GOP State Committee races competitive

Tue, Jun 24, 2008

A surprisingly competitive race for Republican State Committeeman has developed with 13 candidates slated to appear on the ballot…

Jon L. ANDERSON
Fred ENGNESS
Rick HARTLEY
Michael A. HARRISON
Deno A. HICKS
Justin LOVETT
Philip S. MAY, III
Richard PAIT
Neil B. POWELL
Dave SHIELDS
Aaron “Butch” SORRELL
Victor L. WILHELM JR.
Robert W. “Toby” WILLIAMS

Hicks is the incumbent and Rick Hartley would seem to be the most serious challenger. Fred Engness was a candidate for City Council last year against Warren Jones and has demonstrated himself to be a strong campaigner. Victor Wilhelm is also a candidate for Soil and Water District and has some ties to the Ron Paul campaign.

There are also three candidates running for GOP State Committeewoman…

Kimberly ABELON
Kay Ragan DURDEN
Cindy Faulkner GRAVES

Graves would seem to be the overwhelming favorite of this bunch as a long-time party activist and coordinator.

I’ve also heard talk that there might be some competitive precinct committeeperson races, which would be quite surprising. Apparently some Ron Paul folks filed near the close of qualifying… I don’t know the details and the SoE hasn’t posted a list of who is running yet, so it will be a little while before we know. Should be interesting to see.

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Victor Wilhem Jr Says:
July 3rd, 2008 at 8:17 pm

Hello,

I am Victor Wilhelm Jr. and I would appreciate your vote for State Committeemen in August and Soil and Water Conservation District Group 3 in November.

I am very well qualified. Read more about me here:

http://www.myspace.com/victorwilhelm2008

Dan M. Says:
August 11th, 2008 at 10:06 pm

Is there a place, like an official Gov’t site, where I can view each candidate’s goal if elected? As an absentee voter I find it difficult to view local news and participate in local discussion. So, when I research each candidate I have to hope they have a website. Then I have to Google search each candidate and filter through each candidate’s blob about there family to finally find out what they plan to do for me.
As a young voter I am not interested in whether they have close ties with your families which many candidates claim, but forget to mention how close to important community issues they are. Like, making sure I can get to work to pay taxes. Don’t be upsetm you all have very nice families, but having a family of my own is the last thing on my mind so I CAN NOT RELATE TO YOU. With the cost of living and paying back college loans I can’t afford to have a family anyways.
Hopefully somebody is listening because if I have to leave the state anymore times to find a decent job I might have to consider myself another states resident.

Victor Wilhem Jr Says:
July 3rd, 2008 at 8:17 pm
Hello,

I am Victor Wilhelm Jr. and I would appreciate your vote for State Committeemen in August and Soil and Water Conservation District Group 3 in November.

I am very well qualified. Read more about me here:

http://www.myspace.com/victorwilhelm2008
Dan M. Says:
August 11th, 2008 at 10:06 pm
Is there a place, like an official Gov’t site, where I can view each candidate’s goal if elected? As an absentee voter I find it difficult to view local news and participate in local discussion. So, when I research each candidate I have to hope they have a website. Then I have to Google search each candidate and filter through each candidate’s blob about there family to finally find out what they plan to do for me.
As a young voter I am not interested in whether they have close ties with your families which many candidates claim, but forget to mention how close to important community issues they are. Like, making sure I can get to work to pay taxes. Don’t be upsetm you all have very nice families, but having a family of my own is the last thing on my mind so I CAN NOT RELATE TO YOU. With the cost of living and paying back college loans I can’t afford to have a family anyways.
Hopefully somebody is listening because if I have to leave the state anymore times to find a decent job I might have to consider myself another states resident.