Endorsements in the 2012 Republican Party presidential primaries
Tier 2 ( State Senators and Representatives ) -- Ron Paul
Table:
Senator or Representative

Party

State

Date

Notes

Reference

Senator Lee Bright

Republican

South Carolina

January 17, 2012

[170]

Senator Kevin Bryant

Republican

South Carolina

January 17, 2012

[170]

Senator Tom Davis

Republican

South Carolina

January 15, 2012

[171]

Senator Mike Doherty

Republican

New Jersey

September 26, 2011

[172]

Senator Jim Forsythe

Republican

New Hampshire

6.8.2011

[173]

Senator Nicholas D. Kettle

Republican

Rhode Island

[174]

Senator Shirley McKague

Republican

Idaho

[175]

Senator Monty Pearce

Republican

Idaho

3.2.2012

[176]

Senator Andy Sanborn

Republican

New Hampshire

October 26, 2011

[177]

Senator Kent Sorenson

Republican

Iowa

December 28, 2011

Former Michele Bachmann Iowa state campaign chair

[178]

Senator Danny Verdin

Republican

South Carolina

January 17, 2012

[170]

Senator Ray White

Republican

New Hampshire

December 14, 2011

[179]

Representative Vito Barbieri

Republican

Idaho

[175]

Representative Glen Bradley

Republican

North Carolina

[180]

Representative Jenn Coffey

Republican

New Hampshire

[181]

Representative Tim Comerford

Republican

New Hampshire

[181]

Representative Paul Curtman

Republican

Missouri

February 18, 2012

[182]

Representative Cameron DeJong

Republican

New Hampshire

[183]

Representative Phil Hart

Republican

Idaho

August 16, 2011

[184]

Representative Kyle Jones

Republican

New Hampshire

August 16, 2011

[185]

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Lee Bright ( born March 21 , 1970 ) is an American politician in South Carolina . A Republican , Bright is a former member of the South Carolina Senate . First elected in 2008 , he represented the 12th District which includes Spartanburg and Greenville counties until 2017 .
The Republican Party , also referred to as the GOP ( Grand Old Party ) , is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States ; the other is its historic rival , the Democratic Party . The GOP was founded in 1854 by opponents of the Kansas-Nebraska Act , which allowed for the potential expansion of slavery into certain U.S. territories . The party supported classical liberalism , opposed the expansion of slavery , and supported economic reform . Abraham Lincoln was the first Republican president . Under the leadership of Lincoln and a Republican Congress , slavery was banned in the United States in 1865 . The Party was generally dominant during the Third Party System and the Fourth Party System . After 1912 , the Party underwent an ideological shift to the right . Following the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 , the party 's core base shifted , with Southern states becoming more reliably Republican in presidential politics . The party 's 21st-century base of support includes people living in rural areas , men , people without college degrees , the elderly , white Americans , and evangelical Christians . The 21st-century Republican Party ideology is American conservatism , which incorporates both economic policies and social values . The GOP supports lower taxes , free market capitalism , restrictions on immigration , increased military spending , gun rights , restrictions on abortion , deregulation and restrictions on labor unions . After the Supreme Court 's 1973 decision in Roe v. Wade , the Republican Party opposed abortion in its party platform and grew its support among evangelicals .
Kevin L. Bryant ( born February 19 , 1967 ) is an American politician , pharmacist , and businessman . A member of the Republican Party , Bryant served as the 92nd lieutenant governor of South Carolina from January 25 , 2017 ( after serving in the South Carolina Senate from 2005 to 2017 ) to January 9 , 2019 . He lost the Republican gubernatorial nomination in 2018 to Governor Henry McMaster .
Michael J. Doherty ( born May 24 , 1963 ) is an American Republican Party politician who serves in the New Jersey Senate representing the 23rd Legislative District . He was sworn into the State Senate on November 23 , 2009 , having won the seat held by Marcia A. Karrow , who had earlier been selected by a party convention to succeed Leonard Lance after his election to the United States House of Representatives . Doherty had served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 2002 to 2009 .
Jim Forsythe ( born October 1 , 1968 ) is a former Republican member of the New Hampshire Senate , having represented the 4th District from 2010 to 2012 . Forsythe moved to Strafford , New Hampshire , and became involved in politics after a career in the US Air Force . On June 8 , 2011 , Forsythe was announced as New Hampshire Campaign Chairman for the presidential campaign of Congressman Ron Paul . On January 5 , 2012 , Forsythe announced that he would not run for re-election in 2012 .
Shirley J. McKague ( born June 12 , 1935 ) was a Republican Idaho State Senator , representing the 20th District from 2007 to 2012 . She previously served as an Idaho State Representative for Districts 14B and 20B from 1997 until her appointment to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Senator Gerry Sweet .
Monty J. Pearce ( born September 29 , 1948 in Sacramento , California ) was a Republican member of the Idaho Senate from 2002 to 2014 representing the 9th District . He previously served the Idaho House of Representatives for District 9 Seat B from 1999 to 2002 .
Kent Sorenson ( born March 29 , 1972 ) is a former Iowa state legislator who resigned after pleading guilty to obstruction of justice and other felonies related to campaign finances . Sorenson graduated from Indianola High School in 1990 . He was the owner and operator of Pro-Kleen Maintenance . According to his LinkedIn profile , Sorenson is currently a realtor with EXIT Realty North Star in Norwalk , IA . Sorenson is not listed as an agent on the EXIT website . Sorenson resigned from office on October 2 , 2013 , after Iowa 's Senate Ethics committee found probable cause that Sorenson violated state ethics rules by taking illegal payments from the Michele Bachmann ( R MN ) and Ron Paul ( R TX ) campaigns in the 2012 Republican presidential primaries and that his denials of doing so constituted felonious misconduct in office . He was sentenced to 15 months in prison after pleading guilty to one count of causing a federal campaign committee to falsely report its expenditures to the FEC and one count of obstruction of justice .
Daniel Byron Danny Verdin III ( born May 9 , 1964 ) is a member of the South Carolina Senate , representing District 9 ( Greenville and Laurens Counties ) . In November 2008 , he was chosen as majority whip .
Glen Bradley ( born September 11 , 1973 ) is a former member of the North Carolina House of Representatives . A Republican , he represented the 49th District of North Carolina for one term . Bradley previously served as a US Marine Corps Corporal/Intelligence Analyst from 1993-1997 .
Paul Curtman ( born April 21 , 1981 ) is a financial advisor , a former Marine and a Republican former member of the Missouri House of Representatives . He represented the 109th district , which includes parts of Franklin County , Jefferson County , and St. Louis County , since 2011 .
Cameron DeJong ( born October 3 , 1979 ) is a Republican former member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives from the Hillsborough 9th District . In 2002 he received a BA in political science from Elon University . During his term in the New Hampshire House of Representatives , DeJong co-sponsored a bill promoting Approval Voting . In addition , DeJong professed his Christian faith in a Floor speech expressing support for marriage equality . DeJong did not run for re-election in 2012 citing a disgust for deal-making and lobbyist influence in politics . In 2011 he endorsed Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul . In 2016 , DeJong supported Rand Paul for President .