Full Name:
Rick Vandeven
Gender:
Male
Family:
Wife: Darlene; 3 Children: Autumn, Amber, Rori
Birth Date:
01/23/1972
Birth Place:
Cape Girardeau, MO
Home City:
Chaffee, MO
Religion:
Roman Catholic
Attended, Southeast Missouri State University
Candidate, Missouri State House of Representatives, District 151, 2018
Candidate, United States House of Representatives, District 8, 2014
Chair, Missouri Libertarian Party Central Committee 8th Congressional District, 2013
Candidate, United States House of Representatives, District 8, 2012
Commitee Member, Scott County Libertarian Party, 2010
Candidate, United States House of Representatives, District 8, 2010
Member, Missouri State Libertarian Party Executive Committee, 2012
Campaigning Committee Member, Show-Me Cannabis Regulation, 2012
Member, Scott County Libertarian Party Committee, 2010
Technician, Paper Industry, 1999-present
Quality Assurance Technician, Procter & Gamble, 1999-present
Printer, M&W Plastic, 1991-1999
President, Saint Ambrose Men's Club, 2009-present
Member, Saint Ambrose Bingo Committee, 2005-present
Member, Knights of Columbus, 1996-present
Volunteer, American Red Cross
Member, Campaign For Liberty
Volunteer, Kenny Rogers Children's Center
President/Vice President, Saint Ambrose Home and School Association, 2005-2006
Awards:
2012 Champion of Freedom Award
Current Car:
1994 Toyota Pick-up
Date of Wedding Anniversary:
May 30, 1992
Favorite Actor/Actress:
Paul Newman
Favorite Author:
Butler Schaffer
Favorite Book:
No Treason
Favorite Food:
Beer
Favorite Musician:
The Ramones
Favorite President and Why:
William Henry Harrison - he was only in office for one month.
Favorite Quote:
Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under.
H.L. Mencken
Favorite Sport:
Football
Favorite Type of Music:
Punk
Favorite Vacation Spot:
My chair
Favorite Websites:
Lew Rockwell, AntiWar.com, SEMissourian.com, Karen De Coster, Campaign For Libertry, Center For a Stateless Society, Alliance For the Seperation of School and State, THOMAS Library of Congress, The Cato Institute
First Job:
Farmhand
Hobbies or Special Talents:
I play drums in a very loud garage rock band, brew beer, and write blogs for the local newspaper's website.
I play drums in a very loud garage rock band, brew beer, and write blogs for the local newspaper's website.
Name one thing you would most like to do before you die:
Live to be 150
Priority Issues:
Reducing the public debt by ending the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, closing the over 700 different US military bases that are located in 130 foreign countries around the globe, and returning our troops home to do the job that they signed up for - protecting our shores from invasion.
Publications:
reason magazine, Hemmings Classic Car, MAD Magazine
Reason for Seeking Public Office:
I am tired of sitting around, and griping about the current political climate in Washington, and the negative effect that it is having on our daily lives. It is time to put the libertarian philosophy of maximum individual liberty and minimum government interference into political action. The career politicians have no interest in achieving the founding ideal of constitutional rule of law. Only through the actions of regular, everyday Americans will this ideal be realized.