Kevin Hale
Kevin Hale (Libertarian Party) is running for election to the U.S. House to represent Texas' 32nd Congressional District. He is on the ballot in the general election on November 5, 2024. He advanced from the Libertarian Party convention on March 23, 2024.
Biography
Kevin Hale was born in Dallas, Texas. Hale earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of North Texas in 2007. His career experience includes working as a salesman.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Texas' 32nd Congressional District election, 2024
Texas' 32nd Congressional District election, 2024 (March 5 Republican primary)
Texas' 32nd Congressional District election, 2024 (March 5 Democratic primary)
General election
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General election for U.S. House Texas District 32
Julie Johnson, Darrell Day, Kevin Hale, and Clayton Chapman are running in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 32 on November 5, 2024.
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 | Julie Johnson (D) | |
 | Darrell Day (R)  | |
 | Kevin Hale (L) | |
 | Clayton Chapman (Independent) | |
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Republican primary runoff election
Republican primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 32
Darrell Day defeated David Blewett in the Republican primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 32 on May 28, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Darrell Day | 64.8 | 3,394 |
 | David Blewett | 35.2 | 1,842 | |
| Total votes: 5,236 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 32
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 32 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Julie Johnson | 50.4 | 17,633 |
 | Brian Williams | 19.2 | 6,704 | |
 | Justin Moore | 7.1 | 2,483 | |
 | Jan McDowell | 4.9 | 1,722 | |
 | Zachariah Manning | 4.6 | 1,617 | |
 | Raja Chaudhry | 3.6 | 1,258 | |
 | Callie Butcher | 3.3 | 1,169 | |
 | Kevin Felder | 3.1 | 1,101 | |
 | Alex Cornwallis | 2.6 | 909 | |
 | Christopher Panayiotou | 1.0 | 361 | |
| Total votes: 34,957 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 32
David Blewett and Darrell Day advanced to a runoff. They defeated Juan Feria and Gulrez Khan in the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 32 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | David Blewett | 44.4 | 10,706 |
| ✔ | | Darrell Day | 38.2 | 9,211 |
 | Juan Feria | 9.9 | 2,397 | |
 | Gulrez Khan | 7.4 | 1,787 | |
| Total votes: 24,101 | |||
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Libertarian convention
Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 32
Kevin Hale advanced from the Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 32 on March 23, 2024.
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| ✔ | | Kevin Hale (L) |
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2022
See also: Texas' 5th Congressional District election, 2022
General election
General election for U.S. House Texas District 5
Incumbent Lance Gooden defeated Tartisha Hill, Kevin Hale, and Ruth Torres in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 5 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Lance Gooden (R) | 64.0 | 135,595 |
 | Tartisha Hill (D) | 33.9 | 71,930 | |
| Kevin Hale (L) | 2.0 | 4,293 | |
 | Ruth Torres (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.1 | 147 | |
| Total votes: 211,965 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 5
Tartisha Hill defeated Kathleen Bailey in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 5 on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Tartisha Hill | 52.7 | 10,689 |
 | Kathleen Bailey | 47.3 | 9,605 | |
| Total votes: 20,294 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Charles Gearing (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 5
Incumbent Lance Gooden advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 5 on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Lance Gooden | 100.0 | 47,692 |
| Total votes: 47,692 | |||
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Libertarian convention
Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 5
Kevin Hale advanced from the Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 5 on March 19, 2022.
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2020
See also: Texas' 5th Congressional District election, 2020
Texas' 5th Congressional District election, 2020 (March 3 Republican primary)
Texas' 5th Congressional District election, 2020 (March 3 Democratic primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House Texas District 5
Incumbent Lance Gooden defeated Carolyn Salter and Kevin Hale in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 5 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Lance Gooden (R) | 62.0 | 173,836 |
 | Carolyn Salter (D) | 35.9 | 100,743 | |
| Kevin Hale (L) | 2.1 | 5,834 | |
| Total votes: 280,413 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 5
Carolyn Salter advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 5 on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Carolyn Salter | 100.0 | 34,641 |
| Total votes: 34,641 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 5
Incumbent Lance Gooden defeated Don Hill in the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 5 on March 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Lance Gooden | 83.4 | 57,253 |
 | Don Hill | 16.6 | 11,372 | |
| Total votes: 68,625 | |||
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Libertarian convention
Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 5
Kevin Hale advanced from the Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 5 on March 21, 2020.
