Randall Yearout

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Randall Yearout was a 2012 Republican candidate who sought election to the U.S. House to represent the 5th Congressional District of Washington.

Issues

Yearout's platform included:[1]

  • Constitutional Amendment to define the “general welfare” clause in its originally intended form.
  • Constitutional Amendment to explicitly define the meaning of “income” to exclude the wages of labor, as per the original intent of the authors of the 16th Amendment.
  • Revoke the charter of the Federal Reserve to set monetary policy, and profit by charging for services which this nation can do for itself for nothing.
  • Begin the immediate reissuance of American currency in the form of gold and silver coin.
  • Encouragement of the states to educate their citizens and sheriffs of their last resort to check the power of bad laws by exercising their powers of nullification.
  • Restore the now extinct state check on federal power.

Elections

2012

See also: Washington's 5th Congressional District elections, 2012

Yearout ran in the 2012 election for the U.S. House to represent Washington's 5th District. He sought the nomination as a Republican and faced incumbent Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R), Rich Cowan (D), and Ian Moody (I) in the August 7 primary.[2] The top two vote-getters, regardless of party, were on the general election ballot.[3] He was defeated in the August 7, 2012, primary.[4]

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Yearout and his wife Holly have three children and five grandchildren.[5]

External links

Yearout's Campaign webpage

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