Middletown resident to challenge Boehner in 2014

[DurShar]

Last edited Tue Apr 2, 2013, 02:55 AM - Edit history (1)

Source: Middletown Journal

Middletown resident and Army veteran Andrew Hounshell said he will announce his candidacy April 5 to challenge Speaker of the House John Boehner for his congressional seat.

Hounshell stepped into the limelight this past September when he introduced President Barack Obama at a campaign stop in Cincinnati.

Read more: http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/news/middletown-resident-to-challenge-boehner-in-2014/nWtBm/

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Andrew Hounshell is a Army Veteran, steelworker, vice president of International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers Local 1943, husband, father of triplets and a native son of Ohio.

He obviously is a huge underdog in this race due to John Boehner's name recognition, fundraising ability and the fact that the republicans have gerrymandered the congressional map of Ohio. The things on Mr. Hounshell's side is he has a early start and is a middle class family man. Give him a look before you throw in the towel.

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[SaveAmerica]

1. Is it wrong that I want to donate to his campaign with hardly

any info about him other than what's up there?

[elleng]

3. Hell no, its not wrong!

[SaveAmerica]

8. Hee Hee! On it!! I personally would like to see more Vets in office

because I think they will be more cautious about unnecessary usage of troops into war. He's also been vetted by Obama's people since he spoke at a rally of his in the past, I think they must have liked what they saw.

Plus, Boehner out - YES!!

[brooklynite]

20. Suggest you reach out to John Soltz at VoteVets.org

[SaveAmerica]

29. Thanks, I'll check it out and contact him!

[cheapdate]

4. Absolutely not.

Good for him for stepping up. Running against Bohner indicates he's a man of reason.

[DurShar]

5. Not at all..he can use any monetary help we can send..be it $1, $5, $100

Its time to send John Boehner back to the bar he came from.

[elleng]

2. Good luck to him.

but don't expect help from DNC, or dccc, if Wayne Powell's attempt to unseat eric cantor indicates its attitude in these difficult matters.

[SaveAmerica]

9. I've been part of a campaign that was shunned by the DCCC...

just dug in harder!!

I propose DU adopts him now and works to make it happen!

[elleng]

10. Good idea.

We tried pretty hard for Wayne Powell, vs. eric cantor.

[1KansasDem]

6. DCCC will look at the make up of the district

and decide NOT to spend the money.
Leaders of either party are in such secure seats that it is almost impossible for ANY
challenger to win.

Only memorable exception in my life speaker Tom Foley. I still don't understand that one.

[alp227]

17. Sen. Tom Daschle, the sitting Senate Dem leader, lost his 2004 election to current Sen. Thune.

First time that happened since '52 (Ernest McFarland, D-AZ, who lost his seat to Barry Goldwater).

[DurShar]

7. It only took me 3 edits to realize that

DU must be blocking ActBlue. Guess if you would like to donate to his campaign you will have to copy and paste the link in your browser to open it.

[elleng]

11. That's odd;

we had access in the past, I think.

[marybourg]

12. Why would they do that?

I'm not saying they aren't. But I did even have trouble with the cut and paste at first. Maybe ActBlue's site is having a problem?

[DurShar]

13. It is strange that they would do it.

I am not having any trouble copying the link as it is and then pasting it in a new browser, so there has to be some block up by DU.

[marybourg]

14. Well, I thought of one possible reason, so I'm doing a

MalwareBytes scan now.

[SamKnause]

15. Boehner

Thank goodness someone is running against the useless inept drunk.

He ran unopposed last time.

I live in Ohio.

I will vote for anyone who runs against the Merlot Man !!!!

[mopinko]

22. no he didn't.

he was opposed by wayne powell. we raised a couple thousand for him here on du.

[SamKnause]

24. Boehner

I think Wayne Powell ran against Eric Cantor.

[mopinko]

25. doh!

you are correct.

[SamKnause]

26. Boehner

Thanks

Have a great day.

[DurShar]

27. Yea I couldn't believe he ran unopposed.

The reasoning the local Dem parties gave to me was that the Republican governor pricked around redrawing the state congressional district map. There was one person who was up to the challenge but when the final map was drawn they were drawn out of the district and with only 10-15 days to file no attempt was made to fill the ballot line.

[JDPriestly]

16. K&R. Good luck to Andrew Hounshell. We will be watching for him.

Didn't former Ohio Congressman Bob Nye (or Ney?) say some pretty critical things about Boehner recently?

I think there is an interview with him about Boehner here on DU under videos.

[JesterCS]

18. I live next town over from Middletown

Anyone but Boehner would be nice

[silvershadow]

19. Someone needs to, that's for sure. At this point, no matter how his district looks, any

Democrat should be able to give him a good run.

[brooklynite]

21. I wish him well but won't be supporting him...

...the advantage of being a Republican House Leader in a Republican State is that your district gets solidly Gerrymandered. In the past 10 years, Boehner hasn't done worse than 64%. Unless he gets bloodied by a Tea Party primary, he's a lock for re-election. Giving Hounshell money might be a feel-good moment, but it's money that can't go to a challenger with a better chance of picking up one of the 17 seats we need.

[olegramps]

23. Is it possible to gain the support of enough Independents to win? Of is it just impossible.

It appears that our system or lack of an effective system of government makes it vulnerable to corruption. Gerrymandering, manipulation of the electoral system, unequal access to the MSM, outright propaganda without any right to challenge, etc.

[brooklynite]

28. The District hasn't elected a Democrat since 1939...

90.4% White

The PVI (% of Republican vote against the national average) is +14.

[DurShar]

30. The district was redrawn after the 2010 census

Are those numbers from before the census because I don't see how they could have got any congressional numbers from the 2012 cycle, Boehner went uncontested. Also Clark County is now part of OH-8 and it went blue for Sherrod Brown and Obama only lost the county by like 200 votes.

[Old and In the Way]

31. I think it should always be a Democratic Party priority to run a candidate against GOP Congressional

Leadership. So what we lose in gerrymandered districts. People can and do change their votes,even if they don't change their public affiliations. Force Boenher, et al, to defend their policies/agenda/ record. If nothing else, it weakens their effectiveness because they will have to appeal to the moderates/independents to win.

Don't know this person, but I'll check him out on ActBlue and maybe drop him some coin.

[DurShar]

32. Andrew Hounshell money bomb

Hey just wanted to let you guys know about the "Help launch the Andrew Hounshell campaign" online money bomb event.


This is a 24 hour money bomb event

April 5th 12am -April 6th 12am

FB event: https://www.facebook.com/events/174488739367172/

As of right now 75 people have marked them self as participating. Please join and invite all your FB friends to join.

Together we will send John Boehner packing in 2014.

[AngryOldDem]

33. Best of luck to him. He's going to need it. n/t