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Campaign themes
2024
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Campaign website
Hale’s campaign website stated the following:
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PREAMBLE We believe that respect for individual rights is the essential precondition for a free and prosperous world, that force and fraud must be banished from human relationships, and that only through freedom can peace and prosperity be realized. Consequently, we defend each person’s right to engage in any activity that is peaceful and honest, and welcome the diversity that freedom brings. The world we seek to build is one where individuals are free to follow their own dreams in their own ways, without interference from government or any authoritarian power. In the following pages we set forth our basic principles and enumerate various policy stands derived from those principles. These specific policies are not our goal, however. Our goal is nothing more nor less than a world set free in our lifetime, and it is to this end that we take these stands. STATEMENT OF PRINCIPLES We hold that all individuals have the right to exercise sole dominion over their own lives, and have the right to live in whatever manner they choose, so long as they do not forcibly interfere with the equal right of others to live in whatever manner they choose. Governments throughout history have regularly operated on the opposite principle, that the State has the right to dispose of the lives of individuals and the fruits of their labor. Even within the United States, all political parties other than our own grant to government the right to regulate the lives of individuals and seize the fruits of their labor without their consent. We, on the contrary, deny the right of any government to do these things, and hold that where governments exist, they must not violate the rights of any individual: namely, (1) the right to life — accordingly we support the prohibition of the initiation of physical force against others; (2) the right to liberty of speech and action — accordingly we oppose all attempts by government to abridge the freedom of speech and press, as well as government censorship in any form; and (3) the right to property — accordingly we oppose all government interference with private property, such as confiscation, nationalization, and eminent domain, and support the prohibition of robbery, trespass, fraud, and misrepresentation. Since governments, when instituted, must not violate individual rights, we oppose all interference by government in the areas of voluntary and contractual relations among individuals. People should not be forced to sacrifice their lives and property for the benefit of others. They should be left free by government to deal with one another as free traders; and the resultant economic system, the only one compatible with the protection of individual rights, is the free market.
Note: The Statement of Principles was approved at the Convention in Dallas in 1974.
1.0 PERSONAL LIBERTY 1.1 Self-Ownership Individuals own their bodies and have rights over them that other individuals, groups, and governments may not violate. Individuals have the freedom and responsibility to decide what they knowingly and voluntarily consume, and what risks they accept to their own health, finances, safety, or life. 1.2 Expression and Communication We support full freedom of expression and oppose government censorship, regulation, or control of communications media and technology. We favor the freedom to engage in or abstain from any religious activities that do not violate the rights of others. We oppose government actions that either aid or attack any religion. 1.3 Privacy Libertarians advocate individual privacy and government transparency. We are committed to ending government’s practice of spying on everyone. We support the rights recognized by the Fourth Amendment to be secure in our persons, homes, property, and communications. Protection from unreasonable search and seizure should include records held by third parties, such as email, medical, and library records. 1.4 Personal Relationships Sexual orientation, preference, gender, or gender identity should have no impact on the government’s treatment of individuals, such as in current marriage, child custody, adoption, immigration, or military service laws. Government does not have the authority to define, promote, license, or restrict personal relationships, regardless of the number of participants. Consenting adults should be free to choose their own sexual practices and personal relationships. Until such time as the government stops its illegitimate practice of marriage licensing, such licenses must be granted to all consenting adults who apply. 1.5 Abortion Recognizing that abortion is a sensitive issue and that people can hold good-faith views on all sides, we believe that government should be kept out of the matter, leaving the question to each person for their conscientious consideration. 1.6 Parental Rights Parents, or other guardians, have the right to raise their children according to their own standards and beliefs, provided that the rights of children to be free from abuse and neglect are also protected. 