every day. Corporations cower to the lunatics at Twitter.

People are murdered over who they voted for. Police are ambushed, sitting in their cars, because the news said police hate minorities.

Segregation is demanded for on college campuses, after all the work put into ending it during the Civil Rights era, and people are happy to give up their basic rights over Covid and hope others that refuse the vaccine die.

Even saying "All lives matter" is considered hate speech and you're a racist for saying it...

We need leadership that doesn't hand their people an axe to grind. Leadership that doesn't mince words and play sides. The games to gain or keep power have to stop if we want to have a country left. A house divided cannot stand.
I don't have a problem with the term lengths. It's the unlimited number of terms that is the problem.
This is a main reason why Congress is broken. Just like your grocery store, you need to rotate your stock, so you can get rid of it before the stock turns rotten. My main goal is to bring term limits to Congress. Once we pass term limits, I'll happily leave Congress, knowing I left it better than I found it and let the next person come along with fresh ideas to lead us forward.

You can't innovate and come up with new ideas if you don't bring in new blood with fresh perspectives. What can career politicians give you besides the same old thing? You can't claim to be a change candidate when you've been in office for 30 years.

6 years for the House and 12 years for the Senate. That's it.

I don't want to be a career politician and our country can't afford any more of them either.
I don't trust any politician, nor would I model myself after someone I can't trust. And no voter should ever trust a politician, but should always hold them accountable. Any politician that says you can trust him thinks you're a fool and insults your intelligence.
Chuck Norris’ calendar goes straight from March 31st to April 2nd, because no one fools Chuck Norris.

I also excel in dad-jokes that invoke a loud groan from my wife and the only person that thinks I'm funny is my 5 year old.
A bill, in which neither side is happy, is probably best for everyone.

That said, if we control both chambers of Congress, then we don't need to compromise, but Republicans don't have a spine and bow to Democrats anyhow.

Democrats don't compromise and will ram through everything they can by hook or by crook. Republicans need to balance out the garbage the left passes by pushing bills through when they have control. As it stands, the right does nothing while in power, so we only get more and more Democrat policies implemented. We can't continue to be the party of "no". Republican leadership for the last couple decades has been feckless.
I want to enact a federal tax on marijuana to refill Social Security's coffers.

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