Neil Kumar

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Neil Kumar

Republican Party

Elections and appointments

Last election

May 24, 2022

Education

Bachelor's

The University of Chicago, 2018

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Religion

Christian

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Neil Kumar (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Arkansas' 3rd Congressional District. He lost in the Republican primary on May 24, 2022.

Kumar completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2021. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

Neil Kumar earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Chicago in 2018.

Elections

2022

See also: Arkansas' 3rd Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Arkansas District 3

Incumbent Steve Womack defeated Lauren Mallett-Hays and Michael Kalagias in the general election for U.S. House Arkansas District 3 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Steve Womack (R)	63.7	142,401
		Lauren Mallett-Hays (D)	32.9	73,541
		Michael Kalagias (L)	3.4	7,646

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 223,588
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Lauren Mallett-Hays advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Arkansas District 3.

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Arkansas District 3

Incumbent Steve Womack defeated Neil Kumar in the Republican primary for U.S. House Arkansas District 3 on May 24, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Steve Womack	78.7	60,814
		Neil Kumar	21.3	16,414

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 77,228
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Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for U.S. House Arkansas District 3

Michael Kalagias advanced from the Libertarian convention for U.S. House Arkansas District 3 on February 20, 2022.

		Candidate
✔		Michael Kalagias (L)

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Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Neil Kumar completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2021. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Kumar'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.

I’ve been a proud Arkansan my whole life. I have 400 years of American ancestry in my veins—America has been my family’s home since the seventeenth century. As a member of the Sons of the American Revolution and the Sons of Confederate Veterans, my forebears have served in nearly every conflict in our nation’s history, beginning with the Revolutionary War. During my time at the University of Chicago, I witnessed first-hand how Leftism had destroyed that city. After returning to Northwest Arkansas, I was horrified to see that same Leftism taking root in the Ozarks that I love so dearly. For decades, the people of Arkansas have had their State sold right out from under them. Our so-called representatives have sold us out at every turn. It’s time to take action. I will represent Arkansans—and ONLY Arkansans—no matter the cost. I will FIGHT for our State. The Ruling Class in D.C. and Arkansas are either asleep at the switch or actively working to betray us. Either way, they’ve got to go. It’s time for patriots to take back our birthright. Join me. Let’s FIGHT for Arkansas.

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?

• Immigration Moratorium
• End the Opioid Plague
• Make the Family Great Again

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

End the Great Replacement by halting ALL immigration, building the Wall, and deporting every illegal.

Defend the Second Amendment ABSOLUTELY.

Fight to Protect Life by criminalizing infanticide, stripping medical licenses of abortionists, indicting politicians who use taxpayer funds for abortion, indicting donors to abortion providers, and criminalizing the use of fetal tissue.

End the War on the Working Class by repealing the Civil Rights Act, ending affirmative action, banning Critical Race Theory, dismantling Leftist terrorist groups, and defending the January 6 Trump supporters.

Make the Family Great Again by providing childbirth bounties to stay-at-home mothers, eliminating no-fault divorce, reforming the anti-family "family court" system, taxing university endowments, and forgiving student debt--by making the universities eat the cost.

End the Opioid Plague.

Fight LGBT Perversion by ending gay marriage, restricting adoption to straight married couples, criminalizing LGBT propaganda to minors, and criminalizing transgender drugs and procedures.

Secure Our Elections by mandating in-person paper ballots ONLY, voter ID, and fully auditing the illegitimate 2020 election.

Put America First by ending foreign aid and foreign interventionism, repudiating Chinese debt, penalizing offshoring and outsourcing, and rebuilding our manufacturing.

Preserve Our Heritage by protecting monuments and defunding the anti-American education system.

What do you believe are the core responsibilities for someone elected to this office?

To do whatever it takes to protect your constituents, to listen to them and speak with them often, to be available to them, to STAND for them and be their lightning rod--to take the heat so that they never have to.

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

The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, by The Band

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

Not at all. I trust anyone in a 20-mile radius around my house to govern more than I do any currently elected official, with perhaps a handful of exceptions. What matters is your commitment to the betterment of the people you claim to represent; all of the pedigrees in the world can't ever hold a candle to that passion to work as hard as you can, at whatever the cost, to protect and improve the lives of your constituents.

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

Yes, because it (at least in theory) ensures that Representatives are finely attuned to the interests of their constituents.

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

Preston Brooks.

Do you believe that compromise is necessary or desirable for policymaking?

The time for compromise is over. In fact, weak Establishment Republicans have done us more damage than any Democrat ever could, by compromising time and time again. Rather than defend their constituents and fulfill the promises which got them elected, RINO Republicans roll over and give the Left whatever it wants. The people of Arkansas are tired of these one-sided compromises, which are really SURRENDERS. The people of Arkansas want UNCOMPROMISING leaders who will NEVER BOW to the Mob, who will NEVER sell them out. No, when you look at everything we are up against, compromise is no longer an option.