1.7 Crime and Justice Government force must be limited to the protection of the rights of individuals to life, liberty, and property, and governments must never be permitted to violate these rights. Laws should be limited in their application to violations of the rights of others through force or fraud, or to deliberate actions that place others involuntarily at significant risk of harm. Therefore, we favor the repeal of all laws creating “crimes” without victims, such as gambling, the use of drugs for medicinal or recreational purposes, and consensual transactions involving sexual services. We support restitution to the victim to the fullest degree possible at the expense of the criminal or the negligent wrongdoer. The constitutional rights of the criminally accused, including due process, a speedy trial, legal counsel, trial by jury, and the legal presumption of innocence until proven guilty, must be preserved. We assert the common-law right of juries to judge not only the facts but also the justice of the law. We oppose the prosecutorial practice of “over-charging” in criminal prosecutions so as to avoid jury trials by intimidating defendants into accepting plea bargains. 1.8 Death Penalty We oppose the administration of the death penalty by the state. 1.9 Self-Defense The only legitimate use of force is in defense of individual rights — life, liberty, and justly acquired property — against aggression. This right inheres in the individual, who may agree to be aided by any other individual or group. We affirm the individual right recognized by the Second Amendment to keep and bear arms, and oppose the prosecution of individuals for exercising their rights of self-defense. Private property owners should be free to establish their own conditions regarding the presence of personal defense weapons on their own property. We oppose all laws at any level of government restricting, registering, or monitoring the ownership, manufacture, or transfer of firearms or ammunition. 2.0 ECONOMIC LIBERTY 2.1 Property and Contract As respect for property rights is fundamental to maintaining a free and prosperous society, it follows that the freedom to contract to obtain, retain, profit from, manage, or dispose of one’s property must also be upheld. Libertarians would free property owners from government restrictions on their rights to control and enjoy their property, as long as their choices do not harm or infringe on the rights of others. Eminent domain, civil asset forfeiture, governmental limits on profits, governmental production mandates, and governmental controls on prices of goods and services (including wages, rents, and interest) are abridgements of such fundamental rights. For voluntary dealings among private entities, parties should be free to choose with whom they trade and set whatever trade terms are mutually agreeable. 2.2 Environment Competitive free markets and property rights stimulate the technological innovations and behavioral changes required to protect our environment and ecosystems. Private landowners and conservation groups have a vested interest in maintaining natural resources. Governments are unaccountable for damage done to our environment and have a terrible track record when it comes to environmental protection. Protecting the environment requires a clear definition and enforcement of individual rights and responsibilities regarding resources like land, water, air, and wildlife. Where damages can be proven and quantified in a court of law, restitution to the injured parties must be required. 2.3 Energy and Resources While energy is needed to fuel a modern society, government should not be subsidizing any particular form of energy. We oppose all government control of energy pricing, allocation, and production. 2.4 Government Finance and Spending All persons are entitled to keep the fruits of their labor. We call for the repeal of the income tax, the abolishment of the Internal Revenue Service and all federal programs and services not required under the U.S. Constitution. We oppose any legal requirements forcing employers to serve as tax collectors. We support any initiative to reduce or abolish any tax, and oppose any increase on any tax for any reason. To the extent possible, we advocate that all public services be funded in a voluntary manner. 2.5 Government Debt Government should not incur debt, which burdens future generations without their consent. We support the passage of a “Balanced Budget Amendment” to the U.S. Constitution, provided that the budget is balanced exclusively by cutting expenditures, and not by raising taxes. 2.6 Government Employees We favor repealing any requirement that one must join or pay dues to a union as a condition of government employment. We advocate replacing defined-benefit pensions with defined-contribution plans, as are commonly offered in the private sector, so as not to impose debt on future generations without their consent. 2.7 Money and Financial Markets We favor free-market banking, with unrestricted competition among banks and depository institutions of all types. Markets are not actually free unless fraud is vigorously combated. Those who enjoy the possibility of profits must not impose risks of losses upon others, such as through government guarantees or bailouts. We support ending federal student loan guarantees and special treatment of student loan debt in bankruptcy proceedings. Individuals engaged in voluntary exchange should be free to use as money any mutually agreeable commodity or item. We support a halt to inflationary monetary policies and unconstitutional legal tender laws. 2.8 Marketplace Freedom Libertarians support free markets. We defend the right of individuals to form corporations, cooperatives, and other types of entities based on voluntary association. We oppose all forms of government subsidies and bailouts to business, labor, or any other special interest. Government should not compete with private enterprise. 