- Today, the Washington Blade announced that Clay Aiken is interested in running for North Carolina’s 2nd congressional seat.
- Yes, that Clay Aiken, the one who lost the election that likely features the highest turnout in the country, American Idol.
- Now that it is finally 2014, we expect similar candidates with … unique qualifications … will start coming out of the woodwork with their primary paperwork. Not that we’ve been exactly starving for entertainment thus far.
- The frontrunner for least consequential yet most news guzzling candidate of the year obviously goes to Steve Stockman, who ended 2013 on a high note. If you don’t count his many problems with the FEC, that is.
- If Texas’s thirst for weak if well-GIFed tea proves less than resounding and Stockman loses,Texas Monthly‘s beautiful fever dream of a reality show–co-starring Louie Gohmert-seems like a promising alternative.
- Then, there is Allan Levene, who is running for a handful of seats in Georgia. Multiple constitution buffs and scholars have called it a “crazy strategy.”
- Scott Brown moved to New Hampshire, and much chin scratching about that state’s upcoming Senate race followed. Whether Brown’s brown coat (great branding Scott!) and pick-up truck made the trek too, leading to a possible rerun of much transportation-centric primary prognostication, remains to be seen.
- In Georgia’s Republican Senate primary, there are a whole host of characters trying to out-conservative one another, including one that just suggested we make poor kids sweep floors in exchange for lunch at school.
- In Louisiana, the guy in this picture (a former governor) is interested in maybe trying politics again after serving much of his 10-year sentence for bribery, racketeering, and extortion. Edwin Edwards can’t run for state-level positions for 15 years (because of being in jail and all) without a pardon, but there are no such barriers to federal office. Great job, Constitution!
- George Hutchins-whose campaign website looks like the love child of Upworthy, the Space Jam website, and Ursula from The Little Mermaid-is running for congressional office in North Carolina for the third time. We imagine this year’s campaign will have the same denouement as the last two.
- In other North Carolina election news, there is Greg Bannon, who supports nullification (allowing states to invalidate federal laws), Jesse Helms, and thinks public education dehumanizes students.
- For Alaska political junkies, it’ll be important to keep an eye on Dan Sullivan. And the other Dan Sullivan.
- In California, maker of low-budget movies Rodney Lee Conover just released his very low-budget campaign ad.
- Also in California, Michael Eggman, member of the “beekeeper mafia” and grower of almonds, is running against a sitting Republican for the 10th District seat.