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Campaign website

Kumar's campaign website stated the following:

“	Stop the Great Replacement. Americans are waking up to the fact that they’re being replaced by cheap labor from Latin America, Asia, and India. This must stop. America for Americans. 20-year moratorium on all immigration, with an exception for South African refugees dispossessed of their land. Build the Wall. Deny all public services to illegal aliens and deport every single illegal. End “birthright citizenship.” Defend the Second Amendment. The Federal government is going to take our guns. It’s only a matter of time. State Sovereignty includes criminalizing, charging, and prosecuting any federal agent who would seek to deprive any Arkansan of their God-given right to bear arms. State Sovereignty Municipal Preemption Federal Firearms Protection National Constitutional Carry Law Abiding gun owners need NEVER ask permission. Fight to Protect Life. The Anti-American forces destroying our nation debase the value of precious, unborn life. Countless millions of babies have been sacrificed on the altar of convenience. The high costs of this sin are unfathomable. We must end the extermination of innocent life at once, and at all costs. Criminalize infanticide, or, as those who wish to sanitize the slaughter of the unborn like to call it, “abortion.” Strip medical licensure of physicians who perform abortions and indict them for murder. Charge and try any politician who voted to use taxpayer funds for abortion as an accessory to murder. Charge and try any corporation who donated to Planned Parenthood or any other baby murder provider as an accessory to murder. Criminalize the handling of baby body parts as abuse of a corpse. End the War on the Working Class. As the Rust Belt has seen, there’s a war against good-paying jobs for traditional Americans. The war on America is moving to the South. Restore freedom of association by repealing the Civil Rights Act and other “civil rights,” “discrimination,” “hate,” and affirmative action legislation. Ban “critical race theory” propaganda in the government. Declare Antifa and BLM terrorist organizations & charge, try, and sentence their leaders. Free all of the innocent patriots such as Kyle Rittenhouse and January 6th Trump supporters who have been railroaded by anti-American prosecutors. Make the Family Great Again. Democrats have used public schools to destroy our families by removing children from the home, driving down wages, and separating families by forcing the two-working parent model. This must be reversed. Provide progressive childbirth bounties and universal basic income to whole families where the mother stays home to raise her children. Eliminate no-fault divorce and overhaul the anti-family “family court” system. Forgive student debt—but make the universities eat the cost. Tax university endowments on a basis conditioned upon the career success of their graduates. End the Opioid Plague. From 1999 to 2020, over 850,000 Americans were murdered by Big Pharma and globalist oligarchs who destroyed the American middle class. Putting America First means putting American WORKERS and LIVES first. Reverse from our current trend towards drug decriminalization. Criminals need to do time in prison and rehab rather than walking freely on our streets. Work with Christian organizations and invest in preventive action to target the sources of addiction, not just the consequences. Build a national monument to the hundreds of thousands of souls lost to drug addiction. Fight LGBTQ Perversion. Family is the most critical building block to civil society. To defile marriage is to destroy the family. America must flat-out reject the perversion of family life by the hateful, anti-Christian homosexual lobby. Marriage is solely between men and women. Restrict adoption to heterosexual married couples. Criminalize the dissemination of LGBT propaganda among minors. Criminalize transgender pharmaceuticals and surgical procedures. Secure Our Elections. The November 2020 “election” of Joe Biden will go down in history as totally illegitimate, and will either be the turning point for the saving of our republic or the beginning of its demise. Elections must be secure and trustworthy for the Rule of Law to have even a prayer. Investigate, charge, and punish every entity involved in the brazen theft of the 2020 election. End all absentee and electronic voting. In-person paper ballots only. Mandate national voter ID. America First. Right now, American treasure works to enrich globalist oligarchs, who put the interests of cheap low-skilled labor—and every other profit-motive under the sun—ahead of the interests of American citizens. American wealth should work for American citizens. Bring every single one of our soldiers back home. End all foreign aid. Repudiate all Chinese debt. China owes us, not the other way. Rebuild the American manufacturing base. Impose tariffs on China. Penalize all businesses that offshore and outsource American jobs. Preserve Our Heritage. Our history is under attack. Violent communists have begun their open revolution against America. If we let them erase our history, they will control our future. Our heritage must be defended at all costs. Protect American and Confederate flags, graves, and monuments. Remove anti-American and anti-Southern materials from public lands and monuments. Defund the anti-American education system. Deny federal funding to enemy institutions that teach anti-American values and tax their endowments.	”
—Neil Kumar's campaign website (2022)

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Arkansas' current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

John Boozman (R)

Tom Cotton (R)

Representatives

District 1

Rick Crawford (R)

District 2

French Hill (R)

District 3

Steve Womack (R)

District 4

Bruce Westerman (R)

Republican Party (6)