2.9 Licensing Libertarians support the right of every person to earn an honest and peaceful living through the free and voluntary exchange of goods and services. Accordingly, we oppose occupational and other licensing laws that infringe on this right or treat it as a state-granted privilege. We encourage certifications by voluntary associations of professionals. 2.10 Sex Work The Libertarian Party supports the decriminalization of prostitution. We assert the right of consenting adults to provide sexual services to clients for compensation, and the right of clients to purchase sexual services from consenting sex workers. 2.11 Labor Markets Employment and compensation agreements between private employers and employees are outside the scope of government, and these contracts should not be encumbered by government-mandated benefits or social engineering. We support the right of private employers and employees to choose whether or not to bargain with each other through a labor union. Bargaining should be free of government interference, such as compulsory arbitration or imposing an obligation to bargain. 2.12 Education Education is best provided by the free market, achieving greater quality, accountability, and efficiency with more diversity of choice. Recognizing that the education of children is a parental responsibility, we would restore authority to parents to determine the education of their children, without interference from government. Parents should have control of and responsibility for all funds expended for their children’s education. 2.13 Health Care We favor a free market health care system. We recognize the freedom of individuals to determine the level of health insurance they want (if any), the level of health care they want, the care providers they want, the medicines and treatments they will use, and all other aspects of their medical care, including end-of-life decisions. People should be free to purchase health insurance across state lines. 2.14 Retirement and Income Security Retirement planning is the responsibility of the individual, not the government. Libertarians would phase out the current government-sponsored Social Security system and transition to a private voluntary system. The proper and most effective source of help for the poor is the voluntary efforts of private groups and individuals. We believe members of society will become even more charitable and civil society will be strengthened as government reduces its activity in this realm. 3.0 SECURING LIBERTY 3.1 National Defense We support the maintenance of a sufficient military to defend the United States against aggression. The United States should both avoid entangling alliances and abandon its attempts to act as policeman for the world. We oppose any form of compulsory national service. 3.2 Internal Security and Individual Rights The defense of the country requires that we have adequate intelligence to detect and to counter threats to domestic security. This requirement must not take priority over maintaining the civil liberties of our citizens. The Constitution and Bill of Rights shall not be suspended even during time of war. Intelligence agencies that legitimately seek to preserve the security of the nation must be subject to oversight and transparency. We oppose the government’s use of secret classifications to keep from the public information that it should have, especially that which shows that the government has violated the law. We oppose the use of torture and other cruel and unusual punishments, without exception. 3.3 International Affairs American foreign policy should seek an America at peace with the world. Our foreign policy should emphasize defense against attack from abroad and enhance the likelihood of peace by avoiding foreign entanglements. We would end the current U.S. government policy of foreign intervention, including military and economic aid. We recognize the right of all people to resist tyranny and defend themselves and their rights. We condemn the use of force, and especially the use of terrorism, against the innocent, regardless of whether such acts are committed by governments or by political or revolutionary groups. 3.4 Free Trade and Migration We support the removal of governmental impediments to free trade. Political freedom and escape from tyranny demand that individuals not be unreasonably constrained by government in the crossing of political boundaries. Economic freedom demands the unrestricted movement of human as well as financial capital across national borders. 3.5 Rights and Discrimination Libertarians embrace the concept that all people are born with certain inherent rights. We reject the idea that a natural right can ever impose an obligation upon others to fulfill that “right.” We condemn bigotry as irrational and repugnant. Government should neither deny nor abridge any individual’s human right based upon sex, wealth, ethnicity, creed, age, national origin, personal habits, political preference, or sexual orientation. Members of private organizations retain their rights to set whatever standards of association they deem appropriate, and individuals are free to respond with ostracism, boycotts, and other free market solutions. 3.6 Representative Government We support election systems that are more representative of the electorate at the federal, state, and local levels. As private voluntary groups, political parties should be free to establish their own rules for nomination procedures, primaries and conventions. We call for an end to any tax-financed subsidies to candidates or parties and the repeal of all laws that restrict voluntary financing of election campaigns. We oppose laws that effectively exclude alternative candidates and parties, deny ballot access, gerrymander districts, or deny the voters their right to consider all legitimate alternatives. We advocate initiative, referendum, recall, and repeal when used as popular checks on government. 3.7 Self-Determination Whenever any form of government becomes destructive of individual liberty, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to agree to such new governance as to them shall seem most likely to protect their liberty. 4.0 OMISSIONS |
