{"id":2153,"date":"2009-10-06T11:50:59","date_gmt":"2009-10-06T16:50:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kevinbryant.com\/?p=2153"},"modified":"2009-10-06T11:50:59","modified_gmt":"2009-10-06T16:50:59","slug":"run-mick-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kevinbryant.com\/kbarchive\/run-mick-run\/","title":{"rendered":"run mick run!"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"72-mulvaney\"Word has it that my office mate, Senator Mick Mulvaney (R-Lancaster) is set to run for Congress against entrenched Democrat John Spratt. As a certifiable conservative, Mick’s a great candidate. Good Luck Mick!<\/div>\n
GOP officials: Indian Land’s Mulvaney to challenge Spratt\u00a0By Matt Garfield<\/a><\/span> – <\/a>The Herald<\/a>.Less than a year after winning election to the state Senate, Indian Land Republican Mick Mulvaney is eyeing a bigger contest. Mulvaney will run for Congress next year against 14-term incumbent Democrat John Spratt, according to local and state GOP officials.<\/span><\/div>\n

Mulvaney did not return a phone call Monday. An announcement is expected soon, said York County GOP Chairman Glenn McCall, who has spoken with Mulvaney about his plans.<\/p>\n

“He’s a strong conservative,” said McCall. “It’s giving the voters a choice, and seeing with these town halls and Freedom Rallies, are people worked up for a moment in time, or will this translate into changing the faces that represent us?”<\/p>\n

McCall said taking on Spratt would be an “uphill battle” — but added that disenchantment with President Obama’s policies could work in Republicans’ favor during the midterm elections.<\/p>\n

Mulvaney is considered an up-and-comer in GOP political circles; his campaign kickoff for the state Senate last year drew a smorgasbord of Republican luminaries, most notably Gov. Mark Sanford.<\/p>\n

This isn’t the first time a high-profile Republican has sought to unseat Spratt. In 2006, Rock Hill developer Ralph Norman spent more than $1 million in his quest for Congress, but lost handily.<\/p>\n

Spratt has represented the 5th Congressional District since 1983, establishing a moderate voting record that has stymied critics who call him too liberal. Spratt chairs the House Budget Committee and is the 2nd-ranking Democrat on the Armed Services Committee.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Word has it that my office mate, Senator Mick Mulvaney (R-Lancaster) is set to run for Congress against entrenched Democrat John Spratt. As a certifiable conservative, Mick’s a great candidate. Good Luck Mick! GOP officials: Indian Land’s Mulvaney to challenge Spratt\u00a0By Matt Garfield – The Herald.Less than a year after winning election to the state […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2153","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-uncategorized","7":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2gEQ0-yJ","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kevinbryant.com\/kbarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2153","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kevinbryant.com\/kbarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kevinbryant.com\/kbarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kevinbryant.com\/kbarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kevinbryant.com\/kbarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2153"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kevinbryant.com\/kbarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2153\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kevinbryant.com\/kbarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kevinbryant.com\/kbarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kevinbryant.com\/kbarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}