Rising Republican Stars Running for Congress
By Madison S.
Despite its reputation and what the media peddles, the Republican party is increasingly diverse. Nowhere can we see this better than in the slate of rising stars running for Congress. There is a wide variety of people from all backgrounds running as Republicans this year, including women, people of color, and some younger faces. We highlight a few of these amazing individuals below, with their personal stories and policy proposals. As America and the Republican Party faces one of its most consequential elections in modern history, these candidates look to beat back the creep of socialism, reinvigorate the American economy, and uphold American values. This is the new age of the Republican Party.
Angela Stanton King is running for Georgia’s 5th Congressional District. She is a national best selling author known for her critically acclaimed memoir, Life of a Real Housewife. She was a sexually abused child, a teen mom, and a prisoner. Her powerful story of being chained during childbirth led President Trump to make it illegal to chain women. Since her release from prison in 2005, Angela worked hard, founded a nonprofit, created her own company, and became an at-risk youth advocate for those in need. She is the founder of the American King Foundation and the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell nonprofit, promoting awareness about sexual abuse and serving victims in the Atlanta area. She also serves as a community outreach coordinator at the Alive Center and on the board of advisers for Cando Clemency and Alveda King Ministries. Her docu-series “From the Bottom Up” has inspired the formation of several organizations dedicated to reforming the Criminal Justice System and supporting returning citizens.
Angela is passionate about the reintegration of our prisoners, the rehabilitation of our homeless and drug-addicted, protecting our children, and empowering the next generation. Defending the lives of unborn children is one of her top priorities. Angela will fight to protect our children’s innocence, prevent sexual abuse, and prevent distorted reality of sexuality. She is also passionate about fighting for those who fight for us— she will do everything she can to make sure Georgian veterans have access to the resources they need.
Anna Paulina Luna is running for Florida’s 13th Congressional District. She grew up in low-income neighborhoods in southern California and was raised by her single mother. Although she was born into poverty, she worked her way out of it. At age 19, she joined the United States Air Force, graduating from basic training with honors. She became President of the Airman’s Council, a professional development organization for USAF junior enlisted airmen. She now supports numerous philanthropic organizations, including Force Blue, Mission Volant, Merging Vets & Players, and Veterans for Child Rescue.
Anna will always support the Second Amendment. She experienced a home invasion at a young age and strongly advocated for everyone to have the ability to defend themselves. As a Latina, she is passionate about immigration reform. She strongly supports securing the border, finishing the wall, and preventing human and drug trafficking. Anna advocates stopping government corruption. The buck stops with her— she supports term limits and will support any ban on any government employees cashing out to become lobbyists. Anna advocates for fair trade, supporting USMCA and any trade deal that puts American workers, goods, and the American economy first. Lastly, Anna is ardently anti-socialist because she knows that’s not what America needs to prosper.
Madison Cawthorn is running for North Carolina’s 11th Congressional District. He is 25 years old, and should he win, he will become the youngest congressman in over 200 years. He uses his age to his advantage, providing a fresh perspective on conservatism and effortlessly connecting with millennial voters. It’s not just his age that makes him unique, but his story. At 18 years old, he was planning to go into the naval academy, but a horrific car accident left him paralyzed from the waist down. He has a strong Christian faith and knows that God saved him. Currently, he is the CEO of an investment real estate company and is a motivational speaker. Madison is a fighter at heart and will take his bold spirit to Washington.
Helping western North Carolina emerge from the pandemic is his top priority if elected to Congress. Apart from increased spending on national defense and infrastructure, locally, Madison wants to connect western North Carolina with broadband internet. Madison Cawthorn advocates for patient choice in health care. He believes that patients and doctors, not government bureaucrats, should be in charge of healthcare decisions. Madison wants to protect social security, believing that Americans have worked hard and poured their money into these funds, and they deserve to see the benefits. Madison knows that global warming is not a hoax and wants to work with Trump to amend the 50-year-old National Environmental Policy Act. Madison supports the second amendment, the Balanced Budget Amendment to the Constitution, protecting and empowering Israel as our primary ally in the Middle East.
Carla Spalding is running for Florida’s 23rd Congressional District. She is a first-generation, single mother who immigrated to America from Jamaica. She served in the US Navy, earned a master’s degree, became a college professor, a small business owner, was awarded as mental health VA nurse of the year in 2013, and also served on frontlines during COVID-19. She’s protected Americans in the army, saved them as a nurse, and now she’s running for Congress to “cure” a “sick” system failing to protect citizens.
As a professional protector, it’s no coincidence that Carla’s platform echoes her career choice. She wants to protect our youth from drugs, predators, and predatory student loans while protecting our elderly from fraud risks. She’s a staunch defender of the Constitution and believes in ensuring its protections are recognized to all Americans regardless of race, creed, or economic situation. Carla values people over party. She is an uniter, not a divider.