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2022
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Campaign website
Hale's campaign website stated the following:
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1.0 PERSONAL LIBERTY Individuals are inherently free to make choices for themselves and must accept responsibility for the consequences of the choices they make. Our support of an individual’s right to make choices in life does not mean that we necessarily approve or disapprove of those choices. No individual, group, or government may rightly initiate force against any other individual, group, or government. Libertarians reject the notion that groups have inherent rights. We support the rights of the smallest minority, the individual. 1.1 Self-Ownership Individuals own their bodies and have rights over them that other individuals, groups, and governments may not violate. Individuals have the freedom and responsibility to decide what they knowingly and voluntarily consume, and what risks they accept to their own health, finances, safety, or life. 1.2 Expression and Communication We support full freedom of expression and oppose government censorship, regulation, or control of communications media and technology. We favor the freedom to engage in or abstain from any religious activities that do not violate the rights of others. We oppose government actions that either aid or attack any religion. 1.3 Privacy Libertarians advocate individual privacy and government transparency. We are committed to ending government’s practice of spying on everyone. We support the rights recognized by the Fourth Amendment to be secure in our persons, homes, property, and communications. Protection from unreasonable search and seizure should include records held by third parties, such as email, medical, and library records. 1.4 Personal Relationships Sexual orientation, preference, gender, or gender identity should have no impact on the government’s treatment of individuals, such as in current marriage, child custody, adoption, immigration, or military service laws. Government does not have the authority to define, promote, license, or restrict personal relationships, regardless of the number of participants. Consenting adults should be free to choose their own sexual practices and personal relationships. Until such time as the government stops its illegitimate practice of marriage licensing, such licenses must be granted to all consenting adults who apply. 1.5 Abortion Recognizing that abortion is a sensitive issue and that people can hold good-faith views on all sides, we believe that government should be kept out of the matter, leaving the question to each person for their conscientious consideration. 1.6 Parental Rights Parents, or other guardians, have the right to raise their children according to their own standards and beliefs, provided that the rights of children to be free from abuse and neglect are also protected. 1.7 Crime and Justice Government force must be limited to the protection of the rights of individuals to life, liberty, and property, and governments must never be permitted to violate these rights. Laws should be limited in their application to violations of the rights of others through force or fraud, or to deliberate actions that place others involuntarily at significant risk of harm. Therefore, we favor the repeal of all laws creating “crimes” without victims, such as gambling, the use of drugs for medicinal or recreational purposes, and consensual transactions involving sexual services. We support restitution to the victim to the fullest degree possible at the expense of the criminal or the negligent wrongdoer. The constitutional rights of the criminally accused, including due process, a speedy trial, legal counsel, trial by jury, and the legal presumption of innocence until proven guilty, must be preserved. We assert the common-law right of juries to judge not only the facts but also the justice of the law. We oppose the prosecutorial practice of “over-charging” in criminal prosecutions so as to avoid jury trials by intimidating defendants into accepting plea bargains. 1.8 Death Penalty We oppose the administration of the death penalty by the state. 1.9 Self-Defense The only legitimate use of force is in defense of individual rights — life, liberty, and justly acquired property — against aggression. This right inheres in the individual, who may agree to be aided by any other individual or group. We affirm the individual right recognized by the Second Amendment to keep and bear arms, and oppose the prosecution of individuals for exercising their rights of self-defense. Private property owners should be free to establish their own conditions regarding the presence of personal defense weapons on their own property. We oppose all laws at any level of government restricting, registering, or monitoring the ownership, manufacture, or transfer of firearms or ammunition.
