John McCaughrean

John McCaughrean (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Kansas' 3rd Congressional District. He lost in the Republican primary on August 2, 2022.

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

Biography

John McCaughrean served in the U.S. Army from 2005 to 2015.^[1]

Elections

2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Kansas District 3

Incumbent Sharice Davids defeated Amanda Adkins and Steve Hohe in the general election for U.S. House Kansas District 3 on November 8, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Sharice Davids (D)	54.9	165,527
	Amanda Adkins (R)	42.8	128,839
	Steve Hohe (L)	2.3	6,928

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 301,294
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Kansas District 3

Incumbent Sharice Davids advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Kansas District 3 on August 2, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Sharice Davids	100.0	103,945

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 103,945
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Kansas District 3

Amanda Adkins defeated John McCaughrean in the Republican primary for U.S. House Kansas District 3 on August 2, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Amanda Adkins	77.2	96,896
	John McCaughrean	22.8	28,573

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 125,469
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Mark Tallent (R)

Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for U.S. House Kansas District 3

Steve Hohe advanced from the Libertarian convention for U.S. House Kansas District 3 on April 23, 2022.

		Candidate
✔		Steve Hohe (L)

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

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

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

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

An Army Intelligence Sergeant veteran of two deployments to Iraq and one deployment to Afghanistan. Briefed NATO and Cavalry Squadron on March 2010 elections on threat that resulted in 0 casualties. Intelligence Sergeant who was responsible for developing daily intelligence briefs to the V Corps 3 Star General and staff in the lead up to our deployment to Afghanistan in 2012. Fully understands selfless service as John's unit lost 1 soldier in his Cavalry Troop, 9 soldiers in our Cavalry Squadron and 120 in our Brigade during his 14 month deployment with 1/4 Cavalry, 4th Brigade, 1st Infantry Division from Fort Riley, KS in 2007-08.

Earned his Master's Degree in Business Administration from Penn State University. Bachelor's in Business Management from Penn State University. Associate's in Automotive Technology/Engineering from Mercer County Community College with an additional training in certification in the MOPAR Career Automotive Program (MCAP).

John has been married for well over 13 years to his wife and has three kids with one being an autistic.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

3-3-3: Kansas 3rd District for no more than 3 terms (6 years) and my 3 topics:
Ensure National Security from international threats of terrorism and our 6 main enemy states of China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, Venezuela and Cuba.
Fiscal Federalist: Balance the budget using the 3/4 rule. 2019 receipts = $3.5 billion, so 2021 budget no more than $2.7 Billion. End the federal monopoly and restore the 10th amendment.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

The Federal government's only big job is national security. No one ever wants to play a home game. Last home attack = 9/11. Last home war = Civil War. Ensure we stay peaceful at home because without peace there can be no prosperity. Neither Sharice nor Amanda have had to stand at the position of attention with a salute while a 21 gun salute is going off behind them for a brother-in-arms lost due to war.

Restore common sense and the Constitutional Individualism to the States and People: Being a huge fan of Convention of States my responsibility will be to end the Federal government monopoly and restore the powers that be to Topeka or, preferably, the people of Kansas. Balance the budget because 1) we are not in a state of war 2) if we do enter a state of war we may need that borrowing power to succeed in our military operations.

We also need to pay off the $1.1 Trillion in debt to China that Obama/Biden started. This will zero out our $25.7 Billion that we send to China in interest a year from that debt. Plus we need increase tariffs on China and especially the Chinese leadership for not only the unconventional biological attack from COVID-19 but also the $1 Trillion they are stealing from the 50/50 ownership that is helping them shortcut R&D by patent and copyright theft. We need to revisit and strengthen the alliance with India for numerous reasons (China, Afghanistan, Pakistan, trade, etc.).

Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow, and why?

Calvin Coolidge, Abraham Lincoln, Lee Iacocca and Ronald Reagan, plus Herman Cain. In the events of serious issues, they remained calm and cool under pressure.

From Calvin Coolidge having to fight off big government, prohibitionists and the Democrat Party's KKK movement especially the 1924 Democrat Convention called the 'Klan bake."

To Abraham Lincoln holding off the pre-KKK and the Democrat Confederates who committed treason against our nation, to win the war and sow the nation back together.

To Iacocca from creating the Mustang and running Ford, to being fired by power hungry racist Henry Ford II; to saving Chrysler and teaming up with Carrol Shelby to create the Fox Body Mustang with the Dodge Viper.

To Ronald Reagan, fixing the Carter economic disaster, staring the Communist Soviets down even when they worked with Senator Robert Kennedy in 1984 and winning massive electoral college wins in 1980 and 1984 while pushing for less federal monopoly and more individualism.

They helped bring out the best in this beautiful country and helped us move forward to a greater tomorrow with virtue and a passion for individualism.

