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Rick Vandeven's Biography

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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.

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