Libertarians want all members of society to have abundant opportunities to achieve economic success. A free and competitive market allocates resources in the most efficient manner. Each person has the right to offer goods and services to others on the free market. The only proper role of government in the economic realm is to protect property rights, adjudicate disputes, and provide a legal framework in which voluntary trade is protected. All efforts by government to redistribute wealth, or to control or manage trade, are improper in a free society. 2.1 Property and Contract As respect for property rights is fundamental to maintaining a free and prosperous society, it follows that the freedom to contract to obtain, retain, profit from, manage, or dispose of one’s property must also be upheld. Libertarians would free property owners from government restrictions on their rights to control and enjoy their property, as long as their choices do not harm or infringe on the rights of others. Eminent domain, civil asset forfeiture, governmental limits on profits, governmental production mandates, and governmental controls on prices of goods and services (including wages, rents, and interest) are abridgements of such fundamental rights. For voluntary dealings among private entities, parties should be free to choose with whom they trade and set whatever trade terms are mutually agreeable. 2.2 Environment Competitive free markets and property rights stimulate the technological innovations and behavioral changes required to protect our environment and ecosystems. Private landowners and conservation groups have a vested interest in maintaining natural resources. Governments are unaccountable for damage done to our environment and have a terrible track record when it comes to environmental protection. Protecting the environment requires a clear definition and enforcement of individual rights and responsibilities regarding resources like land, water, air, and wildlife. Where damages can be proven and quantified in a court of law, restitution to the injured parties must be required. 2.3 Energy and Resources While energy is needed to fuel a modern society, government should not be subsidizing any particular form of energy. We oppose all government control of energy pricing, allocation, and production. 2.4 Government Finance and Spending All persons are entitled to keep the fruits of their labor. We call for the repeal of the income tax, the abolishment of the Internal Revenue Service and all federal programs and services not required under the U.S. Constitution. We oppose any legal requirements forcing employers to serve as tax collectors. We support any initiative to reduce or abolish any tax, and oppose any increase on any tax for any reason. To the extent possible, we advocate that all public services be funded in a voluntary manner. 2.5 Government Debt Government should not incur debt, which burdens future generations without their consent. We support the passage of a “Balanced Budget Amendment” to the U.S. Constitution, provided that the budget is balanced exclusively by cutting expenditures, and not by raising taxes. 2.6 Government Employees We favor repealing any requirement that one must join or pay dues to a union as a condition of government employment. We advocate replacing defined-benefit pensions with defined-contribution plans, as are commonly offered in the private sector, so as not to impose debt on future generations without their consent. 2.7 Money and Financial Markets We favor free-market banking, with unrestricted competition among banks and depository institutions of all types. Markets are not actually free unless fraud is vigorously combated. Those who enjoy the possibility of profits must not impose risks of losses upon others, such as through government guarantees or bailouts. We support ending federal student loan guarantees and special treatment of student loan debt in bankruptcy proceedings. Individuals engaged in voluntary exchange should be free to use as money any mutually agreeable commodity or item. We support a halt to inflationary monetary policies and unconstitutional legal tender laws. 2.8 Marketplace Freedom Libertarians support free markets. We defend the right of individuals to form corporations, cooperatives, and other types of entities based on voluntary association. We oppose all forms of government subsidies and bailouts to business, labor, or any other special interest. Government should not compete with private enterprise. 2.9 Licensing Libertarians support the right of every person to earn an honest and peaceful living through the free and voluntary exchange of goods and services. Accordingly, we oppose occupational and other licensing laws that infringe on this right or treat it as a state-granted privilege. We encourage certifications by voluntary associations of professionals. 2.10 Sex Work The Libertarian Party supports the decriminalization of prostitution. We assert the right of consenting adults to provide sexual services to clients for compensation, and the right of clients to purchase sexual services from consenting sex workers. 2.11 Labor Markets Employment and compensation agreements between private employers and employees are outside the scope of government, and these contracts should not be encumbered by government-mandated benefits or social engineering. We support the right of private employers and employees to choose whether or not to bargain with each other through a labor union. Bargaining should be free of government interference, such as compulsory arbitration or imposing an obligation to bargain. 2.12 Education Education is best provided by the free market, achieving greater quality, accountability, and efficiency with more diversity of choice. Recognizing that the education of children is a parental responsibility, we would restore authority to parents to determine the education of their children, without interference from government. Parents should have control of and responsibility for all funds expended for their children’s education. 2.13 Health Care We favor a free market health care system. We recognize the freedom of individuals to determine the level of health insurance they want (if any), the level of health care they want, the care providers they want, the medicines and treatments they will use, and all other aspects of their medical care, including end-of-life decisions. People should be free to purchase health insurance across state lines. 2.14 Retirement and Income Security Retirement planning is the responsibility of the individual, not the government. Libertarians would phase out the current government-sponsored Social Security system and transition to a private voluntary system. The proper and most effective source of help for the poor is the voluntary efforts of private groups and individuals. We believe members of society will become even more charitable and civil society will be strengthened as government reduces its activity in this realm.
