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In [[1996]], Paul was again elected to the House as a Republican. Mainstream Republican Party figures backed the incumbent, [[Greg Laughlin]], a Democratic representative who had switched parties in the wake of the Republican takeover of Congress. Laughlin attempted to portray Paul's views as extreme and eccentric. However, Paul won the primary and went on to win the general election. | In [[1996]], Paul was again elected to the House as a Republican. Mainstream Republican Party figures backed the incumbent, [[Greg Laughlin]], a Democratic representative who had switched parties in the wake of the Republican takeover of Congress. Laughlin attempted to portray Paul's views as extreme and eccentric. However, Paul won the primary and went on to win the general election. | ||
Leaders of the Texan Republican Party made similar efforts to defeat him in [[1998]], but he again won the primary and the election. The Republican congressional leadership then agreed to a compromise: Paul votes with the Republicans on procedural matters and remains nominally Republican in exchange for the committee assignments normally due according to his seniority. This is arguably similar to the deal that [[United States Senate|Senator]] | Leaders of the Texan Republican Party made similar efforts to defeat him in [[1998]], but he again won the primary and the election. The Republican congressional leadership then agreed to a compromise: Paul votes with the Republicans on procedural matters and remains nominally Republican in exchange for the committee assignments normally due according to his seniority. This is arguably similar to the deal that [[United States Senate|Senator]] Jim Jeffords of Vermont has with the Democratic Party (though Jeffords was elected as a Republican, he became an independent after 2001). He was convincingly re-elected in [[2000]] and [[2002]]. He was elected unopposed in [[2004]] to his ninth term in the Congress. He was a member of the [[Republican Liberty Caucus]]. | ||
====Committee Assignments (1996-2013)==== | ====Committee Assignments (1996-2013)==== | ||
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'''Committee on Foreign Affairs''' | '''Committee on Foreign Affairs''' | ||
*Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations | *Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations | ||
====2008 Presidential Campaign=== | |||
On March 2007, Dr. Paul launched his second campaign for President, seeking the Republican nomination.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20081205085934/http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/metro/stories/MYSA031207.paul2008.EN.74141d9.html</ref> His campaign raised over $20 million dollars, one of the largest amounts raised of the Republican candidates.<ref>https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB119906159792258573?mod=googlenews_wsj</ref> Dr. Paul would finish with second highest number of delegate votes at the 2008 Republican National Convention, losing the nomination to John McCain. | |||
'''Results''' | |||
{|wikitable = 1 | |||
|+ 2008 Republican Presidential Nomination for President of the United States | |||
!Name !! Percentage !! Votes | |||
|John McCain || 98.44% || 2,343 | |||
|- | |||
|Ron Paul || 0.88% || 21 | |||
|- | |||
|Mitt Romney || 0.08% || 2 | |||
|- | |||
|Delegates that did not vote || 0.59% || 14 | |||
|} | |||
<ref>http://www.thegreenpapers.com/P08/R.phtml</ref> | |||
== External Links == | == External Links == | ||