Herman Cain is the only one that has been in a position for me to watch since I have been alive and grown. His ability to motivate and move the crowd with a K.I.S.S. mentality and a strong and commanding presence in the room was contagious and in a good way. I hope his family is in great spirits for having a great man live as we lost him to COVID-19 in July 2020.

What qualities do you possess that you believe would make you a successful officeholder?

Not only being an Army Intelligence Sergeant who helped brief the 3-Star Commanding General's team on daily intelligence operations of Afghanistan. Also am a certified Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep and Ram mechanic who rebuilt his 345 cubic inch (5.7 liter) engine, the amount of politicians in D.C. who have taken that much amount of grit, work, sweat, detail and precision on their engine is most likely in the single digits and fully understand attention to details.

Another thing is my father (was not a mail man, not sorry John Kasich) he was a nuclear engine operator on the USS Skipjack and has a high amount of power generation experience that he has passed on to me.

What legacy would you like to leave?

Integrity and restoring not only the Federal government to the powers of the 10th and 9th amendment but also restoring reading and studying of the Declaration of Independence (4 pages) and the U.S. Constitution (9 pages) to the classroom so that way all students understand U.S. Civics and have a deeper understanding of U.S. History just like Fredrick Douglass learned during his lifetime.

What is the first historical event that happened in your lifetime that you remember? How old were you at the time?

My second day of freshman year was 9/11. I remember the world coming to a complete stop and the best speech given 3 days later on 14 September when President George W. Bush stating that 'not only can I hear you, the rest of the world will hear from all of us soon."

What is your favorite book? Why?

Zell Miller - A Deficit of Decency. His speech at the 2004 RNC Convention against John Kerry was the most motivating political speech I have ever seen in my lifetime.

What was the last song that got stuck in your head?

I'm back in the saddle again - Aerosmith

What qualities does the U.S. House of Representatives possess that makes it unique as an institution?

Article I explains the powers of the U.S. House that truly establishes it as the people's house. This is not true for the U.S. Senate which is the States House.

The U.S. House is primarily responsible for a majority of the bills that come out of Congress especially those that are affiliated with Federal funding, as designed in the U.S. Constitution.

Do you believe that it's beneficial for representatives to have previous experience in government or politics?

No, it's more important for them to be founded on individualism and the unique aspects of our Constitutional Republic. I believe a citizen government is more powerful and prosperous than a Congress full of lifetime politicians. Too many politicians and those with experience in government wind up being the power hungry politicians that we have sadly seen today from Mitch McConnell to Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer.

What do you perceive to be the United States’ greatest challenges as a nation over the next decade?

National Security and Fiscal sanity.

Keeping China and Russia under control and hopefully restoring power to the people and away from the tyrants will be key to keeping the peace with the United States of America.

The two most hard to predict enemies of North Korea and Iran shall be kept in strict compliance as their tyrannical leaders can easily cause existential issues for America and our allies. We shall never give them an inch as they will take a mile. When it comes to Iran, one of the 9 I lost in my Cavalry Squadron during my first deployment died due to an Iranian EFP. His death shall not go in vain, the USA took one major step towards that vain and treason when they were bribed $150 Billion during the Obama/Biden administration. The Ayatollah has been chanting death to America and war since 1979, his ability for power shall be severely restricted to where he loses power over his Nazi sympathizing named country of Iran. Iran's name was changed from Persia to Iran in 1935 to appease Hitler.

Do you believe that two years is the right term length for representatives?

Yes, it's a check for the people to give consent on your job's rating or if another great constituent should represent the district.

What are your thoughts on term limits?

Nancy Pelosi has been in office since I was 5 months old and in diapers, she needs to go. Mitch McConnell and Chuck Grassley have been in D.C. and politics since before I was born, they also need to retire.

I am a huge Convention of States and 10th amendment fan. My contract with Kansas 3rd district is I will serve no more than 3 terms (6 years) and come home to private sector. To serve is not to be a career politician, the power belongs to the people and the states in this Constitutional Republic.

Is there a particular representative, past or present, whom you want to model yourself after?

Oklahoma Senator Tom Coburn and South Carolina Senator Jim Demint.

The Constitution says that all bills for raising revenue must originate in the House. What role would this power play in your priorities if elected?

Extremely, line itemization should be listed at the top of my reviews. Our receipts in 2019 were $3.5 Trillion, our budget in 2021 should be no more than $2.7 Trillion to pay off debts (especially to China), stabilize the dollar, incur minimal deflation (less than 1%) and ensure we have the lending power in case we come into another time of war.

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Kansas' current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Roger Marshall (R)

Jerry Moran (R)

Representatives

District 1

Tracey Mann (R)

District 2

Derek Schmidt (R)

District 3

Sharice Davids (D)

District 4

Ron Estes (R)

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Democratic Party (1)

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John McCaughrean

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Biography

Elections

2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Kansas District 3

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Kansas District 3

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Kansas District 3

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for U.S. House Kansas District 3

Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

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