The protection of individual rights is the only proper purpose of government. Government is constitutionally limited so as to prevent the infringement of individual rights by the government itself. The principle of non-initiation of force should guide the relationships between governments. 3.1 National Defense We support the maintenance of a sufficient military to defend the United States against aggression. The United States should both avoid entangling alliances and abandon its attempts to act as policeman for the world. We oppose any form of compulsory national service. 3.2 Internal Security and Individual Rights The defense of the country requires that we have adequate intelligence to detect and to counter threats to domestic security. This requirement must not take priority over maintaining the civil liberties of our citizens. The Constitution and Bill of Rights shall not be suspended even during time of war. Intelligence agencies that legitimately seek to preserve the security of the nation must be subject to oversight and transparency. We oppose the government’s use of secret classifications to keep from the public information that it should have, especially that which shows that the government has violated the law. We oppose the use of torture and other cruel and unusual punishments, without exception. 3.3 International Affairs American foreign policy should seek an America at peace with the world. Our foreign policy should emphasize defense against attack from abroad and enhance the likelihood of peace by avoiding foreign entanglements. We would end the current U.S. government policy of foreign intervention, including military and economic aid. We recognize the right of all people to resist tyranny and defend themselves and their rights. We condemn the use of force, and especially the use of terrorism, against the innocent, regardless of whether such acts are committed by governments or by political or revolutionary groups. 3.4 Free Trade and Migration We support the removal of governmental impediments to free trade. Political freedom and escape from tyranny demand that individuals not be unreasonably constrained by government in the crossing of political boundaries. Economic freedom demands the unrestricted movement of human as well as financial capital across national borders. 3.5 Rights and Discrimination Libertarians embrace the concept that all people are born with certain inherent rights. We reject the idea that a natural right can ever impose an obligation upon others to fulfill that “right.” We condemn bigotry as irrational and repugnant. Government should neither deny nor abridge any individual’s human right based upon sex, wealth, ethnicity, creed, age, national origin, personal habits, political preference, or sexual orientation. Members of private organizations retain their rights to set whatever standards of association they deem appropriate, and individuals are free to respond with ostracism, boycotts, and other free market solutions. 3.6 Representative Government We support election systems that are more representative of the electorate at the federal, state, and local levels. As private voluntary groups, political parties should be free to establish their own rules for nomination procedures, primaries and conventions. We call for an end to any tax-financed subsidies to candidates or parties and the repeal of all laws that restrict voluntary financing of election campaigns. We oppose laws that effectively exclude alternative candidates and parties, deny ballot access, gerrymander districts, or deny the voters their right to consider all legitimate alternatives. We advocate initiative, referendum, recall, and repeal when used as popular checks on government. 3.7 Self-Determination Whenever any form of government becomes destructive of individual liberty, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to agree to such new governance as to them shall seem most likely to protect their liberty.
Our silence about any other particular government law, regulation, ordinance, directive, edict, control, regulatory agency, activity, or machination should not be construed to imply approval.[2] |
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2020
Kevin Hale completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Hale's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Hello!
My name is Kevin Andrew Hale, I'm an American citizen, a career salesman, and a hopeless romantic. I really didn't set out to be a politician, but our country has gone off the rails of liberty and freedom. I felt obligated to try and fix this mess, call me patriotic or just a man who sees and injustice and can't stand by and watch. I know, I could do a better job of following the US Constitution than both of the old parties are doing. I've been on the front lines of Capitalism my entire career, knocked on my first door in 7th grade and won my first sales contest. (Jump Rope for Heart-Sponsorship drive, benefiting the American Heart Association) My skill set is transferable to every industry and certainly is needed now more than ever in American Politics. My job is to sell Freedom and Liberty as a solution back to Americans. It worked before and will work again, if we can just get government out of the way. My other job in this campaign is to Defeat the Apathy that has the majority of people not participating.
Non-Voters out number the Voters in Congressional District 5. If you want a third party, you can have it, just show up and vote to Give Congress Hale! You will actually get stronger representation from me as a Libertarian, because once I take the oath of office, I will become the House Minority Whip! Imagine having a lobbyist on your side, in that position! Everyone is Libertarian! They just don't know it... YET! Peace, Love and Liberty!
