Full Version: Duncan Hunter
He announced tonight he will not run for re-election in '08. That should make my pals in california happy.
QUOTE(ap215 @ Mar 20 2007, 08:12 PM) 
He announced tonight he will not run for re-election in '08. That should make my pals in california happy.
Do you have a link for this? I can't find it in the San Diego paper.
QUOTE(ap215 @ Mar 21 2007, 01:51 PM)
Oh God!! For a minute I was ready to sing Hallelujah.
from above link:
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Rep. Duncan Hunter's son looking to replace him in House
Wednesday, March 21, 2007
(03-21) 12:48 PDT WASHINGTON, (AP) --
California Republican Rep. Duncan Hunter, a long-shot candidate for president, does not plan to seek re-election to his House seat, but his son and namesake said Wednesday he'll run for the job.
Duncan D. Hunter, 30, a former Marine who served two tours in Iraq, said he's been accused of running on his father's name. But, he said, what other choice does he have?
"I'm running under my own credentials," the younger Hunter said in an interview. "The U.S. Congress needs more military veterans, people who have walked the walk and when they talk the talk aren't accused of being disingenuous."
He said he plans a formal announcement next month. Meanwhile he's been working on the campaign with his father, a 14-term conservative from the San Diego area who is the top Republican on the House Armed Services Committee.
"He makes a pretty good stand-in" for his father on the campaign trail, said Rep. Hunter's campaign spokesman Roy Tyler.
Duncan D. Hunter said he shares his father's brand of conservative politics focusing on supporting the military, opposing illegal immigration and building a border fence between the U.S. and Mexico. "I like to call it Hunter politics," he said.
Wednesday, March 21, 2007
(03-21) 12:48 PDT WASHINGTON, (AP) --
California Republican Rep. Duncan Hunter, a long-shot candidate for president, does not plan to seek re-election to his House seat, but his son and namesake said Wednesday he'll run for the job.
Duncan D. Hunter, 30, a former Marine who served two tours in Iraq, said he's been accused of running on his father's name. But, he said, what other choice does he have?
"I'm running under my own credentials," the younger Hunter said in an interview. "The U.S. Congress needs more military veterans, people who have walked the walk and when they talk the talk aren't accused of being disingenuous."
He said he plans a formal announcement next month. Meanwhile he's been working on the campaign with his father, a 14-term conservative from the San Diego area who is the top Republican on the House Armed Services Committee.
"He makes a pretty good stand-in" for his father on the campaign trail, said Rep. Hunter's campaign spokesman Roy Tyler.
Duncan D. Hunter said he shares his father's brand of conservative politics focusing on supporting the military, opposing illegal immigration and building a border fence between the U.S. and Mexico. "I like to call it Hunter politics," he said.
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