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| − | '''Robert Leon Maness''', known as '''Rob Maness''' (born November 14, 1961), is a retired [[colonel]] in the [[United States Air Force]] and a [[Republican Party|Republican]] and [[Tea Party]] figure in his adopted U.S. state of [[Louisiana]].<ref name=ballot>{{cite web|url=http://ballotpedia.org/Rob_Maness|title=Rob Maness|publisher=ballotpedia.org|accessdate=November 20, 2015}}</ref> His [[political action committee]] called Gator PAC is active in many state campaigns, including the 2015 | + | '''Robert Leon Maness''', known as '''Rob Maness''' (born November 14, 1961), is a retired [[colonel]] in the [[United States Air Force]] and a [[Republican Party|Republican]] and [[Tea Party]] figure in his adopted U.S. state of [[Louisiana]].<ref name=ballot>{{cite web|url=http://ballotpedia.org/Rob_Maness|title=Rob Maness|publisher=ballotpedia.org|accessdate=November 20, 2015}}</ref> His [[political action committee]] called Gator PAC is active in many state campaigns, including the unsuccessful effort in 2015 to make [[U.S. Senator]] [[David Vitter]] the new Louisiana governor. |
Born to a military family in Fort Lewis, [[Washington State|Washington]], Maness was an unsuccessful Republican U.S. Senate candidate in 2014. He lost out to fellow Republican [[Bill Cassidy]] of [[Baton Rouge]], who unseated then sitting [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] Senator [[Mary Landrieu]] of [[New Orleans]]. Maness endorsed Cassidy in the runoff contest against Landrieu. Maness was endorsed in the primary election by the Senate Conservatives Fund and such luminaries as former [[Alaska]] Governor [[Sarah Palin]], the 2008 Republican candidate for [[Vice President of the United States]]. Maness polled 202,556 votes (13.8 percent). | Born to a military family in Fort Lewis, [[Washington State|Washington]], Maness was an unsuccessful Republican U.S. Senate candidate in 2014. He lost out to fellow Republican [[Bill Cassidy]] of [[Baton Rouge]], who unseated then sitting [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] Senator [[Mary Landrieu]] of [[New Orleans]]. Maness endorsed Cassidy in the runoff contest against Landrieu. Maness was endorsed in the primary election by the Senate Conservatives Fund and such luminaries as former [[Alaska]] Governor [[Sarah Palin]], the 2008 Republican candidate for [[Vice President of the United States]]. Maness polled 202,556 votes (13.8 percent). | ||
Revision as of 21:23, November 22, 2015
Robert Leon Maness, known as Rob Maness (born November 14, 1961), is a retired colonel in the United States Air Force and a Republican and Tea Party figure in his adopted U.S. state of Louisiana.[1] His political action committee called Gator PAC is active in many state campaigns, including the unsuccessful effort in 2015 to make U.S. Senator David Vitter the new Louisiana governor.
Born to a military family in Fort Lewis, Washington, Maness was an unsuccessful Republican U.S. Senate candidate in 2014. He lost out to fellow Republican Bill Cassidy of Baton Rouge, who unseated then sitting Democratic Senator Mary Landrieu of New Orleans. Maness endorsed Cassidy in the runoff contest against Landrieu. Maness was endorsed in the primary election by the Senate Conservatives Fund and such luminaries as former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, the 2008 Republican candidate for Vice President of the United States. Maness polled 202,556 votes (13.8 percent).
Vitter supported Cassidy in the 2014 campaign, but Maness endorsed Vitter to succeed fellow Republian Bobby Jindal as governor. Jindal was meanwhile an unsuccessful contender for his party's 2016 presidential nomination. Maness has been mentioned as a potential Senate candidate once more in 2016, when Vitter's second term in the body expires.
Maness received his bachelor's degree from the University of Tampa in Tampa, Florida, and his master's degree from Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government. He attended the Air Command and Staff College and the College of Naval Warfare.[1] He and his wife, Candace, reside in Madisonville in St. Tammany Parish in suburban New Orleans. The couple has five children.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Rob Maness. ballotpedia.org. Retrieved on November 20, 2015.