- STOP THE ENDLESS WARS-We have almost been at war for 20 straight years- Let's try 20 years of Peace,
- RETURN TO CONSUMER DRIVEN MARKETS- (No Bailouts, subsidies, or special tax credits or loopholes for big corporations)
- END THE WAR ON DRUGS- Prohibition didn't work in the 1920's and 30's. Why do we think it does now? It only creates dangerous black markets. Stop the insanity of this policy and lets get addicts the help they need, not a jail cell.
Foreign Policy: My drive to do this is being fueled by the ENDLESS WARS. None of which have been authorized by a "Declaration of War", from Congress. A direct violation of the US Constitution. The cowards in congress have once again given away the enumerated powers to the president. Both parties have been guilty of this and "WE THE PEOPLE" should have a vote in Congress, anytime we commit our brave Men and Women to battle. I will force Congress to either get us out of these entanglements or actually Declare them Wars, which will include an actual plan to win. I believe we are actually creating more terrorist with our intervention policy. I would vote to bring our troops home to protect American soil. We are not the worlds policemen and we certainly should not be the worlds mercenaries.
Ron Paul's book "Liberty Defined" is a great starting point but I've been reading a lot over the last four years on Political Science and economics.
F. A.Hayek's "Road to Serfdom"
Henry Hazlitt's "Economics in One Lesson"
Dr. Mary Ruwarts books "Healing our World-The Compassion of Libertarianism"
"Death by Regulation"
Jon Meacham "Thomas Jefferson- The Art of Power"
are just a few of the titles and authors I've read!
And the US Constitution once a month!
Honest to a fault, speaks up against injustices, and will hold ALL parties accountable to the US Constitution.
Defender of individual and economic freedom.
My First Job was working at the Car Wash on Buckner Blvd. Took the Job when I was 15, with parents permission. I was a finisher in that I dried the cars/trucks once they came off the line. It wasn't long after that I got my DL and because I could drive a stick (still do) , I was the youngest driver to pull the cars/trucks off the line. (so many customers asked to see my drivers licence...lol) I got to drive a lot of cool cars including exotics! Drove CRAZY RAYS Lincoln, too! Go Cowboys! I saved my money and used it to restore my first car a 1966 Ford Mustang. Fixed the body rust and painted it the original spring time yellow. I later was trained to do details. If I was able to sell a detail, I usually got to do the work and keep the tip. I sold a lot of details the Summer I was trying to finish the restoration of the Mustang!
This one is tough...so many!
Zig Ziglar's "See You At The Top"
This book taught me a life lesson about determination, setting goals and most importantly taking action to accomplish them. I learned, anyone can accomplish anything as long as they set their mind to the task and work diligently towards that goal.
At the federal level the US House is the grassroots pulse of the American public, being the broadest body it is the peoples closest ally to affecting change. Congress has 18 enumerated powers in the Constitution, unfortunately they have given away some of these powers to other branches of government or to private firms like the Federal Reserve. (Which needs to be audited)
I want Congress to grow a spine and take back its powers that are enumerated in the Constitution including the power to Declare War, and also have the integrity to pull back when it has overstepped its Constitutional authority! We should not ignore the 9th and 10th amendments, they are just as important as the Rest of the Bill of Rights.
No.... that is exactly the problem, as I see it! Career politicians have lost the pulse of "We The People", because the Parties and Lobbyist that are influencing them are lining their campaign coffers with re-election money. (my incumbent opponent has half million dollars in his campaign account)
We need regular everyday citizens to fill these rolls for a short period of time and return to private life. If elected, I will limit my time in the U.S.House to a decade of service. (provided you the voters, decide to keep me every two years)
If I can't get us out of the endless wars, and on the path to fiscally solid ground, with more economic and personal freedom in ten years, then I'm not the person who needs to be in that seat. I believe, I can do this job and will give every ounce of energy to doing it well! Give Congress Hale!
I am a big fan of Dr. Ron Paul, (aka Dr. NO)
I hope that I earn the nick name of Rep. Hale NO!
Freedom is a Solution, our founding fathers understood that our natural right to Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness came before government. We need to return to that philosophy.
I'm also a huge fan of Thomas Jefferson.
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on March 18, 2020
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Give Congress Hale, “Issues,” accessed March 5, 2024
- ↑ Give Congress Hale, “Issues,” accessed March 10, 2022