Burgess Owens is running for Utah’s 4th Congressional District. He was brought up in Tallahassee in the 1960’s and is a former NFL player. He’s a man who has escaped poverty, achieved success, failed, and overcome said failure. He founded Second Chance 4 Youth, a Utah based nonprofit organization dedicated to helping troubled and incarcerated youth. Burgess’ faith in America and its traditional values stems from his deep religious faith.
Burgess is passionate about holding our government and its programs accountable. Nowhere is this more evident than in his stance on public education. Burgess believes that all Institutions of Learning, if subsidized by US taxpayers, must be held “financially” accountable for their students’ ability to produce in the marketplace. Burgess wants to fully repeal the Obama Care Act and proposes legislation to free the healthcare marketplace to give citizens more choices and fewer mandates. He values mental health, decreasing opioid use, and lowering prescription drug costs. Burgess is pro-life, supports the Second Amendment, wants to secure our borders, wants lower taxes, and supports free trade policies that strengthen America’s economy.
Genevieve Collins is running for Texas’s 32nd Congressional District. She’s worked with large and small school districts across the country to bring world-class education. She has a servant’s heart for others and is grounded in her Christian faith.
Genevieve wants to keep the government out of citizen’s wallets. She believes there’s no “one size fits all” approach for healthcare. Genevieve values keeping us safe through securing our borders and having military readiness. Along with that, she wants to implement more effective programs to help veterans transfer into civilian life. She will always stand up for Israel, she’s pro-life and supports the Second Amendment. While a proponent of US domestic energy production, she also recognizes Texas’s need to lead the way to the next generation of energy production.
Joe is running for California’s 43rd district. He grew up in South Central LA, and unlike many politicians, profoundly understands the neighborhoods and community he’s running to represent. At a young age, he experienced a drive-by shooting, which pierced through windows and cushions in his house. His mom immediately decided to pick up their things and move to Dallas. After graduating from high school, Joe proudly served his country for 13 years in the US Navy.
Joe understands the need and the way to rebuild the 43rd district. He wants to start examining, reforming, and in some cases, eliminating programs that no longer work. He wants to repair infrastructure and create more affordable housing. Joe advocates for increased spending on schools— including legislation to give our dedicated teachers and instructors the pay they need and deserve. Joe will not only reform the student loan program but create debt elimination programs based on a student’s post-graduation contribution to our country. This could be through creating a profitable business or joining our military once graduating, which will reduce student loan debt. As a fiscal conservative, Joe wants to cut taxes, but he encourages imposing tariffs on corporations who take their businesses to other countries. However, he advocates for tax breaks for companies who increase worker salaries and invest in creating new American jobs.
Tamika is running for California’s 3rd Congressional District. As a child to a single, underaged mother, and a father who walked out, she was mostly raised by her grandparents. After graduating from high school, she joined the Air Force and served for 14 years, with two deployments to the Middle East. Her husband, Ray, is a Navy veteran and now serves as a police officer. Tamika’s experience with her homeless ministry, particularly her work with homeless veterans, is what has inspired her to run for Congress.
With California’s rising homelessness and state and local government’s inability (and unwillingness) to fight it, Tamika wants to partner with the federal government to create more workforce housing. Along with the homelessness issue, California also faces water issues. Tamika wants smart legislation that eases the stringent water restrictions on farmers while still maintaining sensible environmental standards. As a 14 year veteran, and as a volunteer at her ministry, Tamika is passionate about our veterans. She believes they deserve the assurances of full access to high-quality healthcare, medical services, and more aide when transitioning back into civilian life. Tamika wants tax cuts and freedom of choice for health care. Tamika also values the importance of paid family leave.
Lacy is running for Minnesota’s 5th congressional district. He grew up with eight other siblings in a family with a tight budget. He’s lived in Minneapolis for over 40 years as an entrepreneur, tech investor, businessman, and program director for Hospitality House. Lacy cares deeply about every citizen in his community by beating Rep. Ilhan Omar and her radical policies.
Lacy will fight for small businesses and workers, looking to empower businesses to create more maximum wage jobs-- not minimum wage jobs. Lacy supports school choice and wants to reform the education system, as schools in his district are ranked among the worst for poor and black Americans. Lacy refuses to defund the police and understands that it is the people in the poorest communities who need and want law enforcement most. He advocates for lower prescription drug costs and healthcare choices. Lacy wants to reverse policies that encourage father absence in poor communities. On top of that, he supports the Second Amendment and advocates for clean air and water.
Kimberly Klacik is running for Maryland’s 7th Congressional District. In 2013, Kimberly founded “Potential Me” to assist under-served women with workforce development. She helps mentor these women to find work and achieve financial independence. Kimberly wants to create working-class and white-collar jobs through the Port of Baltimore. She won’t defund the police— Baltimore’s citizens don’t want that. Kimberly will help move people off government entitlements. Kimberly strongly supports Constitutional Concealed Carry reciprocity, supports school choice, and wants to increase healthcare options to drive down costs.
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